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Ross will accept you with a pulse honestly. 80%+ will fail to get a residency.
The rest will be ok with a 24. Probably 60%+ will fail to get into a residency.
Though personally i'd say that I'd rather go to a podiatry school rather then a carib school. So recommendation for you to honestly spend your time and get a good mcat and try DO before Carib.
The rest will be ok with a 24. Probably 60%+ will fail to get into a residency.
Though personally i'd say that I'd rather go to a podiatry school rather then a carib school. So recommendation for you to honestly spend your time and get a good mcat and try DO before Carib.
That's the mean score for LECOM matriculants, so If I were you I would consider Osteopathic school before Caribbean.
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SGU:
Admission Statistics
Average Undergrad GPA (4.0 scale): 3.30
Average MCAT Bio: 9.00
Average MCAT Phys: 9.00
Average MCAT Verbal: 8.00
Average MCAT Essay: O
that was in '04. probably slightly more competitive now. if you really need a med school spot, there are for-profits you can go to in the Caribbean.
Admission Statistics
Average Undergrad GPA (4.0 scale): 3.30
Average MCAT Bio: 9.00
Average MCAT Phys: 9.00
Average MCAT Verbal: 8.00
Average MCAT Essay: O
that was in '04. probably slightly more competitive now. if you really need a med school spot, there are for-profits you can go to in the Caribbean.
Just wondering...where do you get this data? I thought Ross was one of the "Big 4" Caribbean schools (along with AUC, Saba, and St. George) so I just wanted to check out your references.
Check the Caribbean and pre-osteopathic threads.
There are some pretty scary "numbers" in this article from the St. Petersburg Times: http://www.tampabay.com/news/health/medicine/article1061189.ece
The numbers I'm referring to are the high attrition rates and low graduation rates at Caribbean schools. One student says that his class started out with 600 people (which is about 4x the size of the average US med school), but there were only 200 left by the end of the first year. (And Ross is one of the so-called "big 4"schools--it's even worse at the lesser places.)
There is an SDN member called JonathanMD who is going to Ross, and he has a blog which confirms a lot of the info in the article. For instance, he says that 250 sudents, almost half his class (including himself) failed first semester--meaning they failed just one class. Of those 250, only 50 were even allowed to repeat the semester--the rest were dismissed. (FYI, if you failed one class at a US school, you might have to retake the final or redo the class in the summer, but you wouldn't have to repeat the whole semester.)
I would imagine it's pretty much the same at all the Caribbean schools: they are out to take your money. They admit a lot of students who simply aren't capable of med school work and let them flunk out, after taking out large loans that they'll never be able to repay without an MD degree and income.
Yes, they do graduate a bunch of doctors, but it's a small fraction of the students who initially enroll, and even the lucky few who graduate have a much harder time getting residencies because they're IMGs.
IMO, you're out of your mind to go to the Caribbean until every DO school in America has rejected you. Twice.
P.S. Please learn to spell "Caribbean."
Well put.
While SGU is the best of the Big 4 without any doubt, SGU has come under scrutiny because of posting such numbers.
The below are the average admissions stats for those that sit for the USMLE Step 1. They actually kick-out a portion of their class (not as many of Ross, but still more than most US schools) and then only include those that take and pass Step 1 in their "admissions" stats.
JonathanMD has a great blog. Also, read the report of the CA board which is available for the various schools. Also, read the report about pass rates out of the Caribbean.
Exhaust every option in the US, Israel (Sackler), Australia (U of Queensland) before you consider the Caribbean. One of the big problems with the Caribbean is that you are relying on being able to come back to the US to practice. At least in Australia, there is the option to just practice and live comfortably in Australia (if the US doesn't work out).
The below are the average admissions stats for those that sit for the USMLE Step 1. They actually kick-out a portion of their class (not as many of Ross, but still more than most US schools) and then only include those that take and pass Step 1 in their "admissions" stats.
JonathanMD has a great blog. Also, read the report of the CA board which is available for the various schools. Also, read the report about pass rates out of the Caribbean.
Exhaust every option in the US, Israel (Sackler), Australia (U of Queensland) before you consider the Caribbean. One of the big problems with the Caribbean is that you are relying on being able to come back to the US to practice. At least in Australia, there is the option to just practice and live comfortably in Australia (if the US doesn't work out).
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Actually, I've heard that it is near impossible for non-citizens to get residency positions in Australia because there is a shortage or something.
Yes, but getting citizenship in Australia is relatively easy (especially compared to the US).
