SJSM vs. St. Martinus

[lexy]

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Any opinions out there? St.James versus St.Martinus?

Bonaire population 15,000, Curacao population 140,000.
Many more clinical options with St.Martinus, however I have been more impressed with SJSM's approach so far.

SJSM seems to be a little more thorough with their admissions (unless they just lost mine,and it took FOREVER ... not to mention the whole interview process).
I also was pretty shocked that St. Martinus spelled the word 'university' wrong 4 times on their main web site under 'hospital affiliations'???

I know it shouldn't really matter (when you consider how much we are paying in total), but SJSM is approx. $50,000 US less. However I will be 40 when I am finished med school - and paying back $50,000 US less at that age (actually older if you calculate residency) makes a huge difference.

I wasn't expecting to get a call from SJSM today, so if anyone has any input about this decision, I'd appreciate it! 😕 Thanks!

 

[oldpro]

Well IMO this is Apples and Apples

I go to SJSM but I have not attended SMMS.

www.valuemd.com has some info on both schools (No I do not like VMD but there is not many places to go )


SJSM Low budget school nonprofit
Has a sister school San Juan Bautista ( LCME now)
Decent Clinicals

good island ( I lived there during Basic for 1.5 years)