VCOM-Carolinas

Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine - Carolinas Campus Spartanburg, SC · Private · DO

Average MCAT: 501.7
Average GPA: 3.72
Class size: 162
Tuition: $52,500 (per year)
Out-of-state applicants: Welcome

Deadlines

AACOMAS deadline: April 15, 2027
Early Decision Program: June 15, 2026
Secondary deadline: April 15, 2027

Essays

Challenge (500 words)

Describe a significant challenge you have experienced in your life. Please share the strategies you employed to overcome the challenge, and what you learned from the experience.

Osteopathic medicine and VCOM (500 words)

How do your professional ambitions align with osteopathic medicine? What influenced your decision to apply to VCOM?

Editor's notes

VCOM's secondary is its screen. Invitations go only to applicants VCOM considers competitive, the fee is $25 for all four campuses, and the 3.4 GPA floor applies to your last 90 hours. If your early grades were weak but your recent work is strong, VCOM's rules work in your favor.
Pick Carolinas as your preferred campus if the upstate South Carolina and western North Carolina mission fits you. That campus reviews you first and you interview in person in Spartanburg. Add the other campuses on the secondary if you'd attend them.
About one-third of Carolinas' 2026 graduates stayed in South Carolina for residency and 79% stayed in the Southeast. VCOM is recruiting people who'll practice in the region. Say plainly whether that's you, and back it with where you've lived, worked or served.
Tuition is $52,500 at every campus and VCOM includes health insurance. Year 1 totals $92,178. Lower cost is a real advantage, but the essays still need to show mission fit.