Transfer Applicants
VCOM accepts transfer applicants in rare circumstances only.
The Admissions Office will determine eligibility of the transfer applicant and the Associate Deans will determine placement in the curriculum. However, the Dean and Executive Vice President makes the final approval about the admission of the transfer student.
To be eligible for consideration, the student must complete VCOM’s application for transfer (see below); have achieved passing grades in all subjects at the time of transfer; have an overall 3.2 GPA or higher; show extreme need for the transfer; be eligible for continued enrollment or readmission to their current college of medicine; and the VCOM Dean or VCOM campus Vice Dean must also have spoken with a member of the administration to confirm the student’s eligibility to transfer and to discuss courses taken and/or in progress to assure course equivalency. A recommendation form (see below) from the Dean and Associate Dean at the prior college of medicine attended must also be completed.
Successful transfer students will be required to complete at least the last two years at VCOM prior to graduation. Students are not accepted to transfer in the middle of an academic year.
Transfer of Credit - Credits may only be transferred from COMs accredited by the American Osteopathic Association’s Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation (COCA) or from schools of medicine accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME). Transfer credits are only given if the student is eligible for readmission to a previously attended COCA accredited COM or LCME accredited school of medicine or is currently an osteopathic medical student or allopathic medical student with overall good standing at the institution from which they are transferring.
Credit (or Waivers) - Credits may only be transferred from COCA accredited COMs or LCME accredited schools of medicine. If the student wishing to transfer has completed all course work and has at least a 3.2 or greater GPA, all course work from the transferring school will be eligible for credit to the student. Each course will be evaluated as to its course content, equivalency, and credit hours prior to any credit being awarded or waived. This evaluation will be conducted by an ad hoc committee that is appointed by the campus appropriate Vice Dean.
Courses not taken at the previous academic institution must be successfully completed at VCOM prior to third year rotations. Regardless of credits, the last two years of instruction must be completed at VCOM in order for the student to be eligible to receive the D.O. degree.
VCOM does not hold any articulation agreements with other educational institutions for the provision of transfer of credit.
Transfers from LCME Accredited Schools of Medicine - For students who are transferring from an LCME accredited school of medicine at least the last two years of instruction must be completed at VCOM. In addition, transferring students will be required to complete a minimum of 200 additional contact hours in training for osteopathic manipulative medicine, physical diagnosis, and osteopathic philosophy of care. A letter delineating the course equivalency for transfer courses accepted will be placed in the file of the transfer applicant as a part of the permanent record. The courses will be listed on the transcript however, and designated as transfer credits from the original institution. These requirements will be determined by the Dean and Executive Vice President and Vice Dean.
Transfer Application Form 
Transfer Application Form 
(see instructions on the form and additional requirements on the form)
Transfer Recommendation Form
Transfer Recommendation Form
