Cornell Medical College in Qatar

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abu barney

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<a href="http://www.med.cornell.edu/qatar" target="_blank">http://www.med.cornell.edu/qatar</a>

Check it out.

They're taking premed for now, and will be considering med school applicants in 2004.

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Cornell/Qtar medical school is for Middle Easterners. 75% of the places will be reserved for citizens of Qtar. Initial class size about 50. First class intended for 2004. Admission standards intended to be the same as Cornell in NY. The medical school will have its own admissions committee, but supposedly the final admissions decisions will be Cornell's.

It will NOT be an LCME (US) accredited medical school.

This information is tentative, not final.
 
This is very interesting...what is their purpose though?
Is the tuition the same as Cornell in NY?
 
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hi gower,you sure about it not being lcme accredited, last i heard was that the degree would be equivalent to the one from the college in new york.
 
I doubt it will be LCME accredited. However the cornell name will give the school considerable weight. There's not a non-LCME accredited school in the world with such an intimate association with a presitgious US med school like cornell. This probably will mostly cater to students from the gulf countries, and not the greater middle east, since the tuition is prohibitive, and they seem to not be very concerned over developing a financial aid program.

My only question is: Why in Qatar? This is a country that has a population of that of a district of cairo or damascus. It is known for its oil (and al-jazeera), and certainly not for its top-notch universities or intellectual tradition.
 
hey abu barney, check out the link below i think it should answer some of your questions.
<a href="http://www.med.cornell.edu/qatar/news/apr_8_qatar.html" target="_blank">http://www.med.cornell.edu/qatar/news/apr_8_qatar.html</a>
 
WAZOBIA - naira man eh?
 
hey sicvic, great to meet someone from the motherland. are you mainland, yank or brit?
 
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