The whole point of this thread (if there is one) is the OP was responding to what someone else had posted a few days earlier, about why people choose to apply to allo schools only:
The thread
I responded on that thread and explained why I thought people would only want to apply to allopathic schools. Personally, I have no problem with anyone who does. It all comes down to your preference. In fact, I respect anyone who has the patience and desire to choose a career in medicine, even those who would never apply to DO school (my roommate back home was one of them).
My only problem with this thread is how illogical it is to justify applying only to allopathic schools by comparing match lists of a superb top 5 MD school with any osteopathic school.
Most of the DO bashing that goes on here is done by a small vocal minority of students who know very little about the profession. Most of the pre-allo's on here are knowledgeable about osteopathy and either a) respect DO's in general, or b) don't respect them, but also don't bother making themselves look foolish by bashing them all the time, as evidenced by some of the responses on this thread.
If you don't like osteopathy, that's fine. Everyone is entitled to his or her opinion. If your reasons are valid, then I respect that completely. The posts that usually start the flame wars are when the ignorant people start talking about how you can't specialize as a DO, or that no one respects DO's, all MD's look down on DO's, etc. Not only is it not true, but there are pre-med students that are influenced by what they read on here (as scary as that thought is
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