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[MDMechEngr]

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This is priceless entertainment on sdn. LMAO.

 

[gyngyn]

Name-calling is not permitted in this forum.
Nor is disparagement of other members.
Some remarks have been edited or removed.

Thoughtful folks can have a discussion of what passes for a hot button issue without resorting to demeaning others. I hope.

 

[deleted1000960]

Tbh, if anyone had a choice, why would they go with the DO route. Who cares about your accomplishments other than you? If you don’t think I know what I am talking about, it’s your choice. But it’s almost unconscionable to not point out the choices OP has ahead of them. This site is heavily populated by DO’s for some reason, so anytime anyone says anything about DO’s, you just get this crazy wave of “I am a DO, and I did fine.” Just so you know, what you listed as accomplishments here are really not impressive as you think they are. Two code blue committees? Director of simulation education? Director of ICU rotations? Seriously, don’t toot your own horn with these rather ordinary things.

Just because you did ok, it doesn’t mean everyone else should take your route. If all you want to do is seeing patients for the rest of your life, I think DO is just fine. But many people want to branch out later in their life to venture into something else, DO will limit you substantially. Let me ask you this. If you get tired of being an ICU doc or you want to have a lighter load, what options do you have? Other than being in Med Ed at a DO school? it’s mind boggling when people don’t acknowledge the career limitation from a DO. The thing is this if you insist and pretend that DO offers exactly the same as MD, I am not here to argue about it. The facts speak for themselves.

Well, since you brought up the "un"impressiveness of someone else's accomplishments (as an M2 to a post-fellowship attending no less ), why don't you go ahead and share yours with us? Because unless you're Johnny Kim, I somehow doubt you're gonna dazzle anyone here.

 

[Angus Avagadro]

I just came here to be one more little bird that tells you that nobody cares about the letters behind your name. I got a 524 on my MCAT and go to a US MD school. I do not see myself as superior to DOs in any way whatsoever and neither do any of my classmates that I'm aware of. Then again, I don't go to a fancy schmancy medical school either.

Would it be easier to become the dean of Harvard attending a crazy fancy MD school rather than the school you're going to attend? Almost certainly. But, unless you're trying to match into plastics or something nuts, I wouldn't give it a second thought my friend. I also second the guy above who said you'd be better off taking a research year than spending that time as a premed trying to get into an MD school.

But I'm a med student so I defer to my superiors here of course.

Absolutely! Thanks for the thoughtful post. Like a moth to a flame, one poster further up, keeps coming back because they have to be right at all costs. Except for all those pesky DOs on this site... His Quote "This site is heavily populated by DO’s for some reason", .... Yes, some who have actually been Uni faculty, PDs, and Med Ed. If these DOs weren't here providing example after example to counter this person's opinions, everyone would agree with him. They remind me of some of my Uni students. When asked a question, they may not know the right answer, but were never in doubt about the answer they gave me. That is when they promptly handed over their lunch to me. I trained on the east coast where academic docs aren't known for their warm and fuzzy demeanor. This former poster 's pedantic insistence on being right will deprive themselves of many lunches during clinicals. To them, some sage advice given to me by a cardiologist once was..When swimming with sharks...don't bleed!

 

[DarkBluMage]

Update:

I just took the MCAT today. Feeling amazing about it and I think this was my best performance. I got a 520+ on my last 3 AAMC FLs I took this week.

I will update this post again next month with my real score.

I'm still leaning DO but should I reconsider?

Everyone has already given their advice and you don’t even have a score yet. Nothing has changed for someone to reconsider their advice…

 

[DarkBluMage]

If you really want in-depth advice then I would suggest filling out the WAMC form for a general idea of how a cycle for you could possibly go or if you’re even ready to join the rat race with everyone else. No one has any idea of your EC’s, research, volunteering, clinical experience and you have no shadowing.

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[pierty]

Update:

I just took the MCAT today. Feeling amazing about it and I think this was my best performance. I got a 520+ on my last 3 AAMC FLs I took this week.

