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king kong bundy said:
LOOK, LET ME MAKE THIS LOUD AND SPARKLING CLEAR! QUIT BUSTING MY CHOPS ABOUT GRAMMAR! OKAY.
Look listen up buddy! I'm not here for your smart comments. I admit, I'm not checking for spelling errors (boo for me). But if you guys are on this forum just make me laughing stalks out of me then leave. I'm here for enlightenment and words of encouragement. You can kindly say check your grammar errors. Beside you don't have the wisdom or wit to even start an establishment like St. James or any other medical school. So stop talking trash, like said I'm here for info etc.
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I thought you knew? Thanks for your wisdom
 
Ismet said:
just stop.

i believe the word you're looking for is "extenuating," and low MCAT score is not an extenuating circumstance because it is, to a large effect, under your control
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Thanks!
i'm just trying to get some psotive pointers that all 🙂
 
Ismet said:
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Seconded.

And just a piece of advise, take it or leave it, King Kong.

You are on a professional forum, If you are looking for serious consideration for your queries, it would help to at least pretend to write like a pre-professional; Especially when only your avatar and your words represent you.

It's like trying to be taken seriously while rapping your opinion on the floor of Congress, Presentation matters, and care with your words matter more, especially the further you go.

I mean, jeez man, it's not an academic paper...but somewhere along your education you had to have gone over the correct uses of a comma. Just saying.
 
Law2Doc said:
If this was true you would actually be asking questions, not posting false facts. Read more, post less. You have a whole thread of inaccurate statements -- that's not how you get more info.
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Saint James School of Medicine is listed in the FAIMER International Medical Education Directory (IMED)[2] and in the AVICENNA Directory for medicine.[7]

In June 2011, the Caribbean Accreditation Authority for Education in Medicine and other Health Professions (CAAM-HP) granted initial accreditation as a developing school to the university's Anguilla campus.[5]
 
RomanTaylor said:
Seconded.

And just a piece of advise, take it or leave it, King Kong.

You are on a professional forum, If you are looking for serious consideration for your queries, it would help to at least pretend to write like a pre-professional; Especially when only your avatar and your words represent you.

It's like trying to be taken seriously while rapping your opinion on the floor of Congress, Presentation matters, and care with your words matter more, especially the further you go.

I mean, jeez man, it's not an academic paper...but somewhere along your education you had to have gone over the correct uses of a comma. Just saying.
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OP's unlimited wisdom gives him the right to ignore grammar and spelling. He will change the rules to have his way.
 
king kong bundy said:
Saint James School of Medicine is listed in the FAIMER International Medical Education Directory (IMED)[2] and in the AVICENNA Directory for medicine.[7]

In June 2011, the Caribbean Accreditation Authority for Education in Medicine and other Health Professions (CAAM-HP) granted initial accreditation as a developing school to the university's Anguilla campus.[5]
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What's your point? If you like it so much, why did you create this thread?
 
RomanTaylor said:
Seconded.

And just a piece of advise, take it or leave it, King Kong.

You are on a professional forum, If you are looking for serious consideration for your queries, it would help to at least pretend to write like a pre-professional; Especially when only your avatar and your words represent you.

It's like trying to be taken seriously while rapping your opinion on the floor of Congress, Presentation matters, and care with your words matter more, especially the further you go.

I mean, jeez man, it's not an academic paper...but somewhere along your education you had to have gone over the correct uses of a comma. Just saying.
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I get it .
 
Agent B said:
OP's unlimited wisdom gives him the right to ignore grammar and spelling. He will change the rules to have his way.
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It's like poetic justice...but with bumfug engrish. lol.
 
RomanTaylor said:
Seconded.

And just a piece of advise, take it or leave it, King Kong.

You are on a professional forum, If you are looking for serious consideration for your queries, it would help to at least pretend to write like a pre-professional; Especially when only your avatar and your words represent you.

It's like trying to be taken seriously while rapping your opinion on the floor of Congress, Presentation matters, and care with your words matter more, especially the further you go.

