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Before I rank the schools, I would like to explain why I think it's beneficial to do so. Here are the reasons:
1. The more reputable DO schools are usually harder to get accepted to. Therefore it's useful for pre-meds to know what the more-reputable schools are and what the less-reputable DO schools are. This is something I did not know at the beginning of the application cycle.
2. Graduating from a more reputable DO school might make it easier to match into your desired residency program. Thus it's good to know the ranking of the DO schools.
3. Majority of DO schools, unlike MD schools, are not ranked. This makes life difficult for pre-meds and medical school applicants.
My intent is not to insult anyone or belittle any particular school. There are many factors that I'm not considering when ranking DO schools, two notable factors being location and fit. Please note that location and fit are very important.
To all the pre-meds reading this, don't solely use this thread to decide which DO schools you are going to apply to. Do your own research, talk to physicians and other members on SDN, and please do consider factors like tuition, location, and fit. Try to visit the schools if possible before applying. All DO schools are pretty good so take my ranking with that consideration in mind.
A final caveat, I may be wrong with my ranking and in a way, I expect to be wrong. Please correct me. I'm just a humble mortal, a servant of humanity, which is why I want to be a physician.
I'm not going to be ranking every school because I believe that a lot of DO schools are similar to each other when it comes to reputation. I will simply divide the schools into 2 groups: the more reputable DO schools and the less reputable DO schools.
Also less reputable doesn't necessarily mean bad. Some schools will be in that list simply because they are new or don't have a research focus. Please keep that in mind.
More Reputable DO schools
1. The more reputable DO schools are usually harder to get accepted to. Therefore it's useful for pre-meds to know what the more-reputable schools are and what the less-reputable DO schools are. This is something I did not know at the beginning of the application cycle.
2. Graduating from a more reputable DO school might make it easier to match into your desired residency program. Thus it's good to know the ranking of the DO schools.
3. Majority of DO schools, unlike MD schools, are not ranked. This makes life difficult for pre-meds and medical school applicants.
My intent is not to insult anyone or belittle any particular school. There are many factors that I'm not considering when ranking DO schools, two notable factors being location and fit. Please note that location and fit are very important.
To all the pre-meds reading this, don't solely use this thread to decide which DO schools you are going to apply to. Do your own research, talk to physicians and other members on SDN, and please do consider factors like tuition, location, and fit. Try to visit the schools if possible before applying. All DO schools are pretty good so take my ranking with that consideration in mind.
A final caveat, I may be wrong with my ranking and in a way, I expect to be wrong. Please correct me. I'm just a humble mortal, a servant of humanity, which is why I want to be a physician.
I'm not going to be ranking every school because I believe that a lot of DO schools are similar to each other when it comes to reputation. I will simply divide the schools into 2 groups: the more reputable DO schools and the less reputable DO schools.
Also less reputable doesn't necessarily mean bad. Some schools will be in that list simply because they are new or don't have a research focus. Please keep that in mind.
More Reputable DO schools
- Michigan State
- Oklahoma State
- Texas-COM
- Rowan
- Ohio University-HCOM
- UNECOM
- PCOM-all campuses
- Chicago-COM-Midwestern
- Arizona-COM-Midwestern
- Nova Southeastern
- KCUMB
- A.T Still-Kirksville
- Des Moines University
- NYIT-COM
- PNWU-COM
- RVUCOM
- Touro-all campuses
- Liberty
- VCOM-all campuses
- Alabama-COM
- WVSOM
- WCU-COM
- LMU-DeBusk
- Western
- University of Pikeville
- Marian
- LECOM-all campuses
- Campbell
- ATSOMA-AZ