The game is to pick 8 and I don’t think you could go wrong with any of the others on this list.
MSU, osu, Rowan are state funded with high in state preference. Best options if you think you’re competitive for them. I believe OOS tuition is explosive though.
Below this line location should be a more compelling factor in determination.
PCOM (Philly), KCU, and DMU are part of the “old 5” and considered some of the better private DO schools. The Joplin campus of kcu is good.
ATSU-KCOM is part of the old 5, but probably a notch below the other 3 and in a terrible location for the first two years. I can’t recommend SOMA.
Last one is a dice roll.
Lecom has lots of locations and is super affordable in an era rising medical school debt and talks of limiting how much federal loans can be taken out for med school.
Edward is VCOM and each campus might as well be a different school. I’d be torn between Carolina and the original Virginia branch. I remember being closely affiliated with a large trauma center. Auburn was just opening when I applied and didn’t even have any rotations in the state. The Louisiana one is probably much of the same.
Location really matters more for all of the private DO schools tbh. Maybe there’s tiny esoteric differences between ACOM and RVU for example. But it really comes down to if you want to go skiing in Colorado or be close to Panama City beach.