New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine prerequisites

2 semesters · 8 credits · lab

Two semesters with lab. The single most universal prerequisite: essentially every MD and DO program asks for it, and it is the foundation the MCAT assumes.

2 semesters · 8 credits · lab

Two semesters with lab. Take it early: organic chemistry, biochemistry, and most upper-division biology all sit behind it, so a late start pushes the whole sequence past your MCAT date.

2 semesters · 8 credits · lab

Organic Chemistry I and II, four semester hours each with lecture and lab, but biochemistry may be substituted for Organic Chemistry II if you have already completed it.

1 semester · 3 credits

Most medical schools ask for 1 semester · 3 credits and list it as required.

Encouraged rather than required. Its practical use here is as a substitute for Organic Chemistry II.

2 semesters · 8 credits · lab

Two semesters with lab. Algebra-based is accepted almost everywhere; take the calculus-based sequence only if your major needs it or a target school names it.

2 semesters · 6 credits

Two semesters of English or writing-intensive coursework. Many schools accept writing-intensive courses from any department, but a few name English specifically. If your writing credits come from elsewhere, confirm before you count them.

1 semester · 3 credits

Most medical schools ask for 1 semester · 3 credits and list it as required.

Calculus and statistics appear on NYITCOM's encouraged list, not its required one.

1 semester · 3 credits

One semester. Required outright at a minority of schools (several of them highly selective) and accepted in place of statistics at most of the rest. Take it if calculus is already in your major's path.

1 semester · 3 credits

One semester. A minority of schools require it, but a quarter of the MCAT is psychological and social foundations: this is the cheapest points on the exam.

1 semester · 3 credits

One semester. Same reasoning as psychology: required by fewer schools, tested directly on the MCAT.

1 semester · 3 credits

One semester. Required by a small number of schools and a common way to fill the upper-division science coursework that strengthens a science GPA.

1 semester · 3 credits

Human anatomy and physiology, genetics, and microbiology are all on NYITCOM's encouraged list beyond the required biology year.

1 semester · 3 credits

NYITCOM encourages behavioural science coursework (psychology, sociology, anthropology) alongside volunteer or professional healthcare experience.

150+ hours

Most medical schools ask for 150+ hours and list it as recommended.

No hours are published, but if you use the three-individual-letters route rather than a committee letter, one of them must be 'one letter from a supervisor in long-term work, service, research, or clinical experience'. Read the words 'long-term' carefully: NYITCOM is asking for a sustained commitment someone supervised, not a scattering of short stints. Work, service, and research all satisfy it alongside clinical experience.

50+ hours

NYITCOM strongly recommends but does not require 'D.O./M.D. letters from non-family members', and encourages 'community and hospital-based volunteer or professional work' as a way to test your interest in medicine. No hours figure appears anywhere on the page.

150+ hours

Service with no medical angle. Committees are reading for a habit, not a total, so one commitment held for two years beats five one-off events.

100+ hours

Effectively expected at research-heavy MD programs and genuinely optional at many DO and community-focused schools. If research is not your path, put those hours into clinical work and say so clearly rather than padding a semester in a lab.

No published minimum

"NYITCOM requires three letters of recommendation to be sent via the AACOMAS system": either "a Pre-health Committee Letter/Composite Letter (Preferred)" or three individual letters. Letters emailed or mailed to the admissions office are not accepted.

2 letters

In the individual-letters route: "two individual faculty letters (at least one from science) from faculty who have taught you." Only one of the two must be a science professor.

No published minimum

Beyond the required set: "in addition, we strongly recommend: D.O./M.D. letters from non-family members." Either degree, with no stated preference for an osteopathic physician.

No published minimum

"One letter from a supervisor in long-term work, service, research, or clinical experience. If you are unable to provide a letter from a supervisor, you may provide an additional faculty letter." Read "long-term" carefully: NYITCOM is asking for a sustained commitment someone supervised. Applicants out of college more than two years may submit three professional letters, from supervisors or from directors of professional associations, in place of the committee or faculty letters.