Harvard of DO Schools

[OnMyWayThere]

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What is rated as the best DO school, in terms of their students getting in the most competitive residency spots. Not the best primary care DO school, but the competitive residencies...

Thanks in advance

 

[Sense]

What is rated as the best DO school, in terms of their students getting in the most competitive residency spots. Not the best primary care DO school, but the real competitive ones...

Thanks in advance

I am not sure there is a Harvard of DO schools. All you can do is look at matchlists and see how their students do. It appears that NYCOM and CCOM are pretty good at matching their students in competitive specialties.

 

[Aaron Earles]

You left PCSOM off your list. A.K.A. Pikeville.

 

[dr_almondjoy_do]

Well you know.... since I go to NYCOM, I would say NYCOM, but besides that, you really have to consider the geographic location and the amount of students @ our school.

Out of 300, I would sure hope some people got choice residency positions, and that is by virtue of the student population.

Don't get me wrong, We are very well exposed during pre-clinical years and have very good clerkships during our clinical years, so that would equate to more experience for most.

But I still think it depends on the individual.

MCAT, Boards, and personality!

 

[OnMyWayThere]

You left PCSOM off your list. A.K.A. Pikeville.

wow you're goood... I guess PCSOM can get votes by posts. Sorry for overlooking that.

 

[DeLaughterDO]

I really think it depends on the student... Any school can have very good students, but then again, even the best school can have those that you just wonder about.

Of course, which residency programs to which any class matches is also highly dependent on the personalities of the students in that class. If you have a lot of hard workers that are actually interested in Derm, ENT, optho, etc, you'll have more that match in those fields...

That's my vote

jd

 

[Fermata]

I think NYCOM has the best quality in rotations.

However, VCOM would fit my goals the best. 😀

It's all relative, mate.

 

[San_Juan_Sun]

Yes! Another opportunity to compare my school to other schools I know nothing about.

And even better: I get to read other people talk about junk they know nothing about.

(By the way, odds are 4:1 that someone will eventually say something like "DO schools are more rigorous than Harvard, because we have to learn OMM too."

Oh, wait. This isn't the pre-osteo board. Odds should be 6:1.)

 

[misyel]

Do you think that NYCOM students matching well is somewhat related to the fact that there's 10,000 students in the class? Yenno, we get lost in the number and we're forced to work our asses off just so we'll stand out in the crowd?!?

 

[DOctorDAnny]

In response to the "harvard" of all DO schools, I would have to agree with the sentiment that it's all a matter of student choice. Those students who are interested in a "competitive" field of medicine have to kick-ass in medical school regardless of where the attend! My own personal opinion...lol...seems fair enough...would be KCOM!!! We are the founding school you know. 😀 There is always something to be said for antiquity and tradition. Follow-up note: If you want to be a freakin awesome Primary Care Physician who has an interest in incorporating manipulative medicine in your practice...KCOM is definitely the best way to go. Our OMM/OMT whatever you want to call it, is irrefuteably one of, if not THE strongest program in the country...perhaps the globe. 🙂 We really concentrate on perfecting our skills. GO KCOM!!! Home of the Kirksville 'K'runch! In closing, you should just pick a school that matches your priorities...once you do that, the school makes you their priority and the relationship that ensues is awesome! Take Care!! Danny 😎

 

[(nicedream)]

Hahaha why dont you just name the poll "what school do you attend?"

 

[raptor5]

The thing about Harvard is that it just opens doors. You do not necessarily learn any more there than at other schools. It just looks good on paper and to employers. (non-medical). You can go to a new osteo school or even a foreign school and it does not matter if you land a residency at JH for IM or Denver for ER. Plus if your boards and LORs are crap PDs are not gonna care that you went to Harvard, Yale, or even Padukah State (Fictional). I am sure that there is going to be an upperclassman at every school that is going to tell you that you are at the Harvard of Osteopathy. Truthfully, I was told this about a month ago by a 3rd year concerning PCOM.

If this the title you want to tag to a DO school, you should just ask which school has the best reputation thoughout the nation?

 

[Cowboy DO]

Hahaha why dont you just name the poll "what school do you attend?"

So true.

Seriously though the poll looks pretty accurate so far 😉

 

[OnMyWayThere]

If this the title you want to tag to a DO school, you should just ask which school has the best reputation thoughout the nation?

The subject of the thread is to have people come in and vote... it's not meant to tag a school that way 🙂

 

[apass]

So true.

Seriously though the poll looks pretty accurate so far 😉

I think most SDNers are from the east coast plus there are sooo many nycom students other schools can't compete with the poll🙂

Seriously - I also believe it is up to the student. Most all of the DO schools have the same opportunity to rotate at hospitals all over the counry including those in NYC. I think the clinical rotation experience is fairly equal across the board. I think all the schools have students placed in excellant residencies.

 

[Amy B]

Haha, I was quickly reading over the titles of threads and clicked on this one because I thought it said... "Harvard opens DO school" My mind was tricking me and I thought, "Wow, it's about time Harvard jumped on the DO bandwagon." 😀

 

[raptor5]

Haha, I was quickly reading over the titles of threads and clicked on this one because I thought it said... "Harvard opens DO school" My mind was tricking me and I thought, "Wow, it's about time Harvard jumped on the DO bandwagon."

