I feel like there have been threads on this before, because posting this feels very deja vu to me. Try a search of this topic too, and you'll find more who chose DO over MD. I chose DO over two MD schools, one in-state (Wayne State) and one out-of-state (Vermont). I want to learn OMM, so I chose DO. I was not/am not worried about not being able to go into whatever specialty I want. I grew up in Michigan, and worked at a hospital in Lansing for a few years before applying. At that hospital, there were cardiac surgeons, ER attendings, Ortho, infectious diseases, pulmonary, you name it, specialists who were DOs. The "stigma" doesn't bother me. It was practically non-existent at the hospital I worked at, and I don't notice it at the hospital in Maine that I am working at now. If someone thinks I am less of a doctor because I am a D.O., then they can go see an M.D. If some person asks if I went to DO school because I didn't get into MD school, I just say I went to DO school because I wanted to be a DO. There's no need to even tell them that I got accepted to MD school, and turned down MD interviews to go to DO school. By doing that, it's like acknowledging that MD is better. Go where you want. If you are worried about "Stigma" or limited practice rights or not being able to specialize in whatever you want, all arguments that I have a different opinion about, then maybe MD school would be better for you. Choose what is better for you. I like my OMM classes, but they are an extra class and they do require alot of extra work. I had an exam this morning, and just yesterday I found myself chuckling about how I wouldn't have this exam if i had went to MD school, but I wouldn't have these skills that I wanted to have either.