I will update this post again next month with my real score.

I'm still leaning DO but should I reconsider?

I feel that a lot of your anxiety comes from the unknown, including feelings of "what I might be losing out on" by choosing to forego another path (it doesn't help to have certain voices here amplify those concerns). Everyone here comes from a different place - with different motives - in the advice they give you (one may say to choose DO because they are a DO themselves and don't want to others to denigrate the pathway or make themselves second-guess it; another may have chosen to take several gap years and incur many financial losses to attend a highly regarded school they now stake their identity on, and desperately seek to validate the decisions they made by projecting them on to you, etc.)

The truth is that the right decision is the one you make. Make it, and don't look back.

True emotional maturity and happiness comes from realizing that life is messy. You are often demanded to act when there is no "clear" answer or anyone there to guide you. If you believe you made the right choice, then you did. Life will work itself out regardless of what you choose, and you will be happier (and more empowered) by the outcomes you created.

Tbh, if anyone had a choice, why would they go with the DO route. Who cares about your accomplishments other than you? If you don’t think I know what I am talking about, it’s your choice. But it’s almost unconscionable to not point out the choices OP has ahead of them. This site is heavily populated by DO’s for some reason, so anytime anyone says anything about DO’s, you just get this crazy wave of “I am a DO, and I did fine.” Just so you know, what you listed as accomplishments here are really not impressive as you think they are. Two code blue committees? Director of simulation education? Director of ICU rotations? Seriously, don’t toot your own horn with these rather ordinary things.

Just because you did ok, it doesn’t mean everyone else should take your route. If all you want to do is seeing patients for the rest of your life, I think DO is just fine. But many people want to branch out later in their life to venture into something else, DO will limit you substantially. Let me ask you this. If you get tired of being an ICU doc or you want to have a lighter load, what options do you have? Other than being in Med Ed at a DO school? it’s mind boggling when people don’t acknowledge the career limitation from a DO. The thing is this if you insist and pretend that DO offers exactly the same as MD, I am not here to argue about it. The facts speak for themselves.

At this point, I feel it is evident that few share this person's viewpoint. They tend to start conflicts here frequently, likely because they are dissatisified with something in their life. I would pay little attention (and note: while you will find pretentious personalities everywhere, you will find an equal number - or greater - of people that truly view others as equals. If you pay attention to the latter group more, life will be a lot easier. DO or MD, a good doctor is a good doctor).

 

[srirachamayonnaise]

Update:

I just took the MCAT today. Feeling amazing about it and I think this was my best performance. I got a 520+ on my last 3 AAMC FLs I took this week.

I will update this post again next month with my real score.

I'm still leaning DO but should I reconsider?

It’s something you will know when you see your score. My prediction is if you see a 520+, your brain will tell you forget about DO. But feeling amazing after an exam has basically zero correlation with how you really did. Just wait for the score.

 

[AlbinoHawk DO]

Update:

I just took the MCAT today. Feeling amazing about it and I think this was my best performance. I got a 520+ on my last 3 AAMC FLs I took this week.

I will update this post again next month with my real score.

I'm still leaning DO but should I reconsider?

It's clear that what you want is the MD. There's nothing wrong with that. You know the risks of gambling that route. I say go for it. I think even if you don't get in, you can get into another DO program easily. Yes, it will be a wasted year in terms of money, but you also don't want to live the rest of your life thinking, "What if?" And be unhappy doing a specialty that's second choice

 

[Angus Avagadro]

Well done! Congratulations! Those are impressive numbers that some prestige oriented folks can only drool over. If you continue performing at this level in school and earn similiar board scores, there are very few, if any, specialties outside your grasp. Good luck and best wishes!

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Update:
Got my score back. 523!!!

I have already made up my mind to go DO. I will be using this mcat experience as confidence for medical school and step 2.

Thank you everyone for the advice anyway!

Congratulations 🎊!

(Don't let this go to your head.) 🙂