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everyone i speak with is giving me totally different opinions, so maybe you can help me out:
option 1: wait a year and apply to DO schools that I am pretty sure I can get into
option 2: go to the caribbeans for MD degree as early as May or Fall and get my MD degree there.
Here's what I know- please correct me if I am BSing.
- US DO is better than Caribb MD for rotations (US MD>US DO>Caribb MD>foreign MD)
- both are rather expensive
- both will allow me to practice medicine
- MD will give me a better chance of teaching, but I always run the risk of "why did you go to the carrib?"
- DO isn't internationally recognized, but is it any better than a Caribb MD for international recognition (ie if i decide to practice outside the US)?
I don't really care where I go to school or how far it is...all i want is a good education that will prepare me for a good medical career and passing the boards (either as a DO or MD). I also want to have the option of teaching available; preferably teaching at an undergrad level or in a college setting (no high school or JC). Although I would prefer for it to be cheap rather than pricey, it is more important to get that education at whatever cost.
I need to know soon because May in the Caribbs is coming up and I don't know if I should go there for May 2009 and just not apply to US DO schools or if I should wait it out on the Caribb and apply to US DO schools to go there for the 2010.
Long post, but I'm really torn. Every time I decide on one, I start to think about how the other is a much better option.
So I would REALLY appreciate advice because my emotional eating is turning me into a blimp.
thank you SO MUCH!
option 1: wait a year and apply to DO schools that I am pretty sure I can get into
option 2: go to the caribbeans for MD degree as early as May or Fall and get my MD degree there.
Here's what I know- please correct me if I am BSing.
- US DO is better than Caribb MD for rotations (US MD>US DO>Caribb MD>foreign MD)
- both are rather expensive
- both will allow me to practice medicine
- MD will give me a better chance of teaching, but I always run the risk of "why did you go to the carrib?"
- DO isn't internationally recognized, but is it any better than a Caribb MD for international recognition (ie if i decide to practice outside the US)?
I don't really care where I go to school or how far it is...all i want is a good education that will prepare me for a good medical career and passing the boards (either as a DO or MD). I also want to have the option of teaching available; preferably teaching at an undergrad level or in a college setting (no high school or JC). Although I would prefer for it to be cheap rather than pricey, it is more important to get that education at whatever cost.
I need to know soon because May in the Caribbs is coming up and I don't know if I should go there for May 2009 and just not apply to US DO schools or if I should wait it out on the Caribb and apply to US DO schools to go there for the 2010.
Long post, but I'm really torn. Every time I decide on one, I start to think about how the other is a much better option.
So I would REALLY appreciate advice because my emotional eating is turning me into a blimp.
thank you SO MUCH!
