The vitriol on this thread is really uncalled for.
I have plenty of concerns about carib MD schools, their advertising, costs, etc. But with Ross, a decent number of students would graduate and go on to US residencies and have great careers. Whether the OP made a mistake going to Ross is complicated to answer, depends on many things.
Back on track here:
First, it's actually not a bad looking ship. There's a better description here:
Excellent Presumably they won't have any cars on it, and will use that space for classes or something else. The video makes it look quite nice on the inside. Doesn't have a pool.
The ship isn't going anywhere. No one is getting sea sick. It's staying at dock. All the time. (unless there's another hurricane).
Ross is playing hardball. That annoys me, but I can see why they are doing it -- they fear that if they just give people refunds and pretend they never started, lots will take them up on that and their school will collapse.
There's no reason why they can't teach the first 2 years of medical school on a ship like this. The lack of anatomy labs seems a huge problem, though.
My biggest concern is this: The ship will be docked at another island, St. Kitts I believe. That means that the school is now in a new country. My understanding was that this wasn't allowed. Opening a branch school in a new country is considered a new school. Needs new accreditation, new NY and CA approvals, new loan approvals, etc. Maybe there's some exception. I don't know.
There is another interesting twist to this. Ships are governed by the laws in the country where it's registered / flagged. And this ship flies the Italian flag. Technically, if things don't go well, you might be able to take Ross to court in Italy. Sounds bad, but that's probably a whole lot better than taking them to court in Dominica. Note that this is true for any crime aboard ship. (Note: I'm not a lawyer, this might be wrong)