MD vs. DO!!!!!!! Want to be a neurosurgeon!

[CyberMaxx]

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So I am a pre-med hoping to be a pediatric neurosurgeon at Harvard 🙂love🙂, or Stanford (maybe ). I have applied this cycle but so far have only gotten into DO programs and want to know whether I should take the acceptances or reapply next year??? Can I still accomplish my dreams with a DO degree even though it will put me at a disadvantage for residencies. I mean, I know I can tots get >240 on Step 1 so I'm covered there..................


Happy April Fools Day SDN!!! 🙂

Edit: lol did someone edit my post giving me really poor grammar? 😛
EditEdit: Got it, we were pranked by SDN!

 

[mcloaf]

Bro you need to be reading the match lists.

 

[Microglia]

Bro you need to be reading the match lists.

Yep, and if you don't even lift your stacks of already read NEJM every week, you're already too far behind for any of this to matter.

 

[Stoptheclot]

So I am a pre-med hoping to be a pediatric neurosurgeon at Harvard 🙂love🙂, or Stanford (maybe ). I have applied this cycle but so far have only gotten into DO programs and want to know whether I should take the acceptances or reapply next year??? Can I still accomplish my dreams with a DO degree even though it will put me at a disadvantage for residencies. I mean, I know I can tots get >240 on Step 1 so I'm covered there..................


Happy April Fools Day SDN!!! 🙂

Its funny... because these are popping up... all the time in preallo.

 

[Boolean]

 

[QuantumJ]

Every person I met on the interview trailed wanted to be a "pediatric neuro-oncological-surgeon. or maybe a pediatrician. I thought this crap stopped once they got this far but I was wrong.

 

[NontradCA]

So I am a pre-med hoping to be a pediatric neurosurgeon at Harvard 🙂love🙂, or Stanford (maybe ). I have applied this cycle but so far have only gotten into DO programs and want to know whether I should take the acceptances or reapply next year??? Can I still accomplish my dreams with a DO degree even though it will put me at a disadvantage for residencies. I mean, I know I can tots get >240 on Step 1 so I'm covered there..................


Happy April Fools Day SDN!!! 🙂

 

[CSqueed]

Every person I met on the interview trailed wanted to be a "pediatric neuro-oncological-surgeon. or maybe a pediatrician. I thought this crap stopped once they got this far but I was wrong.

You know what's even funnier? Take note of how many people at the DO interviews DON'T want to go into primary care and compare that to their match lists.

 

[The Buff OP]

Ben Carson is not impress! ​

 

[Roxas]

You know what's even funnier? Take note of how many people at the DO interviews DON'T want to go into primary care and compare that to their match lists.

So does that mean no DO student should ever aspire to specialize? I get that not everyone can do derm/ortho, but there's nothing wrong with working hard and trying be one of the few that do. Just have a PC specialty in mind in case you don't.

 

[CSqueed]

So does that mean no DO student should ever aspire to specialize? I get that not everyone can do derm/ortho, but there's nothing wrong with working hard and trying be one of the few that do. Just have a PC specialty in mind in case you don't.

Hey no frownies in this thread! It's the April Fools thread!

 

[Roxas]

Hey no frownies in this thread! It's the April Fools thread!

Don't worry, all smiles brah 😀

 

[kaygeebee]

me gotta say, me love the caveman thing..me is vaguely reminded of Dobby the house elf

 

[AlbinoHawk DO]

You guys may be laughing, but liberty university is opening 5 seats in a Neuro surgery residency. How does it feel to know an LU grad can be a Neuro surgeon and not you?

 

[BamaNicole]

So me are a pre-med hoping to be a pediatric neurosurgeon at Harvard 🙂love🙂, or Stanford (maybe ). me have appleid this cycle but so far have only gotten into DO programs and want to know whether me should take the acceptances or reapply next year??? Can me still accomplish my dreams with a DO degree even though it will put me at a disadvantage for residenceis. me mean, me know me can tots get >240 on Step 1 so me are covered there..................


Happy April Fools Day SDN!!! 🙂

Edit: lol did someone edit my post giving me really poor grammar? 😛
EditEdit: Got it, we were pranked by SDN!

sadly ....almost thought you were someone I used to know.....they typed just like that 🙁



and no everytime I write the word "I" it changes it to "me"


*edit* URRGGHHHHHH who changed the words to give us horrible grammar? haha

 

[Chipster.]

You guys may be laughing, but liberty university is opening 5 seats in a Neuro surgery residency. How does it feel to know an LU grad can be a Neuro surgeon and not you?

Will they be doing studies to see what brain abnormalities lead to a belief in creationism?

 

[sinombre]

Will they be doing studeis to see what brain abnormaliteis lead to a beleif in creationism?

Well played.

 

[mrh125]

Go MD. From what I've read and the times I've asked similar questions DOs have more limited opportunities for surgical specialities. It's best to just go MD and not have to deal with that issue if at all possible.

 

[deleted407021]

The only neurosurgeon in my town is a DO.

