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Application Process

Step 1: AACOMAS Application

Submit an application to the centralized application service, American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine Application Service (AACCOMAS), and designate VCOM. Applications may not be submitted directly to VCOM. There is one designation (and fee) required for either VCOM campus.  You will be asked to designate your preferred campus on the AACOMAS Application as either the "Virginia Campus" or "Carolinas Campus".  You will also have the opportunity to indicate if you would like to be considered at the other VCOM campus if your preferred campus is full or if you solely wish to be considered at your preferred campus site. In order to process your application, AACOMAS will require official copies of your transcripts from all colleges/universities you attended. Please also submit your official MCAT scores from AAMC to AACOMAS.

  • AACOMAS Contact Information:
    5500 Friendship Boulevard
    Suite 310
    Chevy Chase, MD 20815-7231
    (301) 968-4190
    https://aacomas.aacom.org/
  • Remember to send transcripts directly to AACOMAS.
  • Request your MCAT scores to be sent from AAMC to AACOMAS. VCOM will accept scores within four years of the matriculation year.
  • AACOMAS Application Deadline: February 1

Step 2: Secondary Application
Once VCOM receives your AACOMAS application, your file will undergo initial screening. VCOM will invite competitive applicants to submit a Secondary Application. Please be advised, VCOM screens applications before sending the invitation to submit the Secondary Application and not all applicants will receive the invitation. The Secondary Application deadline is March 15.

VCOM requires the Secondary Application to be submitted via email. Please download a copy of the application, type your responses, and submit the application via e-mail to admissions@vcom.vt.edu . Please submit your $85.00 non-refundable processing fee via PayPal (see button below) to the VCOM Office of Admissions. If you prefer, you may mail a check to the VCOM Office of Admissions, 2265 Kraft Drive, Blacksburg, VA 24060. Please note that using PayPal will expedite the processing of your application.

Secondary Application Instructions

Secondary Application FAQs

Secondary Application

Step 3: Letters of Recommendation

VCOM requires two letters of recommendation - one from an osteopathic physician and one from a premedical committee or science faculty member. Letters must be written on professional letterhead, signed, and submitted directly to VCOM from the author.  Letters of recommendation which are included as part of the pre-health committee packet or letters from an official evaluation collection service recognized by VCOM (Interfolio or VirtualEvals) which are part of their official packet will be accepted without signature or letterhead as long as the letters are sent directly from the authors of these letters directly to the pre-med advisor who accepts them as authentic or directly to the evaluation service which accepts them as authentic.  VCOM is willing to accept letters through VirtualEvals, Interfolio, and an official college/university service. Candidates are welcome to submit additional letters of recommendation including a letter of recommendation from an allopathic physician (MD). However, the letter of recommendation from a MD cannot be substituted for the required letter of recommendation from a DO. VCOM will accept letters of recommendations from practicing D.O.s or upper level D.O. residents (no interns or first year residents) where the student has met with and/or shadowed the D.O. is required.  The more competitive applicants will have shadowing experience with the D.O. who writes their letter of recommendation (typically 24 hours or more) which demonstrates their commitment to the profession and understanding of the practice of osteopathic medicine.

Please submit all initial letters of recommendation (regardless of campus preference) to:

VCOM
Office of Admissions
2265 Kraft Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24060

VCOM provides evaluation forms as a courtesy for the osteopathic physician and premedical advisor or science faculty member. The evaluation forms are not required.

Premedical Advisor Form

Osteopathic Physician Form

Step 4: Completed Application
Once VCOM receives the Secondary Application, $85.00 processing fee, letter of recommendation from an osteopathic physician, and letter of recommendation from premedical advisor/science faculty member the application is considered complete. VCOM will send an electronic notification indicating the application is complete.

Note: In the event you are applying to osteopathic medical school while completing coursework, please provide VCOM with an updated transcript at the conclusion of each semester/trimester.