Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine - Bradenton Campus

By far the worst educational institution. Drop out rate is incredibly high but its hidden. No natural light no faculty support. Wish you could give zeros.
Feb 20th, 2024

Environment is abhorrent for the pursuit of an education. Many faculty chastise and work against current students. The school's sole priority is public image of the school to prospective students. Because it is a PBL curriculum, faculty expect to not have to teach or support students and students are discouraged from asking questions to faculty and are expected to know most things from prior or outside experiences. Medical students do not learn clinical skills with standardized patients. Working to support and provide academic direction to current students is not prioritized. Exams are littered with typos, poorly worded questions and irrelevant material. Students are expected to memorize information from 35+ chapters for each exam. Building has poor noise insulation and library is small, one-story, archaic, and poorly lit. Dropout rate of students is high. Moreover, the school gives no days off besides MLK day so there is no Spring Break or time for students to go home, recharge, and visit family. Any days without classes are scheduled to be in the middle of the week to inhibit students from being able to visit home. Access to enriching opportunities is low for faculty and students. The student body is large, but faculty pool is very small. The only time faculty interact with students are to give emails or lectures on how the class is underperforming compared to previous years. New and rigid rules are constantly added. Nepotism is a standard practice from the "empire" of the provost down to the satellite campuses. Instead of getting students access to boards prep resources, they instituted a mandatory "fast facts" class with a high number of quizzes that serves as an interruption while students are trying to study for boards. Options for rotations were VERY limited. Students here are put in a very unnecessarily toxic and disturbing environment, but are very intelligent and hardworking. Most excel despite the school, not because of it and some excel at the cost of mental and/or physical health
Nov 17th, 2022

Very clean and well secured location
Jun 24th, 2022

am very displeased with LECOM and their lack of acknowledging the students who were unable to attend their graduation, due to circumstances beyond their control! LECOM could not even announce their names verbally as they have done at every ceremony in the past. It was as if they were punishing them for not attending the mandatory graduation. These students lost out on an experience of a lifetime to walk across that stage and hear their names spoken aloud. They lost the opportunity to have their photos taken, all of which they paid for and were not even offered a refund or an opportunity in the future to have their photos taken. All in all my daughter was very displeased with the school in general and the final nail in the coffin was how they were treated at graduation. As a mother who watched how hard my daughter worked and all the sacrifices she made go unnoticed , it was heart breaking. There were 11 names on that list who were robbed of this special recognition!!! I would personally like to acknowledge and honor each and every one of their tremendous accomplishments. Bravo!! I see you!! LECOM, shame on you!! I see you too!
Nov 20th, 2021

Sep 26th, 2021