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How competitive are ER residencies for DO's?? Do they match as often as MD's??
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since both question and response were 2002 and 2006 respectively, does anyone have any 2008 common knowledge?
The short answer:
Not terribly competitive in the osteopathic match as long as you don't care which program you end up at or if you're not concerned with the quality of patient diversity, volume, and/or acuity.
To match into an MD program, a DO needs to be well above average overall. Good board scores (USMLE helps a lot) and outstanding LOR from familiar MD programs may be the most important thing.
If I had to rank match difficulty from 0 to 10, with 0 being totally noncompetitive and 10 being the ultimate in competitiveness, then I'd put a DO matching to a DO program at a 4-5 and a DO matching to an MD program to about a 7-8.
Any other current residents care to agree or disagree?
Good info! Along these lines how important do you think it is to have research/publications on your app. when applying to Allo EM residencies?
Just out of curiosity... How many MD programs did you apply to, how many did you get accepted to,
what would you consider "above average" board scores,
would you consider some states more difficult/easier to get accepted to an MD EM residency as a DO?
Thanks!
Thanks for the info Valsalva! I'll probably be in the same boat in a few years. Currently looking at EM and will probably be looking at a few MD programs around here.
Did you strictly do the allo match? What made you go this route instead an DO-EM program?
I did strictly the allo match for two primary reasons.
1. geography
2. more uniform quality from program to program
good luck!
Valsava, for an MD EM program, how important are core science grades (first two years)...I have a friend now at a DO school and he is averaging an 85% but that is not even half the class. Is that a bad thing? Would a good board score still keep you competitiive. It is so competitive, and I am not sure how important class rank is, escpecially since it was very important in undergrad.