I'm sorry if I'm coming off as a troll. I did this because I really always wanted to be an MD, but I didn't make it the first time. My stats were good enough for DO, so instead of wasting a year, I decided to pursue DO. After all, from what I've read, the two are basically the same. The training is different during years 1 and 2, but the later years of training are basically the same. And the life after med school is almost identical unless you want to go into academic medicine.
I realized that MD's also may have an easier time getting into competitive residencies, which is something I'd like to consider. I am not sure if I want to specialize, but I feel that if I ever want to, I'd have more doors open if I was an MD than if I was a DO.
Plus, I have come to realize that the beginning years of the DO philosophy don't really align with my personal beliefs. I mean, I've heard a lot of people say that I should just suck it up and deal with it for 4 years and I'll be done. Heck, some even said that if I deal with it for 2 years, afterwards, in the clinical years, I'll have basically an experience identical to the MD experience. But I don't think I'm happy right now and that's why I want to go for MD.