I mean, jeez man, it's not an academic paper...but somewhere along your education you had to have gone over the correct uses of a comma. Just saying.
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thanks for your advice
 
Law2Doc said:
If this was true you would actually be asking questions, not posting false facts. Read more, post less. You have a whole thread of inaccurate statements -- that's not how you get more info.
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AccreditationSaint James School of Medicine is an accredited medical school in the Caribbean, recognized by a variety of agencies, organizations, and governments. As a result, students and graduates are eligible for residency training and licensure in the United States and Canada. The curriculum at Saint James has been designed to prepare students for the United States Medical Licensure Examination (USMLE). By completing the MD program at the Saint James School of Medicine, students are eligible to become a doctor in the United States or Canada.

- Saint James School of Medicine is listed in the World Health Organization (WHO) World Directory of Medical Schools. This has been incorporated into the new Avicenna Directories, a global directory of education institutions for health professions.

- Saint James School of Medicine is listed in the International Medical Education Directory (IMED) of the Foundation for the Advancement of International Medical Education and Research (FAIMER).

- The Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) has granted permission to students of Saint James School of Medicine to take the USMLE exam and apply for ECFMG certification, which is required for entry into a residency program in the United States.

- The Medical Council of Canada (MCC) has granted permission to students of Saint James School of Medicine to sit for all qualifying examinations required to obtain a license to practice medicine in Canada.

- The Department of Health Professions of the Israeli Ministry of Health has granted permission to students of Saint James School of Medicine to appear for all qualifying examinations required to obtain licensing to practice medicine in Israel.

- The Anguilla campus was granted a charter in 2008 and received provisional accreditation from the United Kingdom and the Caribbean Authority for Education in Medicine (CAAM-HP).

http://anguilla.sjsm.org/index.php/welcome/accreditation
 
Alright, in all seriousness...

What the medical students are trying to tell you, since they are medical students and all and have quite a bit more invested in your query than you do, is that getting into Medical School is all fine and dandy, but matching into a residency is where the tires meet the road.

It's not just about having M.D. behind your name, man. Without a residency, you know...a hands-on-training that will take you on and actually TRAIN you to be a physician, you're dead on arrival here in the states.

It's all well and good that they received those accreditation's, and if you plan on practicing outside of the U.S. and England, then it should carry some weight, but if you have dreams of being the next House or performing surgery in a respected institution before your boards...St. James is not the most ideal way to go.

All and all, if you want to train and practice in the Continental United States...go to medical school in the Continental United States.
 
RomanTaylor said:
Alright, in all seriousness...

What the medical students are trying to tell you, since they are medical students and all and have quite a bit more invested in your query than you do, is that getting into Medical School is all fine and dandy, but matching into a residency is where the tires meet the road.

It's not just about having M.D. behind your name, man. Without a residency, you know...a hands-on-training that will take you on and actually TRAIN you to be a physician, you're dead on arrival here in the states.

It's all well and good that they received those accreditation's, and if you plan on practicing outside of the U.S. and England, then it should carry some weight, but if you have dreams of being the next House or performing surgery in a respected institution before your boards...St. James is not the most ideal way to go.

All and all, if you want to train and practice in the Continental United States...go to medical school in the Continental United States.
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okay, what rotations?
 
RomanTaylor said:
What do you mean?
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For instance here's a list of places that you will be able to do your rotations at St. James
The following is a partial list of ACGME-approved teaching hospitals in the United States where our students can do rotations.

Mercy Hospital and Medical Center
Chicago, IL

Jackson Park Hospital
Chicago, IL

West Suburban Medical Center
Oak Park, IL

South Shore Hospital
Chicago, IL

Metro South Medical Center
Blue Island, IL

Raleigh General Hospital
Beckley, WV

Appalachian Regional Healthcare
Beckley, WV

Pikeville medical Center
Pikeville, KY

Is this a good thing?
 
