BCMP 3.3
total 3.33
Mcat 31
I have applied to about 10 schools but havent heard back from them. Should I wait and if dont get in, reappy ( working as a Research Assistant, so hopefully that will help with the next admission cycle) or apply to caribbean schools.
Thankx
Ok buddy... I have some advice... Apply to either St. George, AUC, or ROSS in the Caribbean (OR YOU CAN DO AN SMP IF YOU WANT TO TAKE ANOTHER SHOT AT IT)... These are the BIG 3 that will allow you to gain residency and practice in all 50 states...Most talk about Caribbean on this board is rumor mill... Here are some facts:
1) Go to one of these 3 schools out of the 20 some in the Caribbean and you will be fine
-->Only about a 10% attrition rate at these 3 schools (mostly from partying and blowing off your studies = undergrad mentality)
--> Some people Decel and graduate a semester or 2 later
--> At my school down here, you can fail about 20 credits or the same class twice before your put infront of the board for dismissal
--> Out of 175, we lost only 10 in the first semester
2) You can get any Residency you want regardless if you go the the Big 3 or the States
--> If you score a 240-270 on step 1 you can match into plastics just like any other U.S. grad (or any other competitive residency you want)-->Has happened countless times (thousands of physicians form these schools currently practicing in the states in all fields)
--> Clinical rotations are in the United States and you can choose your own electives
--> Many Program Directors are familar with these schools and respect them (some program directors graduated from these schools)
--> 100% of U.S. citizens undergoing education at the (BIG 3) get a residency (eventually, if they want it, can pre-match, etc.)
-->Many students match into university programs (my school had like 10-15% go to the same D-1 university program last match)
3) Many of the faculty are former U.S. medical school faculty or visiting U.S. medical school faculty (some famous)
4) You can get U.S. government loans at the BIG 3 (Fafsa, grad plus, etc...)
5) AUC'S owner OWNS A D.O. SCHOOL IN THE STATES!!!
Anyways, I have cadavers, clinically oriented anatomy, professors from U.S. medical schools, Austrailan medical schools, European medical schools at my school, plus you are on a beach in paradise... What a way to spend basic sciences...
If you dont want to take a chance on stalling your life further by a rejection from the U.S. schools come to the Caribbean... There are alot of Americans at the big 3 (like >97%)... Personally, with your stats go to St. George because they are the Harvard of the Caribbean, with AUC being the Yale... About 15% of St. George's 2nd year class transfer back to the states after the step...
Need anymore information you got it.. Just p.m. me....
It's nice knowing I will be entering clinicals soon in the U.S. and am still not trying to get accepted to a state school because nothing is for sure in this world... Take care....
