SJSM, AUA, or MUA?

[vhinrich]

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I got accepted into SJSM, AUA, MUA, Windsor, and St.Matthews.

I narrowed it down to these three:

-SJSM
- Low tuition but problems with IMED status and unknown future of the school because of Dutch takeover

-AUA
- Looks like a good school but the tuition and the cost of living in Antigua are high

-MUA
- I don't know much about this school


I don't know which one to attend...Help me out

 

[AgentJaguar]

Mua

 

[BestDoctorEver]

I got accepted into SJSM, AUA, MUA, Windsor, and St.Matthews.

I narrowed it down to these three:

-SJSM
- Low tuition but problems with IMED status and unknown future of the school because of Dutch takeover

-AUA
- Looks like a good school but the tuition and the cost of living in Antigua are high

-MUA
- I don't know much about this school


I don't know which one to attend...Help me out

MUA>AUA...look at their matches this year.

 

[Richardh]

looked up mua and its 👍
hope you go to mua 😀

 

[medflava]

I got accepted into SJSM, AUA, MUA, Windsor, and St.Matthews.

I narrowed it down to these three:

-SJSM
- Low tuition but problems with IMED status and unknown future of the school because of Dutch takeover

-AUA
- Looks like a good school but the tuition and the cost of living in Antigua are high

-MUA
- I don't know much about this school


I don't know which one to attend...Help me out

I go to SJSM and no there isn't any problem with the Dutch takeover..the school makes the island $6 million according to the latest report from the Dutch government. And yes the cheap tuition is very attractive and that's why I went to that school and also because I know two people personally who passed the USMLE.

In terms of facilities and ease of authority I suggest you go to St. Matthews if money is not an issue. I know someone from St. Matthews and the school is really good in organization and in facilities but the tuition is a lot higher than SJSM.

 

[Shoushu]

I got accepted into SJSM, AUA, MUA, Windsor, and St.Matthews.

I narrowed it down to these three:

-SJSM
- Low tuition but problems with IMED status and unknown future of the school because of Dutch takeover

-AUA
- Looks like a good school but the tuition and the cost of living in Antigua are high

-MUA
- I don't know much about this school


I don't know which one to attend...Help me out

Why leave out Windsor and St.Matthews? Are they bad compared to AUA, MUA, SJSM?

Currently only Big 4 grads can work as docs in 50-states. What's the situation on the 2nd-tier carib schools? How many states can one apply for residency? work as resident? Be licensed dr?

 

[Docsammd]

Get into the BIG 4 enough said

 

[FutureMDiA]

AUA vs MUA, which is better?

 

[bedevilled ben]

AUA vs MUA, which is better?

Gonna keep fishing til you get the answer you want to hear?

 

[FutureMDiA]

Gonna keep fishing til you get the answer you want to hear?

haha, yeah its a big decision of my life i wanna do much research as possible before making a decisions. i actually got lots of info on AUA but very few info on MUA. I have heard MUA is a really good school, so just wanna get more info about it from few more people.

 

[bedevilled ben]

Neither of them are "really good" anythings, to be blunt. It's not a dis on the students that go there, I've worked with some as I said and they're good students, good people, and will probably make good doctors... if they can secure a residency. But going to the Caribbean should be your absolute last resort, after you've exhausted every other option, and even then you should only consider schools that have consistently placed the majority of their students into residency spots, ie SGU, Ross, Saba, and AUC. If you check out the NRMP data sets for international students, you can see which countries place the most students into US residency programs.

 

[FutureMDiA]

Neither of them are "really good" anythings, to be blunt. It's not a dis on the students that go there, I've worked with some as I said and they're good students, good people, and will probably make good doctors... if they can secure a residency. But going to the Caribbean should be your absolute last resort, after you've exhausted every other option, and even then you should only consider schools that have consistently placed the majority of their students into residency spots, ie SGU, Ross, Saba, and AUC. If you check out the NRMP data sets for international students, you can see which countries place the most students into US residency programs.

I agree. i checked that data. Do know anything about MUA and AUA loan programs?

 

[bedevilled ben]

I agree. i checked that data. Do know anything about MUA and AUA loan programs?

I'm not positive but I believe you must secure private loans for both of them, the US government hasn't authorized them to receive federal loans. I'm unsure of the Canadian process for foreign education loans.

 

[edgerock24]

AUA vs MUA, which is better?

Both are terrible. If you are set on going to the Caribbean, go to 1) SGU 2) Ross or 3) AUC.

 

[FutureMDiA]

Both are terrible. If you are set on going to the Caribbean, go to 1) SGU 2) Ross or 3) AUC.

Why you said both are terrible? Do you have any experiences from those schools?

 

[FutureMDiA]

I'm not positive but I believe you must secure private loans for both of them, the US government hasn't authorized them to receive federal loans. I'm unsure of the Canadian process for foreign education loans.

Ok! Did you go to Caribbean school?

 

[bedevilled ben]

Ok! Did you go to Caribbean school?

Yes, I'm a 3rd year student at SGU.