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Ok I am in the process of the AMCAS application, I am incline to apply to Saint George University, anyone know the cost of living in Purto Rico??
candbgirl said:I don't have a lot of time to keep up on the news, but is the government of Puerto Rico really "collapsing"? Wouldn't it be better to say that they are out of money in the government and have shut down until some sort of funding can be put in place? I think this has even happened to the US Federal Government when they haven't passed a budget by December 1 and they have to shut down until the budget is passed.
sscooterguy said:Ok, I concede that I maybe overblew that one. However, I have a friend with a family member in Puerto Rico and they tell me its really bad now. Schools have shut down left and right, so has most governmental offices and such. They say money has dried up and the future is unsure. I don't know how close they are to getting a budget to open stuff up, and again, I'm only guessing that this will be bad for the medical school.
sscooterguy
maple_us said:is sgu the best of the carebian schools?
maple_us said:is sgu the best of the carebian schools?
candbgirl said:I don't have a lot of time to keep up on the news, but is the government of Puerto Rico really "collapsing"? Wouldn't it be better to say that they are out of money in the government and have shut down until some sort of funding can be put in place? I think this has even happened to the US Federal Government when they haven't passed a budget by December 1 and they have to shut down until the budget is passed.
Blade28 said:Isn't Ponce the med school in Puerto Rico?
Better check which school, exactly, you're applying to!
JackBauERfan said:Man you post in a bunch of forums! I was just fly by surfing this one and recognized you and leukocyte from general med/surg forums haah.
But yeah I think Ponce is in Puerto Rico, and SGU is in Grenada (but not sure exactly where all those places REALLY are.
celestialchoral said:PR has at least two, UPR , owned by the Coomonwealth (their website is in Spanish) and Ponce, which has an English site (private). Does anybody know the name of the third?
lobelsteve said:SGU is by far the best off-shore school for the USIMG.
Leukocyte said:-Puerto Rican schools are US schools and US Accredited. You will be a US MD when you graduate.
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-Puerto Rican schools, which are US accredited.
But, ).
medschool22 said:Any graduate from these schools can be licensed anywhere in the USA.
Can't wait to hear the oh so typical responses to this post.
lobelsteve said:SGU is by far the best off-shore school for the USIMG.
USMLE pass rates were better for SGU 1st time takers than for US 1st time takers for the class of 2000. 1st time pass rate is still over 90%.
Cost is 5yrs academic in 4 years calendar. So you get to pay an extra year tuition and expenses over US schools. Education is on par with anything in the US.
Orthodoc40 said:Seriously? How is that possible?! Seems like a stretch to me.
Ok I am in the process of the AMCAS application, I am incline to apply to Saint George University, anyone know the cost of living in Purto Rico??
Also, though, you will need to know spanish. 51 of the 69 sucessful applicants were Puerto Rican at Ponce. And instruction is given in either spanish or english, so yeah must know spanish. But if you do then by all means apply. 5% acceptance rate at Ponce for OOS, and 3% acceptance at universidad Central del Caribe and the other som-- no acceptance for OOS.
Is it?First off, before applying anywhere make sure you know where it is... SGU is in Grenada and Ponce is a U.S. school in Puerto Rico...
those schools aren't offshore; they're israeli.I think Sackler, BG, and Technion for starters might disagree justly with your pronouncement.
Jack
Is there any reason there seems to be a downward trend in their scores since 2000?