Former admission/interviewer with highly regarded MD school, former residency faculty here. My opinion is it matters MUCH less MD vs DO, BUT do make sure the school you are considering for that price is working for their money and providing an education. After residency and a few years of practice, the school almost doesn’t matter and the persons interest in good quality care/staying up to date is much more of a factor. On the way there though a bad school can leave a lot of work for the student. We found many residents who went to 2 specific high cost but low quality schools required constant hand holding to get through residency and A LOT of extra effort to get them through. (Even good schools have a few people that still need a lot of help but less common). As an example, one school in that price range you give basically did NOT arrange almost any rotations for their students and they had to find the rotation and come up with their own curriculum. My brother in law attended one of these 2. Graduated with huge debt and got almost nothing for it. However he was a very self motivated and made up a TON of ground during residency. Excellent at what he does now. However that high debt DID limit his choose of field and he pledges never to donate a dime to his former school since it was so bad. That particular school used to send students to our practice for rotations but never gave any curriculum. They basically got a free ride by us using the goals and objectives from a more established program with their students.
At least currently, with the student loan forgiveness programs available you can make it work based on the info you gave but if those change, graduating with that much debt is pretty daunting and gives me heartburn.
As others have said, taking another year, improving MCAT, etc adds little extra to the application. Most schools have a floor MCAT score, hours/experience, GPA. Sounds like you kid likely meets most of those. (Mainly used to weed out before the interview.) Above that it comes down to interview, belief that you fit their mission well, (some schools who you know), etc
At least currently, with the student loan forgiveness programs available you can make it work based on the info you gave but if those change, graduating with that much debt is pretty daunting and gives me heartburn.
As others have said, taking another year, improving MCAT, etc adds little extra to the application. Most schools have a floor MCAT score, hours/experience, GPA. Sounds like you kid likely meets most of those. (Mainly used to weed out before the interview.) Above that it comes down to interview, belief that you fit their mission well, (some schools who you know), etc
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