 

[Ace-Co-A]

@Agent B would have been a great neurosurgeon. @Oso

 

[BestDoctorEver]

You guys may be laughing, but liberty university is opening 5 seats in a Neuro surgery residency. How does it feel to know an LU grad can be a Neuro surgeon and not you?

Will they fill these spots with only LUCOM grads? By the way, what's wrong with LUCOM having their grads go into neurosurgery?

 

[deleted407021]

Will they fill these spots with only LUCOM grads? By the way, what's wrong with LUCOM having their grads go into neurosurgery?

Because we don't want a bunch of neurosurgeons who blame disease on the deveel.

 

[WestCoastNative]

People on SDN play DO's up a little bit like it isn't any different than MD. Either one is a huge accomplishment without a doubt, but do whatever you can to try and get into an MD school.

 

[terp720]

Go MD. From what me've read and the times me've asked similar questions DOs have more limited opportuniteis for surgical specialiteis. It's best to just go MD and not have to deal with that issue if at all possible.

People on SDN play DO's up a little bit like it isn't any different than MD. Either one is a huge accomplishment without a doubt, but do whatever you can to try and get into an MD school.

did you guys miss the whole "Happy April Fools Day SDN!!! 🙂" thing in the post?

aaand it changed it.. April 1st day!

 

[mrh125]

did you guys miss the whole "Happy awesome Day SDN!!! 🙂" thing in the post?

aaand it changed it.. April 1st day!

lmao I think he changed it before i posted. i'm hoping i wasnt that oblivious for reals.

 

[terp720]

lmao me think he changed it before me posted. me are hoping me wasnt that oblivious for reals.

no... that's definitely been there for like most of the day, especially since he hasn't edited it since you posted lol
but still pretty obvious

 

[CyberMaxx]

did you guys miss the whole "Happy awesome Day SDN!!! 🙂" thin' in the post?

aaand it changed it.. April 1st day!

This X1,000. 😉

 

[487806]

So me am a pre-med hopin' to be a pediatric neurosurgeon at Harvard 🙂love🙂, or Stanford (maybe ). me have applied this cycle but so far have only gotten into DO programs and want to know whether me should take the acceptances or reapply next year??? Can me still accomplish my dreams wit a DO degree even though it will put me at a disadvantage for residencies. me mean, me know me can tots get >240 on Step 1 so me be covered thar..................


Happy April Fools Day SDN!!! 🙂

Edit: lol did someone edit my post givin' me really poor grammar? 😛
EditEdit: Got it, we were pranked by SDN!

My reaction to this: --> --> --> --> --> --> --> -->

 

[Ace-Co-A]

My reaction to this: --> --> --> --> --> --> --> -->

It's just the start of the quarter. You'll get used to it fast. Use all the resources available.

EDIT: mwahahahaha. beat the glitch

VWHAT!?!?! you're back?

 

[487806]

VWHAT!?!?! yar be back?

@mimelim @southernIM @GuyWhoDoesStuff resurrected me

 

[NontradCA]

Because we don't want a bunch of neurosurgeons who blame disease on the deveel.

How bout one good ol boys who compare the LGBQT community to pedos and goat rapists. As long as they're in a top 10 lelamirite?

 

[terp720]

VWHAT!?!?! yar be back?

lol I still can't tell if you really thought Agent B was banned...

I can't trust anything on this day

 

[487806]

lol me still can't tell if you really thought Agent B was banned...

me can't trust anythin' on this day

@Agent B was banned after the Great Plumazula War, but the legendary residents resurrected her and bam she blows.

 

[Ace-Co-A]

lol me still can't tell if you really thought Agent B was banned...

me can't trust anythin' on this day

He had me hook, line, and sinker.

 

[Ace-Co-A]

@Agent B was banned after the Great Plumazula War, but the legendary residents resurrected her and bam she blows.

You tagged yourself in a post. It's a sign. You're not really back! @Reckoner salvation.

 

[487806]

He had me hook, line, and sinker.

@Agent B = woman; a smart and attractive and voluptuous woman

You tagged yourself in a post. It's a sign. yar be not really back! @Reckoner salvation.

@Reckoner secured

 

[3838]

Whoa.

 

[3838]

April 1st is so legit this year. Google Maps with its pokemon, hulu with its hannibal cooking show, and now SDN. I'm impressed with the quality of April 1st this year.

 

[3838]

ay matey I be walking the plank.

 

[Ace-Co-A]

ay matey me be walkin' the plank.

lol was that autocorrected from something normal?

 

[3838]

lol was that autocorrected from somethin' normal?

nope 😛

 

[Ace-Co-A]

nope 😛

 

[487806]

Whoa.

April 1st be so legit this year. Google Maps wit its pokemon, hulu wit its hannibal cookin' show, and now SDN. me be impressed wit the quality of April 1st this year.

ay matey me be walkin' the plank.

nope 😛

You just made it more weird

 

[487806]

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@3838 style... with a pinch of @terp720

 

[Ace-Co-A]

@3838 style... wit a pinch of @terp720

Here's to hoping you actually do get banned.

 

[487806]

Here's to hopin' you actually do get banned.

Well I have my resident pals to revive me. I hope...