Do Carribean Med Schools care for GPA??

[palumacella]

Do Carribean med schools look heavily into gpa? I'm hearing a mix of yes and no. I know St. George's factors in gpa. I'm looking into St. Matthew's, Ross and AUA. I've seen little to no mention of gpa requirements on their websites, which is why I need clarification. Thanks.

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[fldoctorgirl]

Hardly. They only really care whether or not you can pay their tuition.

 

[palumacella]

Hardly. They only really care whether or not you can pay their tuition.

And what about MCAT scores?

 

[blackroses]

And what about MCAT scores?

Do you have a checkbook?

If so, you're set.

 

[IcedAmericano]

You need more than a pulse to get in. A strong personal statement and interview can fill in where you lack in gpa and mcat and if you don't have the stats, then they might have you do a foundations program before they accept you. They make you take first year like classes to see if you can cut it.

 

[Pusheen]

You need more than a pulse to get in. A strong personal statement and interview can fill in where you lack in gpa and mcat and if you don't have the stats, then they might have you do a foundations program before they accept you. They make you take first year like classes to see if you can cut it.

 

[Optimist Prime]

GPA? nah who needs it. MCAT? nah they don't need that either. Money? as long as you can give it to them you're in.. until you fail out anyways.

 

[Turkishking]

Only thing matters along with a half-ass GPA.

 

[IslandStyle808]

Do Carribean med schools look heavily into gpa? I'm hearing a mix of yes and no. I know St. George's factors in gpa. I'm looking into St. Matthew's, Ross and AUA. I've seen little to no mention of gpa requirements on their websites, which is why I need clarification. Thanks.

Everything in education is about supply and demand. If schools get a lot of good applicants, then demand exceeds supply, thus GPA becomes a large factor. If schools get not as many good applicants, then GPA isn't as much of a factor. Schools in the Caribbean pretty much get the majority of people who couldn't get in due to a poor GPA or MCAT, hence why we say to get into the Caribbean "do you have a pulse?"

 

[ill be a doc soon]

Ive never heard of St. Matthews or AUA, and I doubt any residency director has either, which means you shouldnt consider going there.

To answer your question: Ross does consider gpa. Don't quote me on this but I THINK a 2.8+ is competitive for Ross (their average accepted gpa is 3.1 according to their website). Still pretty low, but Ross and SGU wont take kids with a 1.8, no matter how commas they can write on a check

3.0 and a 500 and you'll probably get into one of the "top tier" caribbeans.

 

[Turkishking]

GPA? nah who needs it. MCAT? nah they don't need that either. Money? as long as you can give it to them you're in.. until you fail out anyways.

Some make it out alive

 

[PreMedMissteps]

Some make it out alive

Only to later get notified the Monday before Match Day that they didn't match.

 

[rolliespring]

Dude, do you even want to be a doctor? From your other thread if your parents are forcing you into this ya need to grow a spine and tell them it's none of their business.

 

[Turkishking]

Only to later get notified the Monday before Match Day that they didn't match.

Some. I mean you could place family medicine easily..

 

[738177]

Do Carribean med schools look heavily into gpa? I'm hearing a mix of yes and no. I know St. George's factors in gpa. I'm looking into St. Matthew's, Ross and AUA. I've seen little to no mention of gpa requirements on their websites, which is why I need clarification. Thanks.

St Matthews - California disapproved i.e. will never be approved by them again. That means you're immediately disqualified from applying to residencies in 7-8 states.
AUA - look up the posts here and elsewhere. AUA is notorious for holding MANY students back for not passing their COMP. It's headache that's just not worth taking.
I'd choose Ross if the choice was between those three.

 

[Goro]

Do Carribean med schools look heavily into gpa? I'm hearing a mix of yes and no. I know St. George's factors in gpa. I'm looking into St. Matthew's, Ross and AUA. I've seen little to no mention of gpa requirements on their websites, which is why I need clarification. Thanks.

You like the idea of being deeply in debt and unemployed?

 

[PreMedMissteps]

Virtually no Caribbean graduates get a slot via post-match placement (SOAP)

In 2017, of 3,934 US-IMG who were eligible for SOAP, only 133 found slots for 3.38% post match placement


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What does unique applicants mean and how is it different from the positions accepted

 

[Dr.Cut.em.up]

They don't care about your stats. You should care about theirs.

 

[Dr. Stalker]

There's no official cutoff, but students whose tuition checks cleared and have a 1.0+ GPA and 472+ MCAT have a super strong chance of being admitted

 

[The Knife & Gun Club]

Do you have a checkbook?

If so, you're set.

Beat me to it