Hello, I am new here and need some help.

[Stallion55]

Hello,

I am new to the forum, Heard a lot about how helpful you guys were from my friends and I am in need of some serious advice. I graduated last May with a bachelors in Economics from Stony Brook University with Pre-med background. My gpa is not that great, around a 2.7, so I gave up hope on American Medical Schools. Taking my mcats soon in march and trying to get into Ross or AUC. However recently, I was informed that Medical schools from England, Scotland and Ireland have a pretty good reputation in comparision to Caribbean Schools. Students from there are actually better trained. Do you guys know anyone that has completed their studies there? Or name a few schools that have a good reputation? I would really appreciate your feedback guys, Thanks!

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[seelee]

I am sure someone here will tell you to "follow your dreams" but a hard reality is that if you go abroad, whether to Europe or the Carribbean, you will spend hundreds of thousands of dollars (not sure in Europe w/ socialized medicine) with a very slim chance of getting a residency spot in the US. Also, the path to physician in Great Britain is not at all like it is in the US. A MD without a residency is pretty close to useless, and that is a very real prospect for a great many Caribbean students. You may want to seriously reexamine your prospects before you walk down that road.

Oh, and It is MCAT, not mcats.

 

[Morsetlis]

Fix your grades.

No restart buttons, and USMD schools will never accept you. However, DO schools use the latest grades obtained in a class, and SMP grades coupled with a 3.0+ GPA might get you into USMD schools.

 

[Sammich117]

You might be better off doing a post bac or SMP and raising the GPA.

I'm not sure how Carib vs European schools compare, but from what I've heard, it makes it a whole lot harder to get a residency spot

 

[Catalystik]

1) Raise GPA with postbac to include repeating classes with Ds and Fs and prerequisites below C+.

2a) Get AMCAS GPA over 3.0, get high MCAT score >30, take SMP with GPA>3.5 and get into MD school, or

2b) Get ACCOMAS GPA over 3.0, get MCAT of >30, get into DO med school.

3) Distant last choice due to much lower chance of practicing medicine in US eventually: get into one of the Big Four in the Caribbean. Read SDN's International Medicine Forums for more detailed information about going to International med schools.

 

[deleted212936]

@Stallion: Look into the Post-bacc programs: http://forums.studentdoctor.net/forumdisplay.php?f=71. Spend 1 or 2 years improving your GPA, then apply.

 

[Stallion55]

Thank you guys, I appreciate the feedback!.