I have quite purposefully stayed out of this thread because the charting outcomes data, as a few have pointed out, are pretty useless and unenlightening however i've now been mentioned in about half a dozen posts and there is one falsehood quoted above that needs to be corrected.
I have indeed stated that IMGs and DOs have similar match outcomes. The PD survey and the match lists of all DO schools support this.
Often DOs will quote that 72% of PDs will consider DOs and just leave it at that completely out of context. To put it in context that same number is 98% for US MDs and 64% from US IMGs. Now I'm no math genius but 72% seems a heck of a lot closer to 64% than it is to 98% (8% difference vs 26% difference). When you parse the numbers out even further you see that they're actually even more similar. When broken down you find that those programs that say they interview DOs "often" or "seldom" adds up to 86%. Which incidentally is the exact same for US IMGs. It's 98% for US MDs with 95% in the "often" category vs. only 52% for DOs. It's true that DOs have an edge in the "often category on IMGs by about 20% but are still 33% behind US MDs. So yes the numbers for DOs in the PD survey are clearly a lot closer to those of US IMGs than US MDs.
Rank lists are admittedly nuanced but if you look at IM you'll see that the programs that DOs match into (small community programs in undesirable locations) are almost identical to those on Caribbean match lists whereas at US MD schools the majority of programs are university teaching hospitals.
Source:
@Goro posted a screenshot of the charts here
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/thr...they-think-of-do-grads-just-ask-them.1223016/