Pre-Podiatric Medicine LECOM

This is an Early Acceptance Program (EAP) and is provisional.  Phase I consists of pursuing any LRU major, and a minimum of 60 credit hours taken at La Roche.  In addition, students must complete the pre-podiatric medicine prerequisite courses during their time at La Roche before moving on to Phase II. REQUIREMENTS:  To successfully enter this program, the following conditions must be met:

• SAT/ACT scores are strongly recommended but not required to apply
• High school GPA >= 3.0 on a 4.0 scale, unweighted
• US Citizen or lawful permanent resident
• Must apply to LECOM prior to earning 65 undergraduate credit

To successfully enter Phase II, the following pre-requisites (in conjunction with the requirements of another LRU major) are required:

• 38 credits of required courses (32 Science and 6 Humanities)
• No grade lower than a C allowed in the courses listed.
• No CLEP or P/F credits allowed.
• AP scores of 4 or 5 may be accepted for English courses.
• Minimum overall GPA >=3.2 and minimum science GPA >= 3.0
• Minimum 490 MCAT; if lower score is received student will be interviewed a second time.

All students completing Phase I must be approved by the Pre-Professional faculty committee to enter Phase II.  There are only 2 seats available each year.  LECOM is located in Erie.  Students apply to Phase II on the LECOM portal: https://portal.lecom.edu

Summary of Requirements

Humanities Component: 6 credits

• ENGL1011

  ENGL1011

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• ENGL1012

  ENGL1012

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  ENGL1011

Pre-Podiatric Science Component: 32 credits

• BIOL1003

  BIOL1003

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  Concurrent: BIOL1005
• BIOL1004

  BIOL1004

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  BIOL1003 & BIOL1005, Concurrent: BIOL1006
• BIOL1005

  BIOL1005

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  coreg: BIOL1003
• BIOL1006

  BIOL1006

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• CHEM1001

  CHEM1001

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  Concurrent: CHEM1003
• CHEM1002

  CHEM1002

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  Concurrent: CHEM1004
• CHEM1003

  CHEM1003

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• CHEM2015

  CHEM2015

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  CHEM1002 concurrent: CHEM2015L
• CHEM2015L

  CHEM2015L

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• CHEM2016

  CHEM2016

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  CHEM2015 concurrent: CHEM2016L
• CHEM2016L

  CHEM2016L

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  CHEM2015L
• PHYS1032

  PHYS1032

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  MATH1032, Coreq: PHYS1032L
• PHYS1032L

  PHYS1032L

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• PHYS1033

  PHYS1033

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  PHYS1032, Coreq: PHYS1033L
• PHYS1033L

  PHYS1033L

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