There seems to be a myth out here on the internet that there is somehow a "Big Four" and SGU is part of that Big Four. If we look at this chart on the SGU website, it seems pretty clear that there is no big four. That SGU is in a class by itself. Please Read the following information in this Link:
http://www.sgu.edu/pdf/sgu-facts-are-clear.pdf
lol, very clever marketing.
SGU and Ross were grandfathered into being able to do clinicals in NJ. AUC and Saba can do rotations in the other 3 that SGU subtly grouped into 1 category.
CAAM-HP is the accrediting body for Grenada, Dominca and a few other Caribbean island schools... however St. Maarten (the island AUC is on) does not fall under that umbrella. It would be like saying oh well Harvard isn't accredited by CAAM-HP either... so SGU must be better than Harvard. Harvard is accredited by a different agency because of where they are. Same as AUC.
http://www.accredmed.org/
The reason SGU and Ross have more graduates practicing in the US than other schools is because SGU and Ross graduate like 2-3x more students than AUC. SGU has more graduates than UCF... I guess people should go to SGU over UCF?
Grenada the ISLAND has the highest Step 1 pass rate. The statistics that the report drew from was for each ISLAND. Not for each school. There are several schools grouped with AUC and this brings down the average. AUC current 1st time pass rate is >94%.
Same for Step 2.
Highest ECFMG certification is again just a clever way of marketing the fact that SGU has huge classes, which is considered a detriment to most students.
Most campus based faculty... again... you need more faculty if you have more students. It doesn't say faculty:student ratio which would be a good thing.
Highest GPA and MCAT. Ok I'll give you that one. 3.4/27 vs 3.23/25
Full University... who cares? Who wants to get a undergraduate degree from a Caribbean school? People already look down on MDs from the Caribbean.
Largest and most prestigious. Largest yes... because they have the most students... but prestigious? If you look at their "reference" for that statement... it says "Just ask anyone who has been to all four campuses." I have asked people who have been to all 4 and they disagree.