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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have no idea how the pre med process works, but for some that can make med school, at what point do you consider DO? Is it a different timeframe altogether? Could you pivot to DO/opthamology/dentistry? Serious question, I just have no idea.[/quote]

DO (Dr of Osteopathic medicine) schools is usually used to refer to Osteopathic medical schoolss: in general have a lower bar for MCAT and GPA than MD schools. They place very well, generally, into non-academic residencies, non-subspecialty residencies, though a subset of them do have a 25-35% SOAP rate(scramble rate)--the % who do not match on match day and have to look for unfilled spots often outside their first choice of fields and/or in a rural area. That does not happen with MD programs, top ones have 0% SOAP and almost all MD schools are under 10%.

Ophthalmology is a subspecialty of medicine that does surgical procedures on eyes, in other words a field you choose in MD school then try to match in it for residency. It is almost impossible as are many subspecialities(ENT, rad-onc, plastics, neurosurgery, etc), from a DO school, and even from MD programs you have to be either at a T20 (bottom of the class is fine) or near the top of your class at lower ranked MD programs. 
 
Optometry is a profession that knows a lot about eyes but does not do surgery: they do not go to medical school, they go to specific eye programs and get a Doctor of Optometry after their bachelors, which is unfortunately also called a DO. That decision is made in undergrad.

Dentists get a DDS: after their bachelors they apply to dental schools.

[/quote] Optometrists get OD degrees[/quote]

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