Exactly. Why pay 40k extra?
This "40k is nothing" is a naive way of thinking. Just because you
If you turn down an acceptance a school has offered you I think you can pretty much kiss that school goodbye if you apply to that school next year. Would all the money and time spent on MCAT and new application cycle be worth the money you MIGHT save by getting into a state MD school? For me, no.
This is a bit deceptive. Better chances exist in comparison to DO, but if you factor for the number of graduates and specialties, calling it "tremendous" is misleading. Some advantage exists, but you also have to be an MD rockstar too, which the majority of med students are not.
Then kiss the DO door goodbye because as soon as they know you turned down a DO acceptance, no other DO schools will want you, or at the least the one you were accepted won't want you again and you'll have to lie about why you're reapplying. Then if MD doesn't pan out... well, better enjoy the Caribbean.
Did I say you have to be a rockstar or did I say your school has to be a rockstar?
Specializing in Anesthesia is not very hard for a DO either. If your criteria is any specialty, then sure, many aren't rockstars. But we all know there's a HUGE difference between psychiatry and ENT. Most people boast easier to specialize in highly competitive fields, not things like EM, Anesthesia, PM&R, Psych, etc.
One of the rare instances I have to disagree with you. Looking at that thread, it seems he was inquiring and not advocating for SGU over KCUMB, although I must admit I am still surprised that someone that applied Osteo didn't know SGU and other Caribbean options are abysmally terrible.
Its not like any of the 5 sites mentioned are in any way shape or form bad. I was just noting that the AOA does compensate for the fields where DOs very very rarely match by having a small cadre of highly respected sites that they locked up some of the more elusive residencies at. Are they enough, probably not, but I can't think of any good reason to ignore them when it comes to comparing DO and MD matching in the field.
Detroit medical center, a 2,000 (not a typo) bed hospital, is some community hospital in michigan?
Cooke, one of the largest teaching hospitals *in the world*, isnt impressive enough?. Believe me, DMC and Cook is better than ohio, min and oklahoma.
I mean you may not know the specifics of the hospital or what the match sites mean, so I can let it go after having my fun with the incredulous remark
unlike, say, gas where I would totally ignore AOA matching in the field because the opportunities are so different between the two match systems for the residents.
This is just untrue. Cook County is an absolutely fine teaching hospital. Hell, you'll see things there, and be exposed to more rare cases than most places in the country. Secondly, you count discount AOA residencies just because they don't fit into what you WANT to do post residency. That ACGME requirement hasn't been passed, but what if you didn't want to do a fellowship? What if you don't want to work in academia past residency? An AOA surgical residency will allow you to practice in that field, and make the same as your MD equivalent. If I remember correctly, CCOM actually had more students go into surgical residencies (AOA included) than CMS last year (or the year before).
