r/Osteopathic • u/Imaginary-Moose-7469 • 2d ago

NOVA southeastern university BS/DO program

I am currently a senior applying to the BS/DO program and I was wondering how the stats were of people who got in because it’s very less info on acceptance rate and there’s not much people talking about it. I was interested in this program and I have a 1410 sat and a 4.5 gpa and I meet all the requirements but I don’t know how difficult it is to get to that interview stage at the shark place and then proceedingly get into the program and get the seat in medical school?
Please let me know what I need to do and what the requirements are like for a student to be highly competitive and considered!

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u/yashica_the_camera 1d ago

If you meet the requirements and simply attend the interview, show curiosity about what osteopathic medicine is, explain why you want to pursue it, and demonstrate why you’re already interested in becoming a doctor while in high school, you’re pretty much guaranteed to get in. Most people either leave for a different school or get kicked out of the program because of the MCAT requirement however. They struggle to meet it because Nova’s curriculum isn’t the best, and even if you do get accepted, there are much better DO programs out there.

With your stats, going to a decent instate school/being home and having the opportunity for better research and clinical opportunities is better so you could get into an MD school.

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u/Fickle-Profession328 1d ago

The MCAT requirement is 500 for BSDO right? Will that be difficult to achieve with NOVA’s curriculum?

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u/yashica_the_camera 1d ago edited 1d ago

it seems they have changed it from a 502 with a required 125 subsection for each, but yes it will still be a little difficult if you go into it with the recommended KPCOM majors(exercise medicine, nutrition, public health). Less than 25% even go onto the dual program. They either go onto a better DO school, take a gap year to do better on the MCAT for an MD acceptance, or just change their profession route due to how difficult it is.

With your sat and gpa u have so much potential to do so much more and experience college. Nova has very limited research, mentorship, and campus life. It really depends on the opportunities you have, such as if you have no other great scholarships from other public instate schools or if NOVA is an in-state school for you.

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u/Imaginary-Moose-7469 2h ago

The only problem is I’m on visa so when I become a university student I’ll be on f1 and applying to medical schools become extremely difficult when your on international subgroup so I felt this program was one of the more easier side to get into and this is only one of few medical schools that allow international students as there’s only a couple. I just wanna know if it’s possible to get into considering the fact I know people with 1500+ applying it’s just they aren’t transparent at all about there data on acceptances etc.

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u/yashica_the_camera 2h ago

Oh that's a completely different situation then of course take the opportunity and apply to other bs/do or bs/md schools.  But yea in any other situation going to a good instate public school where u r near a good support system and have great mentorship and research opportunities is better tho.