Rejecting/Deferring Acceptance for possible MD

[Ignatius M.D.]

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You did well with interview invites; you should feel fortunate. I applied with very similar stats from a deflated uni and got one interview out of 36 applications. Take the DO acceptance unless you absolutely don't want to go. I doubt once you get to your fourth year you will regret it at all though. Yeah, you won't match ortho at Hopkins, but you will have plenty of options from nice programs assuming you do well. Is practicing medicine your goal or is putting "Darkskies, M.D." on the corner of your personal checks your goal?

 

[drizzt3117]

Like I said before, people in pre-allo don't know what the Tulane ACP is. Roll with that and you'll be happier in the long run, like I said, essentially everyone gets into Tulane.

 

[Hemorrage]

I applied to multiple MD schools with a GPA of 3.46 and a 32R this past cycle and received interviews from 3 of them. I was rejected post-interview from all of them but was also accepted to multiple DO schools including UMDNJ-SOM. I was also accepted to Tulane's Anatomy Certification Program and EVMS' Medical Master's program. Both of these have the highest chances of matriculation(>90%) at their corresponding MD school in the following year.

However, the caveat is that there is still a small chance that they won't work out for me and so I was wondering if there would be an option for deferral to the DO schools I was accepted to(particularly UMDNJ-SOM). If not, and I were to reject my acceptances to these schools, will I be blacklisted for the following cycle from the DO schools I applied to and/or the ones I was accepted to? Have others turned down an acceptance and reapplied and gotten admission in the following year to schools? Please let me know.

Thanks in advance!

Tulane ACP is very hard to get into- and nearly 85% of ACP graduates get to go to Tulane MED the next year and instead of retaking all their classes, they TA for them. In any other case i would have said go DO but in this case your practically guaranteed an M.D

 

[robertch8]

I get the sense that you want to go the MD route and would rather go to EVMS or Tulane ACP; normally I would recommend against the SMP route/reapplying but these are 2 of the unique SMPs that give you an extremely good shot at getting into that I would consider it an exception in this case.

But you can't have it both ways...you gotta let go of one or the other and I really doubt that UMDNJ will let you defer; most schools don't allow that. And even if they did, it's sort of unfair to your fellow applicants anyways. But just based on your tone, you should go for EVMS or Tulane...if you want what's in your heart, you gotta take a risk.

 

[JESSFALLING]

The opportunity costs are not easy to figure out w/o knowing your ultimate desired specialty....but unless it's something highly competitive (& reimbursed) like Rad-Onc, Surgical Retina, or Neurosurgery, the DO route is likely the most financially sound pathway for you at this point.

Also.....do you honestly want to spend one or more additional years of your life fiddling around (and stressing) with a post-bacc/smp and reapplying? (Not to mention writing/rewriting secondaries, a possible MCAT retake, paying more application fees.....etc!!!) I think you're crazy if you would prefer all of that over being an osteopathic medical student and becoming a physician (which will allow you to do something incredibly useful with your life) sooner.

 

[thlaxer]

this is not even close to universally true

Seriously, people acting like the playing field is leveled once you get to the interview stage, and credentials go out the window... please

+1 to both. Stats still matter post-interview along with your interview performance. There might be a few schools where this is not true, but they are in the minority.

 

[NickNaylor]

+1 to both. Stats still matter post-interview along with your interview performance. There might be a few schools where this is not true, but they are in the minority.

There are some schools at which this is true (e.g., Mayo), but they're not common. On the other hand, there are other schools at which the interview is less important than the other parts of the application (e.g., Michigan). It really varies widely.

 

[drizzt3117]

The opportunity costs are not easy to figure out w/o knowing your ultimate desired specialty....but unless it's something highly competitive (& reimbursed) like Rad-Onc, Surgical Retina, or Neurosurgery, the DO route is likely the most financially sound pathway for you at this point.

Also.....do you honestly want to spend one or more additional years of your life fiddling around (and stressing) with a post-bacc/smp and reapplying? (Not to mention writing/rewriting secondaries, a possible MCAT retake, paying more application fees.....etc!!!) I think you're crazy if you would prefer all of that over being an osteopathic medical student and becoming a physician (which will allow you to do something incredibly useful with your life) sooner.

They need to apply to one MD school if they do ACP, which they're essentially guaranteed to get into, w/o retaking the mcat or anything. It's also not financially more expensive. MD schools are also not inferior to DO even if you are doing primary care.

 

[patel2]

TAKE THE GODDAMN DO ACCEPTANCE YOU IDIOT!!!!! Why is this even a question? Do you want to be a doctor or not?

I would take ACP over the DO in a no brainer decision. It costs 12 gs, is a sure thing pretty much, and you get to TA and have fun for a whole year after you finish. Plus you get all the advantages an MD school has over a DO school, which can be huge depending on your 2017 residency goals.

stay safe OP

 

[WorldChanger36]

Oh geeezz it this thread again... If you turn down medical school then you should have never applied.

It seems the DO schools failed to interview you properly otherwise they would have rejected you as well seeing that you clearly have no desire to be a doctor. Stop fooling yourself and quit now.

 

[drizzt3117]

Oh geeezz it this thread again... If you turn down medical school then you should have never applied.

It seems the DO schools failed to interview you properly otherwise they would have rejected you as well seeing that you clearly have no desire to be a doctor. Stop fooling yourself and quit now.

Lol

 

[MT Headed]

You are so absolutely and completely obsessed with prestige. If OP withdraws his DO acceptances, he will be spending $50,000

Except Tulane ACP is cheap cheap cheap at $12K. It's probably the only time the words "inexpensive" and "Tulane" can be put into the same sentence.

Your numbers are below-average for American allopathic medical schools so I'm not surprised you weren't accepted anywhere.

Yet medical schools accept half of their applicants from the below average side. Strange...

 

[Redpancreas]

1) no you can't hold a DO acceptance as a backup plan. Most DO schools don't offer deferrals, and when they do it takes a good reason and not wanting to be a DO isn't one...sorry.

2) same story different twist: if you turn down a DO acceptance and then reapply you will have to explain why. You will need a better reason than you have right now.

3) regardless, if you want to try again you need to figure out why you got rejected. It was NOT your grades. That would have blocked you pre-interview, not post. It has to be something in all 3 interviews. How you answer questions, how you interact with everyone including other candidates, your personality/fit with the school, and yes even personal hygiene. 3 post interview rejections means there is something fatally wrong that is only apparent after meeting you. Figure it out and you have a chance in a new cycle.

Where are you getting this from? Two of my friends have just deferred their acceptances (at DO schools) to reapply for MDs. Worse comes to worst, they're matriculating at a DO school one year later.