streak said:
Can anyone currently attending AUC enlighten me about the courses, labs, and profs. Why is the USMLE pass rate only 81% vs. Ross 93%?
What about rotations? Is Ross better?(academically) not island location wise!
Ross' 93% is a gimic. It's comparable to most pre-med departments at small colleges boasting of their 95% placement rate at medical schools;yes, it's 95% after they weed out 100 students during the first three years so that only 10 students apply. Ross has a shelf exam that students must pass before they can sit for the boards. If you fail it, you can't take Step 1. It's a process used to protect Ross and inflate their passing numbers.
Honestly, go to SGU first and if you can't get in there, go to AUC over Ross. The living conditions at AUC are the closest that you will come to U.S. living conditions. I know graduates of AUC who claim to have had the best years of their life down there because of the large number of bars, casinos, restaurants etc. People who are at Ross are miserable because their island is the worst.
Rotations-wise, I heard from these same AUC people that Ross' setup is much more impressive, however, they are concentrated in New York. So if you want to rotations outside New York, Ross won't really help you that much. Also, most of these Carribbean schools share sites so you won't be missing anything by going to AUC.
The one thing that never gets brought up in the AUC vs. Ross debates is the nature of the student body. I have heard this from both Ross and AUC students that AUC student body is far less gunner and cutthroat than Ross. But some people choose Ross over AUC because it's slightly older and more established. But I have yet to hear of students at AUC complain about their school as much as Ross students do. AUC definitely seemed more laid back than Ross students in rotations, I can tell you that much.
