LECOM Class of 2017 Medical Students Arrive on Campuses July 26.

ERIE, Pa. - July 25, 2013 - PRLog -- Erie, Pa. – July 26 - The Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine is set to welcome the largest class of medical students in the country. Five hundred thirty-six students will arrive this Friday, July 26 at the College’s three campuses to register for classes. They begin classes begin on Monday, July 29.  

Students begin registration on Friday at 8:00 a.m. and will attend orientation presentations throughout the morning.

The class of 2016 includes students of varying backgrounds from traditional pre-medicine students just out of undergraduate schools to many non-traditional students who began their careers in other professions.

Offering the highest quality and most affordable medical education, LECOM continues to attract the best and the brightest students to its campuses from across the entire country. LECOM received more than 12,000 applicants for the 536 student seats in the College of Medicine.

Among those who earned admissions to the Class of 2017 were nearly 40 students whose hometowns are just a few miles for the LECOM campuses.  That included 19 from Erie County and 11 from Westmoreland County in Pennsylvania, while 9 medical students came from Sarasota and Manatee Counties in Florida.

The College also saw an increase in the number of students who made their decision to matriculate at LECOM more than four years ago.  Seventeen students applied were accepted to both LECOM and one of the college’s undergraduate Early Acceptance Program affiliated schools.  These new medical students come from Gannon, Mercyhurst, Seton Hill, St. Bonaventure, Edinboro, Clarion, Canisius, Sienna and Kettering.

The combined medical school enrollment of the three campuses has reached 2,246 medical students and the College remains the largest medical school in the country. Including dental, pharmacy and graduate studies, LECOM now has more than 3500 students.

Second-year osteopathic medical students report to campus on Aug. 6. New Students enrolled in the School of pharmacy arrive in Erie and Bradenton in mid-August and the School of Dental Medicine students began classes earlier in July at the Bradenton campus.  

The Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine offers innovative and affordable education in osteopathic medicine, dentistry and pharmacy. From campuses in Erie, Pennsylvania,Greensburg, Pennsylvania and Bradenton, Florida, LECOM believes that when mind, body and spirit  come together the impossible becomes suddenly possible. It is a calling each and every one of our students embodies to become the best they can be. To prevent disease and treat it. To give hope. Can you hear the calling?