LECOM Campuses: Best option for a family to stay in one place?
Hi everyone,
I'm considering preferences for LECOM campuses and am looking for some insight from current DO students.
My #1 priority is geographic stability. I have a spouse and a young child, and my goal is to move only once for medical school. I want to avoid having to switch my child's school during clinical years. I am open to any of the four locations (Erie, Bradenton, Seton Hill, Elmira), but I want to rank them based on where I have the highest statistical chance of staying local for core rotations.
Which campus is the easiest to secure a local, commutable rotation hub where you don't have to relocate during clinical years?
I also heard that LECOM has a policy where if a student's GPA falls below a certain threshold (like a 2.7), they are restricted to specific academic support tracking sites rather than the general lottery. If that happens, which specific cities/hospitals are those support sites located in for each campus? I want to make sure even my worst-case fallback option doesn't force a massive move.
Any insight on how the EVOS lottery/matching system plays out practically for families would be incredibly helpful for my rankings. Thank you so much!