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They use s pi na l adjust me nt s a nd othe r ma nua l tec h niquesma nage issues suc h as bac k a nd nec k pai n .  \nLENGTH OF PROGRAM ( de pe nding o n s pecia lty )  \n Medical School: Fou r Yea rs  \n Residency: Three - Seve n Yea rs  \n Fellowship : O ne - Th ree Yea rs  \nto  \nCOURSE REQUIREMENTS/ RECOMMENDATIONS  \nChi ro p ractic p re requisites va ry g reatly betwee n p rog ra ms , but a re ofte n quite flexible . It ’ s i m po rta nt that you refe r to s pecific p rog ra m we bsites o r the Associatio n of Chi ro p ractic Co lleges ( ACC ; [www. chi ro colleges. org](www. chi ro colleges. org) ) . Be low a re a few cou rses that will p rovide a st ro ng scie nce fou ndatio n fo r Chiro p ractic p rog ra ms .  \n*It is the applicant’s responsibility to verify all prerequisite courses, requirements, and application deadlines for each school they plan to apply to.  \nOne year of general biology * One year of general chemistry Organic chemistry  \nOne year of physics  \nIntroductory psychology  \nBIO L 1 0 1 /BIO L 1 0 2 o r BI OL 1 0 7 / 1 0 8 CHEM 2 0 1 /CHEM 2 0 2  \nCHEM 3 1 1 / 3 1 2  \nPH YS 1 0 1 / 1 0 2 o r PH YS 1 0 5 PSY C 1 0 0  \nSchools may require English , additional social science , cell biology , genetics , math and /or other courses such as Medical Terminology  \n*ALL first year Biology students are required to complete Biol 101/102 instead of Biol 107/108  \nKEY COMPONENT S OF A COMPETITIVE OT SCHOOL APPLICATION  \nAPPLICATION TIMELINE   \nYou r ti me li ne fo r a pplyi ng to c hi ro p ractic sc hoo l s hou ld reflect you r readi ness : acade mica lly ,  \npe rso na lly , a nd p rofessio na lly. While so me stude nts a pply i n the su m me r befo re se nio r yea r to sta rt medica l sc hoo l right afte r g raduatio n , othe rs be nefit fro m a mo re flexible ti me li ne .  \nFo r stude nts w ho need additio na l ti me to build a st ro ng fou ndatio n i n the scie nces o r adjust to  \nco llege-leve l cou rsewo r k , sta rti ng Ge ne ra l Che mist ry i n the so pho mo re yea r a nd a pplyi ng afte r se nio ryea r is a n a lte r native ti me li ne .  \nThis a pp roach may lead to st ro nge r acade mic pe rfo r ma nce a nd a mo re co nfide nt C CAT p re pa ratio n .  \nTaking a ga p yea r a nd a pplyi ng i n se nio r yea r does not put stude nts at a disadva ntage . Applica nts may use that ti me to gai n c li nica l ex posu re , deve lo p p rofessio na l s kills , c la rify thei r goa ls , a nd s ho re u pwea k e r a reas o n thei r a pplicatio n .  \nFo r mo re i nfo r matio n , visit Ma ke the Most of You r Ga p Yea r .  \nAPPLICATION SERVICE  \nThe Chiropractic Centralized Application Service ( Chi roCAS) is the a pplicatio n platfo r m fo r most U . S . c hiro p ractic p rog ra ms . Applica nts su b mit o ne p ri ma ry a pplicatio n through Chi roCAS , w hic h is the ndist ributed to pa rticipati ng sc hoo ls .  \nPlease note that i ndividua l sc hoo ls may have additio na l requi re me nts o r se pa rate deadli nes . Visit [www . po rta l. c hi rocas . o rg](www . po rta l. c hi rocas . o rg) fo r key dates a nd a lways ve rify ti me li nes with eac h sc hoo l.  \nSTANDARDIZED TEST  \nSta nda rdized tests a re not co m mo n ly requi red fo r ad missio n to c hiro p ractic p rog ra ms , though a few sc hoo ls may requi re the Chiropractic College Aptitude Test ( C CAT) . Stude nts a re e ncou raged to review p rog ra ms pecific requi re me nts ea r ly i n the a pplicatio n p rocess , as testi ng po licies va ry by i nstitutio n .  \nFo r i nfo r matio n o n ad missio ns requi re me nts a nd w hethe r the CCA T is requi red , visit i ndividua l c hi ro p ractic sc hoo l we bsites .  \nThe re is cu r re ntly no natio na l sta nda rdized exa m requi red ac ross a ll c hi ro p ractic sc hoo ls . 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