One swallow does not a summer make
This actually is NOT spoken about much on here. Popular opinion seems to be residency matters over medical school. I guess this is still an elephant in the room issue.
it is not commonly spoken about on here simply because it is uncommon. it exists...but so does discrimination against race, gender, sexuality, religion, hair color, favorite sports team, etc. i have personally observed more DO against MD discrimination than the other way around; however, most of us (DOs and MDs) do not give a ****. one of my mentors is an MD.
More prestigious schools tend to discriminate against DOs, at least in my area. I was advised by a DO surgery attending to go MD if at all possible, as he had to fight a real uphill battle to secure his spot. Despite having attended a good NRMP general surgery residency, they still outright questioned his osteopathic medical education, to which he basically said that he was a good surgeon and that his work speaks for itself so if they didn't want to hire him it was out of his hands. He got the job, but laments it would have been far easier with an MD behind his name. Going to medical school is about having a desirable career after medical school, so you should go to wherever gives you the best shot at the most residencies possible, as well as the most jobs possible once your residency is complete. You can certainly do anything as a DO, but you are going to be jumping over a lot of hefty obstacles for the more competitive NRMP specialties and academic positions. I chose not to wait a year and apply MD because I'm going for some of the less competitive and more DO friendly specialties and plan to practice in a more rural environment, so my education will matter less, but for most people, MD is the way to go if you can at all help it.
