Wait till you do an away at a real academic program. When you see how the 3rd year of MD school is structured at a state school you will know we got jobbed.
But thats not even the biggest thing. Its the support. My school actively sabotages me for no reason or just pure laziness. I asked for a rotation to specify that it was inpatient and they wouldn't even do that. They said 'we don't differentiate between inpatient and outpatient.' WTH? I literally told them that one of the residencies I was applying for required it, and they wouldn't even change a few letters on a record to accurately reflect what service I was on. That is so minimal effort. The Md schools bend over backwards trying to help their students.
I went to a dinner for interested 4th years at a away. While there the chair came up to me and started telling me about transition years. He was saying how if I didn't match I should apply to a transition year cause it doesn't effect my future funding for medicare/residency. He then mentioned how this MD school makes a couple transition slots each year to help its students who didn't match. Beyond the fact that this guy actually came over to give me advice as a visiting student, he in one conversation revealed how much more willing that program was to help its students than mine. You think a DO school will pay out money to make a transition year for its students? Then I have a bridge to sell you.
But wait, there's more: I was talking to an MD 4th year about our personal statements and how many times we had redone it. He mentioned that he had sent to 5 professors in our specialty and they had all replied back and given feedback. My school has one professor in my specialty. I did a rotation with this chair and sent them my PS during the rotation. They said they would look at it and give me feedback as well as write me a letter. Not only did this professor not give me a letter like they said, they didn't give me any feedback at all on my statement. I talked to another DO from a different 'original' DO school and he had the same experience.
I don't know how else to explain it. Wanting to go DO is deciding that a marathon isn't hard enough, so you put rocks in your shoes and pay a guy to mug you multiple times on the course. ***
Anyway, thats all the rant I got for tonight.
***Unless you want primary care in community IM or FM. Then you just skirt by and make sure you pass. DO is just fine at getting that.