Law2Doc said:
Rotations are done in the third year of med school. The prior poster was suggesting do med school iN it's entirety In the US or bust.
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huh? now where geting some where.
so what about the top 4?
 
king kong bundy said:
AccreditationSaint James School of Medicine is an accredited medical school in the Caribbean, recognized by a variety of agencies, organizations, and governments. As a result, students and graduates are eligible for residency training and licensure in the United States and Canada. The curriculum at Saint James has been designed to prepare students for the United States Medical Licensure Examination (USMLE). By completing the MD program at the Saint James School of Medicine, students are eligible to become a doctor in the United States or Canada.

- Saint James School of Medicine is listed in the World Health Organization (WHO) World Directory of Medical Schools. This has been incorporated into the new Avicenna Directories, a global directory of education institutions for health professions.

- Saint James School of Medicine is listed in the International Medical Education Directory (IMED) of the Foundation for the Advancement of International Medical Education and Research (FAIMER).

- The Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) has granted permission to students of Saint James School of Medicine to take the USMLE exam and apply for ECFMG certification, which is required for entry into a residency program in the United States.

- The Medical Council of Canada (MCC) has granted permission to students of Saint James School of Medicine to sit for all qualifying examinations required to obtain a license to practice medicine in Canada.

- The Department of Health Professions of the Israeli Ministry of Health has granted permission to students of Saint James School of Medicine to appear for all qualifying examinations required to obtain licensing to practice medicine in Israel.

- The Anguilla campus was granted a charter in 2008 and received provisional accreditation from the United Kingdom and the Caribbean Authority for Education in Medicine (CAAM-HP).

http://anguilla.sjsm.org/index.php/welcome/accreditation
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Sorry but you are pretty bad at this trolling thing. My point wasn't that you should spout things from it's website. If you actually wanted to gain info you wouldn't make stupid comments like not having the prereqs made things impossible, or that offshore schools are cheaper. Both were stated as "facts" by you and are 100% wrong. Someone trying to get info wouldn't be telling the people on the thread this kind of stuff, they would actually try to read more, and post less. You have chosen to do the opposite, so the only conclusion is that you aren't hear to learn anything, just to make noise. Good luck at St J, sounds perfect for you.
 
king kong bundy said:
For instance here’s a list of places that you will be able to do your rotations at St. James
The following is a partial list of ACGME-approved teaching hospitals in the United States where our students can do rotations.

Mercy Hospital and Medical Center
Chicago, IL

Jackson Park Hospital
Chicago, IL

West Suburban Medical Center
Oak Park, IL

South Shore Hospital
Chicago, IL

Metro South Medical Center
Blue Island, IL

Raleigh General Hospital
Beckley, WV

Appalachian Regional Healthcare
Beckley, WV

Pikeville medical Center
Pikeville, KY

Is this a good thing?
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No. It's all meaningless because you graduate from an offshore school. PDs know that most of these makeshift rotations are thrown together by small community hospitals to make a quick buck, and don't compare favorably with their US counterparts. You don't graduate with the equivalent of a US degree, although perhaps you have an edge on the IMG who never worked in the US.
 
king kong bundy said:
For instance here’s a list of places that you will be able to do your rotations at St. James
The following is a partial list of ACGME-approved teaching hospitals in the United States where our students can do rotations.

Mercy Hospital and Medical Center
Chicago, IL

Jackson Park Hospital
Chicago, IL

West Suburban Medical Center
Oak Park, IL

South Shore Hospital
Chicago, IL

Metro South Medical Center
Blue Island, IL

Raleigh General Hospital
Beckley, WV

Appalachian Regional Healthcare
Beckley, WV

Pikeville medical Center
Pikeville, KY

Is this a good thing?
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There are rotations, and there are residencies.

You are not paid during clinical rotations. You are paid and trained in residencies.

When it's time for you to match, or apply and get accepted to, residencies, that is where you will see how far your St. James education, and all of those thousands of dollars, will get you.

I am just guessing here, because I don't have the numbers (even though this topic has been discussed to exhaustion and a simple search should give you the answers), but unless you are at the top of your class and you absolutely CRUSH Step one, I don't think Mercy is in the cards for you...

...or any worthwhile residency in any worthwhile specialty, for that matter.

