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Originally posted by rworkman

This is the first time I’ve heard of a senior osteopathic student who is willing to start from scratch in an allopathic school. You must be extremely dissatisfied, and I wonder why you did not pursue a change earlier in your osteopathic education. I believe having already taken and passed USMLE step II precludes you from going back and starting again….however, I am not 100% sure of this. I would recommend talking with one of your counselors to be absolutely sure.

As a DO you are able to train in any specialty you choose. The MD and DO are interchangeable. I’m not sure I understand what it is you feel you are lacking at this point.

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To answer your question there are a few reasons.
My initial reason for chosing D.O. had to do with what I beleived to be a more holistic approach and more human approach to medicine (which depends completely on the physician regardless of degree..something I found out a bit late). I did attempt to transfer but it is a very difficult thing to do and only a few are actually successful.

To be honest I had no issues defending D.O. principles until I encountered certain practices not rooted in evidence based medicine which started my dissatisfaction. Although the two degrees are interchangeble I would feel more comfortable if I pursued the traditional path. I can no longer defend what I no longer believe.

I will check with a counselor concerning USMLE II and if that prevents an individual from enrolling in an allopathic school.
Although this would be an expensive path I am willing to pursue it.
Thank you for your input.

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Hello,
I have a few questions and i hope you can help me.

I am currently a fourth year at an osteopathic school and I am dissatisfied. I am not interested in representing this aspect of medicine. I am interested in returning to a traditional allopathic (MD) school. I have done fine in my undegraduate experience. Avg GPA,AVG Board scores (COMLEX). I have also taken USMLE II and passed.

1.I am interested in knowing if I would have to take the MCAT again to be accepted into the first year? I do not mind starting all over. Have you heard of anyone doing this? Aside from the financial issue I wanted to know your thoughts as to if this was possible.

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