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MD/DO controversy aside, I'd like to add a comment about the original question. I think generally, no it doesn't matter where you go to medical school. One possible exception, however may be if you are applying to programs at a place where they tend to give preference to their own students.
I learned this from having faculty review my first list of programs that I may apply to. For a couple of them, I'm told that it will probably be difficult to get into because they tend to take their own students (one school is a big MD/PhD place, and they tend to take their own MD/PhD folks). I've heard this about 2-3 programs on my list (out of 40+ total I'm considering).
This aspect would only play into a very small proportion of programs on an applicant's intital list.
I learned this from having faculty review my first list of programs that I may apply to. For a couple of them, I'm told that it will probably be difficult to get into because they tend to take their own students (one school is a big MD/PhD place, and they tend to take their own MD/PhD folks). I've heard this about 2-3 programs on my list (out of 40+ total I'm considering).
This aspect would only play into a very small proportion of programs on an applicant's intital list.