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OSU COM Admissions Policies, Procedures and Requirements
Beginning February 19, 2020, as an accepted applicant, you may select “Plan to Enroll” in the
AMCAS application. According to our school procedures, policies, and requirements, if your first
choice is The Ohio State University College of Medicine, you are required to indicate so via “Plan to
Enroll” by April 30, 2020. However, you are encouraged to indicate your status as soon as possible.
After April 15, 2020, per AAMC Acceptance Protocols, you are required to hold no more than three
acceptances. However, you can continue to remain on alternate lists.
Beginning April 30, 2020, you will have two options to select -- “Plan to Enroll” and “Commit to
Enroll.” By selecting “Commit to Enroll,” you indicate that you have made a final decision and, at this
point, you are expected to withdraw your acceptance(s) from all other schools.
Acceptances after April 30, 2020- Per our school specific procedures, policies, and requirements,
if you are holding a seat in our class and receive another acceptance offer after April 30th and prior
to our July 13th deadline for the MD program (PCT, June 24; MSTP, May 27) you must notify us via
email within 24 hours at medic[email protected].
If our school is your first choice, we ask that you indicate this action as soon as possible by selecting
the “Commit to Enroll” action in AMCAS. This confirms that you have made your final decision, you
are holding acceptance to The Ohio State University College of Medicine, and you have withdrawn
all other applications, including waitlist positions.
All accepted applicants to the MD program who plan to attend OSU COM must select the “Commit to
Enroll” action in AMCAS no later than Monday, July 13, 2020. Three Year Primary Care Track
applicants who plan to attend OSU COM must select the “Commit to Enroll” action in AMCAS no
later than June 24, 2020. MSTP applicants who plan to attend OSU COM must select the “Commit
to Enroll” action in AMCAS no later than May 27, 2020. At this time you must withdraw from all
waitlists on which you remain and from any other acceptances you are holding (if applicable) to
indicate your final decision to matriculate at our school.
Withdrawal Process – Accepted students are expected to notify us via email anytime during the
application process of their decision to matriculate in another medical school by email at
m[email protected].
You will have two business days to respond to an acceptance offer from OSU COM between May 15
- June 30. OSU COM will not offer seats to any of our waitlist candidates if they have begun a pre-
matriculation program, attended orientation, enrolled in classes at another medical school, or have
selected ‘COMMIT TO ENROLL” at another medical school.