i replied to your driving in iowa question, so i thought i would pad my post numbers with adding to this thread. I decided between kcumb and dmu. They both seemed to "fit,", so i couldn't really use that reasoning. I don't think that i have one main reason for coming here, but a bunch of little things that made me lean towards dmu. Where i'm from there isn't many DO's, but the few that i met went to this school. They were actually well known doctors in the town. (one EM doc and one ortho) Even the MDs spoke highly of the school. There has been threads about kcumb's neighborhood, and it really didn't bother me. but moving down here with my wife, and wanting to live next to school, the location did become a factor.
i guess i can't end a dmu post without mentioning the facilities. they are pretty good. i don't like when people talk things up so much that you expect a castle made of platinum and diamonds. but.......it is the best of the schools i looked at (no diamonds)
now, to the always expected and increasingly bothersome line.....
go with your gut.