This. this is the problem. In this whole thread, you don't see MD = DO. Not that they are, but at the top half of DO schools, you're pretty damn close to lower tier MD. I already respected top dental schools (if you care too look at the dental forum where dipdoc posted another thread about this). The fact is that I did not get in and settled for DO. That statement is correct. But that proves NOTHING. i could also point out the fact is that most dental students "settled" for dental school as opposed to medical school. these are all just Conjectures.
TBH guys i wasn't dental bashing. you just need to understand that you guys, pre-dental sdn'ers, are probably the smart ones in dental schools going to top schools. There are some pretty dumb people going to dental school...
Aside from the bottom 10 or so DO schools, nobody is dumb.
You have contradicted yourself 3 times in just that post. You say that the problem is that I don't see MD as being equal to DO, yet in the following sentence, you say that they are not equal, so you yourself admitted that they are not equal.
The debate is not just between the top half of DO schools vs bottom tier MD. We're looking at the big picture here. As a whole, MD>DO in terms of difficulty of admissions.
"The fact is that I did not get in and settled for DO. That statement is correct. But that proves NOTHING."
It proves that you didn't get into an MD school and that you did in fact settle for DO. Just backing up Dipdoc's statement.
You said that you "respected top dental schools", then why would you even say that applicants would have a harder time getting into ANY DO school over ANY dental school? Way to go there, boiii.
Lastly, you want to point out the FACT that MOST dental students settled for dental school as opposed to medical school, yet in the following sentence, you call it "conjecture."
Are you "most dental students"? Do you represent "most dental students"? Have to spoken to "most dental students"? No? I didn't think so. Get off the mentality that "most everyone's" top choice is medical school. And if you don't get into medical school, you settle for anything "below" that. Get off the mentality that most pre-dents/pre-pharms/pre-X were all once pre-med's that decided not to pursue that path because they were scared of taking the MCAT or had too low stats to gain acceptance.
The fact that you can label people that enter certain schools as "dumb" shows how much you need to mature.
Congratulations on getting accepted to that DO school that apparently has similar stats to MD schools. But boiii, you are going to need to grow up a little. Eat a large serving of humble pie and realize that MD's and "above bottom 10" DO's are not at the top of the world, and that not everyone wants to be a physician.
So close to calling you a troll, but that doesn't even matter because I'm done with you.