Top 3 DO schools in your opinion? Let's hear it

[letmerunaway]

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Interested to see which schools pop up the most

 

[Osminog]

Just use the search function. There are a million past threads on this topic, and they're all equally pointless and dull.

 

[KoKoOnaJo]

LU
KCU Joplin
And Probbly western

 

[Goro]

Interested to see which schools pop up the most

Ask five people and you're going to get six different answers.

 

[PapaGuava]

Interested to see which schools pop up the most

People will rate things based on location, curriculum, whether or not there is mandatory dress code, less OMM, etc etc. I don't think you will find many useful answers by asking for the top 3.

However, Des Moines, Chicago, and PCOM-Philly have always been considered the top 3 in my mind.

 

[FootballAndSkiing]

RVU has the best board scores, or at least top 3. And I want to say I got to a top DO school (according to me).

 

[MDMechEngr]

The 3 cheapest DO schoois.

 

[EArlyBirdGetsTheWorm]

RVU has the best board scores, or at least top 3. And I want to say I got to a top DO school (according to me).

Isn’t RVU the one that is owned by a Caribbean medical school and sent ppl invites to apply to it when they rejected them?

 

[FootballAndSkiing]

Isn’t RVU the one that is owned by a Caribbean medical school and sent ppl invites to apply to it when they rejected them?

yes

 

[hellosnd]

Isn’t RVU the one that is owned by a Caribbean medical school and sent ppl invites to apply to it when they rejected them?

so bottom tier

 

[DO2015CA]

State schools. OSU, TCOM, Rowan/OUHCOM. MSU was there prior to nassar

 

[FootballAndSkiing]

so bottom tier

If that's the only thing you are considering when evaluating a med school then sure

 

[hellosnd]

If that's the only thing you are considering when evaluating a med school then sure

I don’t know about RVU but usually poor administration trickles down to poor education/student experience

 

[FootballAndSkiing]

I don’t know about RVU

exactly

usually poor administration trickles down to poor education

RVU has the best board scores, or at least top 3

 

[hellosnd]

No disputing it but Where did you get the best board score part. Thought a lot of DO schools don’t even post step(or comlex) averages.

 

[FootballAndSkiing]

No disputing it but Where did you get the best board score part. Thought a lot of DO schools don’t even post step(or comlex) averages.

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[hellosnd]

Pass rate isn’t the same as score tho. National pass rate is >90 something iirc. Caribbean schools have a good first time pass rate as well by preventing potential low scorers from even taking the test (not saying this is what RVU does)

 

[FootballAndSkiing]

Pass rate isn’t the same as score tho. National pass rate is >90 something iirc. Caribbean schools have a good first time pass rate as well by preventing potential low scorers from even taking the test (not saying this is what RVU does)

We got an email earlier in the year saying we were 3 for level 1 in terms of average score. Its irrelevant anyway now thats its pass fail. And we have to score a 350 on a COMSAE before dedicated starts, which is much lower than a lot of other schools.

 

[PapaGuava]

Please stay on topic. If you have a recommendation about your top 3 DO schools, please comment otherwise save specific comments about one institution for the school-specific threads.

 

[KoKoOnaJo]

I heard AZCOM is the best

 

[PalaceLover]

I heard AZCOM is the best

Could be. Definitely one of the worst for your wallet though.

 

[EArlyBirdGetsTheWorm]

Could be. Definitely one of the worst for your wallet though.

I can’t wrap my head that they charge 2x the amount of ivy leagues.


My money on the best DO schools if you’re trying to get into a difficult residency are the original schools. PCOM, AT Kirksville and some of the public ones that don’t cost and arm and a leg like OU-HCOM.
I would avoid schools that are for profit.

 

[DOVinciRobot]

State schools. OSU/TCOM/Ohio/MSU.

 

[Ho0v-man]

Reading this thread is like Groundhog Day.

The hype around the original 5 is pretty exaggerated. I don’t think they’re doing anything different from a younger school that’s been around like 20 years.

It’s the state schools.

 

[fxryker]

PCOM, UNECOM, and RowanSOM.