I did merp and made it off the island, But about half of my MERP cohort had to repeat a semester or they got kicked out of the school. This really surprised me because personally I wouldn’t have been able to get past first semester without it. The program is good because it’s a good transition between college and medical school, and it really teaches you how to study. A lot of what you learn will be repeated in 1st and 2nd semester, even some in 3rd semester. When I did it I thought it was the hardest thing ever. But I will say that merp is alot easier than medical school, especially 2nd year. If you can’t pass it then I don’t recommend going into med school anywhere.