Caribbean MD or US DO?

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This is true.

@ Hemorrage:

- https://www.aamc.org/data/facts/applicantmatriculant/
there were about 44k applicants, and about 19k Matriculants = 43/44% For Medical School in 2011.

http://www.adea.org/publications/tde/Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx?Paged=TRUE&p_FSObjType=0&p_FileLeafRef=Distribution%20of%20Race%20Among%20Professionally%20Active%20Dentists.ppt&p_ID=142&View={2C47CDD8-6C1A-4DD1-8026-5B428A026978}&PageFirstRow=101

% of Applicants enrolled in Dental school is about 41.2 in 2010 ( . This does not mean getting into dental school is more difficult, it merely points out that your comment " far fewer applicants" is not a great argument, because there are also far fewer spots available as well.

I believe getting into a U.S MD program is the most competitive. But I believe becoming a physician is easier due to the multiple options available to pre-med students ( DO and Caribbean). There is no Caribbean route for dental, and if one decides to go to dental school abroad(which might arguably be just as competitive , if not more competitive), there are intense regulations in order to return and practice in the U.S.

@ DrCaliboy and Parklife
According to ADEA: the avg total gpa of dental school matriculants = 3.53 (2011), and science gpa: 3.45

According to AAMC: the avg gpa of medical school matriculants = 3.76 (2011), and science gpa of 3.61

Thank you. I really appreciate people who are able to look objectively at the facts and not get all bent out of some arbitrary self-implication. Nobody is saying dental student's are dumb and nobody is saying it is just as easy as walking in the front door and walking out the back with your DDS degree. But over correcting in the argument is silly.