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Right, but flat out rejecting DO out of hand is just as stupid, no? Especially when opie could save 30 grand a year.
You literally bolded the part of what I said that shows I didn't say this...
Right, but flat out rejecting DO out of hand is just as stupid, no? Especially when opie could save 30 grand a year.
FTFY.
MD for a multitude of reasons. Even if it were another DO school I would go there just to avoid the mandatory lectures.
For most people, the difference in the degrees WILL NOT MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
every applicant holding an acceptance to both should think AT LEAST twice before turning down the MD acceptance.
Right, but flat out rejecting DO out of hand is just as stupid, no? Especially when opie could save 30 grand a year.
This right here. This is IM, a "DO friendly field". Having the MD opens doors in every single specialty! Why do people have such a hard time understanding this? Say OP wants to go GI after his IM residency, well only 1/3 of DOs matched that fellowship. An average MD, is still well placed to get into a solid university IM program that will set him up to specialize in whatever he wants. An average DO does not have that opportunity. And I won't even get into the competitive specialties.
@JB50 You know what's funny JB? You and I are both so stubborn and similar that we would probably get along great in real life
Just to be clear. I am not a DO hater, I will be going to a DO school myself and am exceptionally grateful and excited for the opportunity to be a doctor. I am simply a realist and think every single applicant should know what they are getting into before they discard that MD acceptance for a DO one. That decision could potentially change someone's career. The people who don't understand the impact of that decision are the ones who become bitter DOs down the road and talk about how much they hate it.
Have fun in family med bruh. As a do you are DOomed![]()
One could argue don't take the cheap route now because it'll possibly pay more later. On the other hand, OP could be working in a family practice clinic or in general surgery along side a D.O. that has less debt than him but makes the same money he does.
Probably seen all of our post and decided to get out of medicine all togetherOpie please just tell us what you're gonna do already so I can stop reading all of this hyperbole and hyper-polarization of DO vs MD by medical students.
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