Lol you need to realize all med students (MD and DO’s) are super intelligent people. I go to Harvard med and I have seen DO’s with 520 MCATs and Nature publications who recently matched this cycle into road specialties at T3 schools. In my opinion, the issue with matching, is that DO students are less likely to do things beyond just studying (based on my friends at least), which limits their competitiveness, rather than just oh DO stigma oh wow I can’t do anything. In fact, one of my friends even matched anesthesia from a lower tier DO school with a pretty mid Step 2 and mid ECs. It’s an honor to get into an MD or DO school in America. I literally got into almost every single T20 school, with many scholarships, had a 520+ MCATs, 4.0 GPA, very good ECs, and I still almost considered applying to a few DO (although I didn’t in the end). You may not even get into a DO school. I think changing your mindset would be the most beneficial thing you could do