Why are you applying DO?

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Why are you applying/did apply to osteopathic schools?

  • Practice Differenecs (OMT, Primary Care focus, etc)

    Votes: 10 11.5%

  • Personality Differences (DOs are more laid back and friendly)

    Votes: 18 20.7%

  • DO = MD so I applied/will apply to both

    Votes: 59 67.8%
  • Total voters
    87
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As someone who is applying to MD schools and DO schools I am interested in why other people have chosen to go the DO route. I cant seem to find any threads so here we go.
 
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Do a search please. You will find lots of threads on this topic. (Search function is in the upper righthand corner of your screen, in the blue rectangle between "New Posts" and Quick Links", below your private message box. 👍
 
A search of "why DO"

Sorry - no matches. Please try some different terms.

Only relevant posts I can find are MD vs DO and people shouting about how they are the same. Well...
 
patrickd223 said:
A search of "why DO"

Sorry - no matches. Please try some different terms.

Only relevant posts I can find are MD vs DO and people shouting about how they are the same. Well...
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Cause we get all the hot chicks. Prions is an example, and she is gonna be my neighbor.
 
Yep. See my mdapps for an extreme example of applying to lots of schools, MD & DO.

My top 5:

1. More locational choices (specifically in AZ, CA, ME, FL, WA, NY). Location is my #2 priority. (#1 is "doesn't suck")

2. No good reason not to apply DO. It's the same as MD, and the stigma is dying off as old MDs retire. No tangible obstacles to any specialty (assuming I work my heinie off), decreasing obstacles to ACGME residencies, and OMM is at worst a reasonable value add for clinical depth. I can do MSF, I can teach, I can do research, I can go work overseas.

3. I'm not a prestige *****. Well, mostly not.

4. Hmm, so 60% of med school applicants (MD and DO) don't get in? And those 60% are pretty well qualified? Hmm, I'd better increase my odds, I'm not getting any younger. Two years from now I could (a) be done with an SMP, and have retaken the MCAT, and be suffering through another app year (oy vey) or (b) I could be done with my preclinical years and halfway to my DO degree.

5. Only the last retake counts toward GPA. (Although TMDSAS gave me an even better GPA than AMCAS or AACOMAS.)

Best of luck to you.
 
 
 
Marthea007 said:
On the outside I will tell you to be nice.

On the inside I high five you and 😉😀
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I know, it did come off a little mean (sorry if I hurt your feelings OP), but this has been discusses ad nauseam on SDN and I'm starting to crack! 😉
 
patrickd223 said:
A search of "why DO"

Sorry - no matches. Please try some different terms.
...
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If you wish to be a medical student it would be a good idea to practice searching for things. If you plan on doing any research at all, you will find that it is a necessary skill. Giving up after searching "why DO" and asking everyone else to do the work for you won't get you into med school. Try some other terms like:

reasons to choose DO
reasons to choose osteo
why choose DO
why choose osteo
osteo or allo
DO or MD
picking osteo
apply do
apply osteo
reasons to choose med school
where do I apply
why apply med school

Pick a thousand other terms if you want. I found some interesting threads with a quick search. Try reading some of these:

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=208630
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=139401
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=302901
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=139401
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=349995
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=207582

In addition, if you haven't read everything in the FAQ at the top of the page, you should really go there before you post questions. Polls are typically a bad idea anyway for these questions because you leave out most of the answers. There's a good post on typical things to look for when choosing a school in the FAQ.
 
On a related note, is it pretty safe to assume that Jesus was a DO? Perhaps the original DO? After all, didn't he heal people with his hands and stuff?
 
TexasTriathlete said:
On a related note, is it pretty safe to assume that Jesus was a DO? Perhaps the original DO? After all, didn't he heal people with his hands and stuff?
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I thought Jesus was a carpenter...is that an extra class we get to take?
 
TexasTriathlete said:
On a related note, is it pretty safe to assume that Jesus was a DO? Perhaps the original DO? After all, didn't he heal people with his hands and stuff?
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Obviously, but for reference, if you search for "Jesus" and "whole" you'll find a great deal of evidence.

