2027 Entry Requirements & Interview Format
Lincoln Memorial University DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine Orange Park is a US DO program in Orange Park, FL that takes 2027-entry applications through AACOMAS. The school holds a traditional interview: September 2026–March 2027.
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Read the guide →LMU-DCOM Orange Park is a forthcoming third location of Lincoln Memorial University DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine. It will sit in Orange Park, a suburb of Jacksonville in Northeast Florida. It was announced in February 2024, and the COCA approved it to recruit in December 2024.
Its first class is scheduled to matriculate in fall 2026, so the campus is not yet operational. It will extend LMU-DCOM's mission of training osteopathic physicians for underserved communities into Florida, with access to Jacksonville's large healthcare ecosystem.
LMU-DCOM Orange Park is LMU-DCOM's third location, scheduled to open in fall 2026 in a newly renovated 85,000-square-foot facility for a planned class of about 100. Announced February 2024 and COCA-approved to recruit in December 2024, it is not yet operational.
It will combine LMU-DCOM's established curriculum with Northeast Florida's growing healthcare market; LECOM at Jacksonville University (also opening 2026) is a nearby peer DO program.
Integrated curriculum. 4-year DO curriculum following LMU-DCOM's integrated model with OMM throughout. Years 1–2 at the Orange Park campus with biomedical sciences foundation; Years 3–4 clinical rotations at Jacksonville-area hospitals and LMU-DCOM affiliate sites across Northeast Florida.
LMU-DCOM Florida (DO) is strong in these research areas:
Format: Traditional faculty interview
LMU-DCOM uses one admissions process for its Harrogate, Knoxville and Orange Park (Florida) locations: each applicant has one closed-file interview, lasting up to 20 minutes, with one faculty or staff member. Questions cover osteopathic philosophy, community health commitment, and awareness of Northeast Florida's healthcare needs. Interviewers probe alignment with LMU-DCOM's mission of training physicians for underserved and community health settings.
Approximately 100–130 students per year at the Orange Park campus.
Lincoln Memorial University DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine Orange Park was founded in 2026 and is based in Orange Park, FL.
Programmes offered:
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Try the AI interviewer| Class size | 100 |
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| In-state preference | No stated in-state preference |
| Interview format | Traditional interview |
| Intake | Approximately 100–130 students per year at the Orange Park campus |
| Admission overview | Bachelor's degree and MCAT required. Applications via AACOMAS. CASPer not required. DO shadowing strongly recommended. Community service and primary care orientation valued. |
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| Class size | 100 |
| In-state preference | None |
| CASPer | Not required |
| Holistic review emphasis | Community health mission, osteopathic philosophy, primary care orientation, and DO shadowing. |
| Notes | Location not yet operational — inaugural class planned fall 2026 (announced Feb 2024; COCA-approved to recruit Dec 2024). No matriculant data published. Verify with LMU. No MCAT, GPA or acceptance figures are shown because the school has no reported entering class yet; earlier projections from comparable programs were removed rather than presented as class data (checked 2026-09-13). |
| Specialities offered | Primary Care, Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine, Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Community Health |
MCAT, GPA, acceptance-rate and class-size figures are taken from Lincoln Memorial University DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine Orange Park's published admissions data. Class profiles are republished each year — confirm which entering class these numbers describe before you rely on them.
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| Format | Traditional faculty interview |
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| Interview window (2027 entry) | September 2026–March 2027 |
| Decision date (2027 entry) | Rolling admissions |
| Post-interview chances | Approximately 30–40% post-interview (estimated). |
Applicants to LMU-DCOM Orange Park should be prepared to connect the school's Appalachian rural health mission to the Florida suburban context — interviewers assess whether applicants genuinely understand and embrace the community health mission, not just the Florida location. Articulate how Northeast Florida's underserved populations align with your goals. As the newest campus, expect a smaller cohort and growing infrastructure. Apply early via AACOMAS.
Two questions from our US bank that match LMU-DCOM Florida (DO)’s panel format. Try answering them out loud, then open Prometheus for the model answers and follow-up tips.
You have applied to roughly twenty schools through AMCAS, all of which train excellent physicians. Setting prestige and location aside, what is it about THIS program's mission and curriculum that makes you a good mutual fit?
Likely follow-up · Which specific feature of our curriculum — for example, our early clinical exposure, our longitudinal integrated clerkship, or our pass/fail preclinical grading — matters most to you, and why?
As the first in your family to attend college, you navigated the path to medical school without parents who could advise you. How has that background shaped your understanding of access and opportunity, and what does it mean to you to be a physician from that perspective?
Likely follow-up · What barriers did you encounter in your pre-medical journey that you believe your peers from more resourced backgrounds did not face, and how did you navigate them?
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Learn moreChecked against Lincoln Memorial University DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine Orange Park's own website on 15 August 2026: our record for the school was reconciled with what it publishes there. For most US schools that is class size and interview format only, so MCAT, GPA and acceptance-rate figures remain unconfirmed.
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