Kent:
Thankyou for your candor. Fortunately, not all SGU students are type A!
When it comes to personalities in medicine, all schools have the same problem. There are cool people and not-so-cool people, luck of the draw. It is unfortunate she feels so insecure.
I understand your thoughts on the DO v. IMG situation. Ultimately, it comes down to having the courage to overcome adversity. Let's face it, any way you slice it, DO's and IMG's have extra hurdles. We will always be the butt of some insecure, pompous jerk's joke. But, who cares!?! The important goal is being able to practice medicine, being able to help others, following your dream.
As far as residency positions are concerned, the senatorial treat to limit the number of residency positions is a viable possibility. However, like all governement actions, they usually like to sit on their big, fat butts for a while, taking more tax payer money, before making an actual decision. This resolution is scheduled to go into effect in three years, if they actually go through with it. One thing I've learned(after dealing with many IMG threat's in the past) is that nothing is set in stone, esp. in an election year.Having said that, it should not be taken lightly.
If I had that kind of information before deciding on Grenada, I'm not sure what kind of decision I would make.To tell you the truth, I hadn't even thought of the DO route when I applied for Med school. In my situation, I was waitlisted at one school(UMDNJ-Newark) and it was too late to apply to DO school. As an alternative, my NYU advisor was very familiar with SGU and suggested it. I also did not want to wait. I wanted to go off and finish med school ASAP. But, that's me. Ultimately, I think US college seniors should look at what they want. They should investigate all of the different avenues, with all of their hurdles, and make a decision.