Matthew 21:10
When Jesus entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred and asked, "Who is this?"

Mark 15:33
At the sixth hour darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour.

Luke 4:14
Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about him spread through the whole countryside.

p.s. holy cow there are like 954 searchable online bibles. I wonder if anybody proofreads them. Never mind, they didn't worry about that in the 4th century either.
 
Marthea007 said:
You might want to sleep with one eye open until you're used to having Rose as a neighbor... 😛
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Hey now, I'm not creepy like that. I think being surrounded by as many girls as I will be, I'll be the one that needs to watch out! :laugh:
 
random question (and before someone points and says how shallow i am for asking it, don't deny you haven't thought it either):

are DOs paid the same amount for all clinical professions as MDs?
Would I have less chances of (say i want to go into psychiatry or oncology) getting patients because the public has less knowledge of what a DO is compared to an MD?
 
GirlAnachronism said:
random question (and before someone points and says how shallow i am for asking it, don't deny you haven't thought it either):

are DOs paid the same amount for all clinical professions as MDs?
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Yes.


GirlAnachronism said:
Would I have less chances of (say i want to go into psychiatry or oncology) getting patients because the public has less knowledge of what a DO is compared to an MD?
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Nope.

And ... to the OP. Everyone is applying DO because they want to go to medical school and become physicians.
 
I'm choosing DO because:

1. Its the same as an MD
2. I don't want to deal with those snobby pre-meds from the pre-allo
forum. ( I'm allegeric to idiocracy (is that a word LOL).
3. I'm old and I need to be surrounded by my peers LOL.
4. My top three choices are in the best locations IMHO. ( Though I am still
researching their academic strengths and weaknesses).
5. Etcera, etcera, etcera.😀🙂🙄
 
Just like a lot of other applicants, my stats were marginal for allopathic programs so I applied to DO schools as a back up in case I didn't get into any MD programs. I would still be able to practice medicine.

Why don't I see that option in the poll? Because this thread is just an excuse to circle jerk, not an attempt to gain any insight into anything.
 
:boom:I think someone previously suggested that any thread that starts with "Why are you applying DO" or "DO vs MD" should be automatically banned and shut down!!!! Can we pretty please make that a rule?????:laugh:
 
rose351 said:
Cause we get all the hot chicks. Prions is an example, and she is gonna be my neighbor.
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Damn you Rose, damn you ::shakes fist:: lol

DrMidlife said:
Yep. See my mdapps for an extreme example of applying to lots of schools, MD & DO.

My top 5:

1. More locational choices (specifically in AZ, CA, ME, FL, WA, NY). Location is my #2 priority. (#1 is "doesn't suck")

2. No good reason not to apply DO. It's the same as MD, and the stigma is dying off as old MDs retire. No tangible obstacles to any specialty (assuming I work my heinie off), decreasing obstacles to ACGME residencies, and OMM is at worst a reasonable value add for clinical depth. I can do MSF, I can teach, I can do research, I can go work overseas.

3. I'm not a prestige *****. Well, mostly not.

4. Hmm, so 60% of med school applicants (MD and DO) don't get in? And those 60% are pretty well qualified? Hmm, I'd better increase my odds, I'm not getting any younger. Two years from now I could (a) be done with an SMP, and have retaken the MCAT, and be suffering through another app year (oy vey) or (b) I could be done with my preclinical years and halfway to my DO degree.

5. Only the last retake counts toward GPA. (Although TMDSAS gave me an even better GPA than AMCAS or AACOMAS.)

Best of luck to you.
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It is pure suffering.
I bolded to add more emphasis.
😀

And Jesus was the original DO. Represent Jesus.
(I am not religious - just went to catholic school my whole life)
But Jesus:
1) Brought Lazarus back from the dead (And DOs possess voodoo magic, so this checks out)
2) Made blind man see

and my own personal favorite (not having to do with healing but if i could do this, i would all the time)
3) made a freakin' feast from a few scraps of bread and fish
 
Mainly because OMM seems very interesting to me; I like the idea of manual therapy as a treatment.
 
I didn't mean to apply to either, but somehow I did; and here I am!! 😕
 
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