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optimisticcynic

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So I just found out that I got accepted into the St. George's Keith B. Taylor Global Studies Program for August and am wondering if it's worth it to go. My other option is to attend the masters program at Midwestern and hope to be accepted in this upcoming cycle or the next. Thoughts?

Stats: URM, female, sGPA 3.0, cGPA 3.3, 503 MCAT
 
optimisticcynic said:
So I just found out that I got accepted into the St. George's Keith B. Taylor Global Studies Program for August and am wondering if it's worth it to go. My other option is to attend the masters program at Midwestern and hope to be accepted in this upcoming cycle or the next. Thoughts?

Stats: URM, female, sGPA 3.0, cGPA 3.3, 503 MCAT
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Midwestern. The rigor of a global studies program will not be looked at as favorable as a normal biomedical masters.
 
optimisticcynic said:
So I just found out that I got accepted into the St. George's Keith B. Taylor Global Studies Program for August and am wondering if it's worth it to go. My other option is to attend the masters program at Midwestern and hope to be accepted in this upcoming cycle or the next. Thoughts?

Stats: URM, female, sGPA 3.0, cGPA 3.3, 503 MCAT
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Which under-represented community?
 
optimisticcynic said:
So I just found out that I got accepted into the St. George's Keith B. Taylor Global Studies Program for August and am wondering if it's worth it to go. My other option is to attend the masters program at Midwestern and hope to be accepted in this upcoming cycle or the next. Thoughts?

Stats: URM, female, sGPA 3.0, cGPA 3.3, 503 MCAT
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To the OP please stay away from Caribbean's, more so the Keith B Taylor program.

Reasons

1. Well going to the caribbean isnt what it used to be as little as 5 years ago (like it ever was?). The landscape has changed a lot. I mean they accept nearly a 1000 students and have a very high attrition rate, to where only about nearly half make it to rotations.

2. The KBT program, don't quote me on this, but my friend decided not to go some years ago because ALL of your medical education could not be financed through the USDOE loans. ONLY if you went to the Grenada campus could your education be financed through USDOE loans. For US citizens this means, private loans, and with private loans you cannot defer them or enroll in PAYE programs.

source: look at the FAQ: http://www.sgu.edu/school-of-medicine/keith-taylor-scholars-faq.html

3. When it comes down to rotations and residency, I believe I ready somewhere you cannot do it in NJ (both residency and rotations). Knowing that SGU has core clinical centers in the NJ area, why put yourself in a position to possibly have to commute back and forth through different places?

source: http://www.valuemd.com/st-georges-u...e/236967-grenada-kbtgsp-residency-issues.html

4. Well its the Caribbean.....seriously be smart, you have a decent MCAT score, and with a few retakes you'll be a strong candidate for many DO schools. I don't even think you need a masters program.
 
ewax said:
If you're URM, I think you can probably get in to DO school (maybe even MD school) without an SMP....also, stay away from the Carribbean...you're better than that.
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This. Reapply. If you really want to go to the MS program, you can, but it's costly and difficult. Make sure you do well if you choose to do it. You should be applying US MD and DO first. SGU will quite frankly always be there.

Remember US MD > US DO > IMG.

Also that global program SGU has comes along with a number of issues. I don't know about funding, but the clinical education has an issue in terms of being "green book", US clinical experience vs. International, etc. It could very well be possible that you won't be able to practice in certain states if you go there. In all honesty you'd be better off going to SGU in Grenada. Now I don't recommend either, but between the main campus and the global one, I'd pick the main if you plan on practicing in the US.
 
hallowmann said:
This. Reapply. If you really want to go to the MS program, you can, but it's costly and difficult. Make sure you do well if you choose to do it. You should be applying US MD and DO first. SGU will quite frankly always be there.

Remember US MD > US DO > IMG.

Also that global program SGU has comes along with a number of issues. I don't know about funding, but the clinical education has an issue in terms of being "green book", US clinical experience vs. International, etc. It could very well be possible that you won't be able to practice in certain states if you go there. In all honesty you'd be better off going to SGU in Grenada. Now I don't recommend either, but between the main campus and the global one, I'd pick the main if you plan on practicing in the US.
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For the sake of completeness to benefit all who are reading this post, funding is INDEED an issue for US citizens as the KBT program and furthering education from thereon in isnt eligible for USDOE loans.

Its actually posted on the SGU site itself as I wrote above: http://www.sgu.edu/school-of-medicine/keith-taylor-scholars-faq.html

You are indeed correct that though it varies by state, being able to work in certain states MAY become an issue when going through the KBT program
 
optimisticcynic said:
So I just found out that I got accepted into the St. George's Keith B. Taylor Global Studies Program for August and am wondering if it's worth it to go. My other option is to attend the masters program at Midwestern and hope to be accepted in this upcoming cycle or the next. Thoughts?

Stats: URM, female, sGPA 3.0, cGPA 3.3, 503 MCAT
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Being a URM is a golden ticket I would apply broadly ASAP and hope for the best you may be slightly below average but as a URM your chances go up exponentially
 
I believe with your current stats, race, and MCAT, you would have had about 80% chance of getting into an MD program in 2013.

Theres a forum somewhere on here about a guy with decent stats who cant get into DO schools because he went to SGU. I have a friend at SGU, the global scholars program: its just a fancy name for study in our other campus in London for a year, nothing else. Your degree is still SGU.

Your stats are low, and St. George is probably not the easiest place in the world to get by. If something bad happens your medical career might be over. If something good happens, your medical career might still be over (see where I am going with this?)... American schools that take you will give you the support you need. I hear they do a lot more hand holding, and the Caribbean schools sound more like Robinson Crusoe.
 
DeezNutzonUrChin said:
I believe with your current stats, race, and MCAT, you would have had about 80% chance of getting into an MD program in 2013.

Theres a forum somewhere on here about a guy with decent stats who cant get into DO schools because he went to SGU. I have a friend at SGU, the global scholars program: its just a fancy name for study in our other campus in London for a year, nothing else. Your degree is still SGU.

Your stats are low, and St. George is probably not the easiest place in the world to get by. If something bad happens your medical career might be over. If something good happens, your medical career might still be over (see where I am going with this?)... American schools that take you will give you the support you need. I hear they do a lot more hand holding, and the Caribbean schools sound more like Robinson Crusoe.
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Thank you for your honesty, you've given me something to think about
 
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