I'm not sure if you read the entire thread, but I'll bite anyway. My words, that you quoted, were explaining WHY the students that get into pod school are less competitive so I'm not sure why you call them "untrue". I'll say it again. The standards to get into pod school are lower, because less students apply. Period. There are many reasons why less students apply.
Then in response to the difficulty level of pod school... I can't compare pod school to MD school, so I won't. I'll just speak about DO schools.
Let's take the example of DMU. DMU pod and DO students take all of the same classes (besides one pod specific class per semester). They are in the same classrooms, have the same teachers, and are graded on the same scale. There is no distinction between the pod and DO students in the combined classes.
I won't argue that Pod students are as smart as MD's. As a whole, we're not. But I'm also not sure you know what you are talking about concerning podiatry school.
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