Could we see DO school stats....

[radian313]

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Disclaimer: MY INTENTION IS NOT TO MAKE THIS A MD vs DO post. I have matriculated into a DO school and am very happy where I am going. I have searched and curious on this time sensitive issue.

Knowing a probable merge will take place by 2020, and knowing that the current cycle of students (2016-2017) will be the first class POST MERGE to graduate, could we see a dramatic increase in admissions stats DO medical schools for this cycle onward? I am not speaking of the gradual increase we've seen over the years, but something more unorthodox from this point forward to close the "unconscious academic gap" that apparently quietly exists amongst SOME of our MD colleagues and in their point of view. In no way am I saying that OMS are any less capable, but just trying to gauge what will happen for students applying and intend to graduate after the merger.

I apologize in advance if this post is offensive, simply looking for a thoughtful and mature discussion....

 

[IslandStyle808]

I don't think this merger will change the perceptions of pre-medical students that easily. You will have tons of clueless people who don't know what DO is and don't know what this merger is (heck I bet you there are attendings that don't know this merger is happening). This rise will most likely continue at the rate its been going at. What would truly change its course is if the economy becomes better or worse. For example, look at the recession of 2007. This right here is what pushed people to go into the safe field of medicine. These people probably took 2-3 years for pre-med reqs and enter DO schools around 2010. You can see the difference in pass rates of the USMLE between 2011 and 2012 (80% versus 88%, USMLE Performance data). It has still been going up since, even though the job market has been recovering. So I could see this rise continuing until medicine becomes worse to enter or better opportunities present themselves.

 

[Goro]

Here's what I have. LizzyM scores given in bold.

Dramatic increase in stats? No. With three new schools opening, this will dilute the pool, somewhat. If the economy continues to recover, this will further weaken the pool, and people head to other fields.


from User3 and Maintner88 [sp?]

Touro-Ca: 3.50/3.45/30.8 (2015) 65.8
CCOM: 3.59/3.53/29.4 (2015) 65.5
MSU: 3.64/3.6/29 (2015) 65.4
DMU: 3.65/3.61/28.8 (2015) 65.3
AZCOM: 3.51/3.44/30 65.1
RVU: 3.63/?/28.5 (2015) 64.8
UNTHSC-TCOM: 3.67/3.57/28 (2015) 64.7
KCUMB: 3.67/3.62/27.8 64.5
NYIT: 3.6/28 64.4
RowanSOM: 3.54/3.48/29 64.4
Western: 3.58/3.56/28 63.8
LECOM-B: 3.53/3.45/28
Touro-NV: 3.5/3.4/28
NSU: 3.49/3.40/28 (2013)
Marian: 3.62/3.56/27.53 (2015)
OU-HCOM: 3.65/3.58/27.37 63.9
COMP-NW: 3.55/3.5/28 63.5
OSU-COM: 3.6/3.6/27 63.0
UNECOM: 3.5/27 62.0
PNWU: 3.46/3.37/27.29 (2015) 61.9
PCOM-Ga: 3.4/3.5/27 61.0
CUSOM: 3.6/3.5/27
KCOM: 3.46/3.34/27
PCOM: 3.5/3.5/27
LECOM-E/SH: 3.48/3.35/27 (2013)
SOMA: 3.39/3.34/26.04 59.9
WCU: 3.5/3.4/502 = 26 (2016) 61
ACOM: 3.5/3.3/26 (2015) 61
VCOM (all): 3.6/3.5/25.36 61.4
BCOM: 3.5/?/25 60.0
KYCOM: 3.50/3.41/24.6 59.6
LMU: 3.43/3.35/25-26 ~59
WVSOM: 3.4/3.36/25 59.0
LUCOM: 3.4/24 58

Touro-NY ?? (I believe similar to Touro-CA)


Of all the COMs, 14 have >50% of their grads go into non-AOA residencies. For my students, it's heading towards 60%.

https://natmatch.com/aoairp/stats/2015sklstats.html

Disclaimer: MY INTENTION IS NOT TO MAKE THIS A MD vs DO post. I have matriculated into a DO school and am very happy where I am going. I have searched and curious on this time sensitive issue.

 

[Ho0v-man]

The merger won't drive students to DO schools. Most people don't use this site and know nothing about the merger.


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[Goro]

Agree 100%. We have no idea what the fallout of the merger will be, expect that the IMGs will get more and more shut out of the process.

The merger won't drive students to DO schools. Most people don't use this site and know nothing about the merger.


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[radian313]

Thank you all for your professional replies. Makes a lot of sense. 🙂

 

[PotGoblinsales10]

Here's what I have. LizzyM scores given in bold.
Of all the COMs, 14 have >50% of their grads go into non-AOA residencies. For my students, it's heading towards 60%.

2015 Summary by College

Why do some schools like UNECOM have really high no-participation rates? Do these schools limit where students can apply or something?