We are a republic . That means we elect our leaders . <| sep |> If he gave me a load that ' d be a tad homoerotic . <| sep |> The most important thing is the patch . We will need a picture of the stitched patch to qc . Also Scot Schmidt on the back logo , will need to see if thats spelled correctly too . <| sep |> Myself too thanks <| sep |> No one can really answer that for you man . Favorite program is extremely subjective with a lot of personal criteria put into the determination . You need to look at what you are looking in a rpgoram and use that to see what fits you . Also many ACGME IM programs take comlex without step 1 obviously not the top tier ones , so don ' t entirely discount those either if you don ' t have a step . Lastly , the deadline for ANY AOA program to receive preaccreditation is January 2 , 2017 . If they do not have that starts by that deadline they cease to be a program . Check out opportunities . osteopathic . org for a full list of programs in the country . You can also view their acgme status there as well .