? Usually only about 20-25% of my school, and many other DO schools, place into FM....
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I lumped family medicine and primary care together, as they're very similar. I still don't understand his point.
^ IDK, I can't speak for dude/dudette. But, I would caution you, and everyone else really, against equating FM/IM/Peds matches with primary care, as they don't show you the full picture/end result: many, many docs continue on into fellowships.
Just because you match FM/IM/Peds doesn't make you a future primary care doctor. If you go into fellowship you are a specialist. And the majority of IM/Peds fellowships aren't difficult to obtain. FM also have fellowships and or you could become a hospitalist (if that's your thing).
Could try taking the number of FM/IM/Ped and compare it to the number entering AOA/ACGME fellowships requiring those residencies in a given year to try and get a look at what % DOs actually wind up in primary care and stay there.
If you care, I had 7 (up from 3 on my first take) on the verbal section and still got many interview invites when I applied in 2013. My stats were 3.4/28. Applied to 13 schools, ii's from 8, accepted to 2/3 interviews I attended.
