Agree that generally a student in a gifted HS program won’t have any per se advantage in college admissions. One added thought…IME, gifted program grads who are young (say 16 or younger) can be at a disadvantage in college admissions, at least at some schools. Not sure about BS MD/DO, but I wouldn’t be surprised there either. I don’t know if OP’s kid is young though.
For OP, I feel like we are still missing a lot of academic info…
-what will be your student’s senior year schedule?
-Will they graduate HS with four years of classes in each of the five core areas (Eng, Math, Soc Studies, Science, foreign lang)?
-Will they have taken bio, chem, and physics?
-What AP scores does the student have so far? What is their class rank (guesstimate if the school doesn’t report.)
Are you looking for non-BS MD/DO school suggestions in the US? Do you have any cost constraints?