Just my opinion...I could be wrong.
 
king kong bundy said:
For the most part it's an opportunity of a life time. it's very competative in trying to get into medical school itself. yes I read a little about the other schools SGU,Ross, Saba, and AUC. I had a professor who went to ROSS, but i'm not interested in the best schools like Brown and yale(even though it would be great to get in there). Coming from a military stand point it's just fine. some of the best doctors came from regular medical school.
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Anything the Caribbean schools do, US schools do better 😕

Opportunity of a lifetime to live in an island? It's fun to vacation on a cruise, but living might be another story. If you're into global health, you can STILL do that with an US school.

St. Kitts is NOT a regular medical school.
 
Part of me feels like this is a troll, and I can bypass reading the next 50+ responses...

all I read was a 3.5, hasn't taken any pre-reqs and no MCAT and time to watch basketball!
 
KnuxNole said:
Part of me feels like this is a troll, and I can bypass reading the next 50+ responses...

all I read was a 3.5, hasn't taken any pre-reqs and no MCAT and time to watch basketball!
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Not sure why this thread is running. OP refuses to use a search function and is posting false facts to irritate us
 
Law2Doc said:
Sorry but you are pretty bad at this trolling thing. My point wasn't that you should spout things from it's website. If you actually wanted to gain info you wouldn't make stupid comments like not having the prereqs made things impossible, or that offshore schools are cheaper. Both were stated as "facts" by you and are 100% wrong. Someone trying to get info wouldn't be telling the people on the thread this kind of stuff, they would actually try to read more, and post less. You have chosen to do the opposite, so the only conclusion is that you aren't hear to learn anything, just to make noise. Good luck at St J, sounds perfect for you.
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just stop
 
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superduper facilities! chase your dreams! fly like an eagle! into the future!!

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awesome signs! website! roman numerals!
 
I remember the pages of rips that were delivered on that last picture.

It had me laughing tears for days, hahahaha.
 
RomanTaylor said:
There are rotations, and there are residencies.

You are not paid during clinical rotations. You are paid and trained in residencies.

When it's time for you to match, or apply and get accepted to, residencies, that is where you will see how far your St. James education, and all of those thousands of dollars, will get you.

I am just guessing here, because I don't have the numbers (even though this topic has been discussed to exhaustion and a simple search should give you the answers), but unless you are at the top of your class and you absolutely CRUSH Step one, I don't think Mercy is in the cards for you...

...or any worthwhile residency in any worthwhile specialty, for that matter.

Just my opinion...I could be wrong.
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Hey man thanks. This medical school thing is new to me. I did an open house at USHUS (Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences) and some applicants gave me some good advice on going to school in the Caribbean. They said it wasn't a bad choice at all. The reason is because a lot of schools that I would love to get into have a high MCAT score. I'm just weighing my options. Some of the schools are Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences , University of Iowa, University of Maryland--Baltimore, University of Miami; which are all very competitive schools.
But they do have other schools than St. James, like American University of the Caribbean, Ross University School of Medicine
 
king kong bundy said:
Look the main point is that, it's an option for many people to choose from. For whatever reason
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Buddy do yourself a favor don't post any carib questions on this forum these guys are a bunch of geeks that think they know it all..If you want a real opinion about a carib school post your question on valuemd.
 
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king kong bundy said:
thanks, but the MCAT worries me
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Take your pre-reqs. You have NO basis on what MCAT score to get, if you haven't taken the necessary classes. Of course your practice tests will be poopy, it's because you have no baseline knowledge of the subjects + studying intensely for the verbal section.

You can do well in your science classes, do well on the MCAT, and realize you have a decent shot. It's not like you need a 35+ to get into med school, especially if you have a 3.5...
 
laricb said:
Buddy do yourself a favor don't post any carib questions on this forum these guys are a much of geeks that think they know it all..If you want a real opinion about a carib school post your question on valuemd.
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Please don't tell him that St. James is an actual good choice. I know you are smart enough to understand that(if you think otherwise...please don't rant on BS reasons lol)
 
laricb said:
Buddy do yourself a favor don't post any carib questions on this forum these guys are a much of geeks that think they know it all..If you want a real opinion about a carib school post your question on valuemd.
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thanks
 
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