That's funny. It is almost like the April Fools Day thread sometime ago that talked about Penn buying PCOM. You knew something wasn't right. I would be hard pressed to think that the Board of Governors for Harvard (or whatever they call themselves) even acknowledge Osteopathy. But maybe they do, I give them the benefit of the doubt.

 

[Phil Anthropist]

You left PCSOM off your list. A.K.A. Pikeville.

Isn't one of Pikeville's objectives to get primary care physicians working in underserved areas around Appalachia and Kentucky? I think that's an absolutely wonderful and noble thing to do, but for that reason I would think that it wouldn't be the school to go to if you want to go into a competitive residency. If I wanted to practice say radiology or derm, I would not go to Pikeville. Just to clarify again, I'm not saying it's a bad school, but I just don't think it's the school to go to if you want to enter a competitive specialty.

I'm thinking of applying to some DO schools next year, but I don't think it would be right for me to apply to a school like Pikeville simply because I know that I have no intention of working in Appalachia or an underserved area for an extensive period of time. I have great respect for people who are willing to do that, but I know that just wouldn't be right for me personally.

I would feel guilty if I took the position of someone else who genuinely wanted to help the underserved areas in Kentucky. I know all DO schools say that they emphasize underserved/primary care, but I was under the impression that Pikeville actually follows through in that regard. Am I mistaken?

-Phil

 

[OnMyWayThere]

Looks like it's really about what the student puts into it, which is what is really expected from anything in life... but other than that, NYCOM, PCOM AND CCOM have a good percentage of votes.

 

[Amy B]

I would feel guilty if I took the position of someone else who genuinely wanted to help the underserved areas in Kentucky.

I know what you are saying here. I know some people will say anything to get into medical school. It is a desperate time for applicants. I know at least 2 people who lied in their essays just to get in and then once they were in, completely changed their focus. One went from saying he wanted rural primary care, to applying for a surgical residency. He is a PGY2 in surgery, which is a far cry from rural primary care.

I do realize people can change their minds as they go through their rotations, but I knew going in that they were not telling the truth because they told us they were lying only to get in.

 

[Aaron Earles]

Isn't one of Pikeville's objectives to get primary care physicians working in underserved areas around Appalachia and Kentucky? I think that's an absolutely wonderful and noble thing to do, but for that reason I would think that it wouldn't be the school to go to if you want to go into a competitive residency. If I wanted to practice say radiology or derm, I would not go to Pikeville. Just to clarify again, I'm not saying it's a bad school, but I just don't think it's the school to go to if you want to enter a competitive specialty.

Hey Phil,

Glad to hear that you will be applying DO. Thanks for the comments on PCSOM. I will be a OMS I in a couple of weeks, but I have talked to a few people that are current students. Yes, Pikeville does want people who would like to practice in the Appalachian region. Yes, Pikeville would like for people to go into primary care. I can appreciate your not wanting to mislead the adcoms to get a spot in a class. I admire that.

I asked a second year at PCSOM about their matches. We have had several graduates match into Derm, Surgery, ENT, (but not sure about RADS). I think that we also have a PGY2 resident at the Cleveland clinic in Family Practice (although I am not sure about that). I would love to show you the match list to our school, but I do not have one.

Anyway, I wish you luck in your medical school journey!

ACE

 

[Idiopathic]

I will tell you that my school (OSU) does not put a lot of graduates into competitive specialties. Whether this is a factor of the training or of the mission statement, I cannot say. We have had residents at Yale, Baylor, Hopkins and May in the last few years, so I think our training is all right, though.

 

[bloodsaver]

If you want a competetive residency, why would you go to a DO school? Just go to an MD school. If you blew it on the MCAT, take it again. Or move to West Virgina (substitute any low -IQ state) for two years and apply as resident. Believe me it will be worth it in the end to be an MD if you want the competetive spots.

 

[Idiopathic]

If you want a competetive residency, why would you go to a DO school? Just go to an MD school. If you blew it on the MCAT, take it again. Or move to West Virgina (substitute any low -IQ state) for two years and apply as resident. Believe me it will be worth it in the end to be an MD if you want the competetive spots.

Go home. Life is what you make of it.

 

[Amy B]

If you want a competetive residency, why would you go to a DO school? Just go to an MD school. If you blew it on the MCAT, take it again. Or move to West Virgina (substitute any low -IQ state) for two years and apply as resident. Believe me it will be worth it in the end to be an MD if you want the competetive spots.

Simply going to a MD school DOES NOT make you competitive!!!!!

Working hard to learn all you can making great grades, getting great LORs and kicking butt on the boards is what makes you a competitive candidate. And you can do all that either in a DO school or a MD school. You are what you make of yourself.

And there are intelligent people in West VA. The FBI fingerprinting lab is located there. They chose WVA.

It is sterotyped by people with small minds themselves 🙄