Transferring

[DrFaiyaz]

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Is it hard to transfer out of a caribbean medical school to a US MD school. I know drexel university accepts transfer students into their 2nd and 3rd year classes, USC accepts students into their 3rd year class. Anyone know of anybody who has transferred. cheers

 

[awdc]

Transferring into a med school is much more difficult than getting an acceptance into the first year class. Basically, you are hoping that someone drops out of med school somewhere. I know two 4.0 students who have unsuccessfully tried to transfer. I'm thinking about transfering myself but I know it probably won't happen. Sorry to bum you out.

 

[Brian Pavlovitz]

Transferring into a med school is much more difficult than getting an acceptance into the first year class. Basically, you are hoping that someone drops out of med school somewhere. I know two 4.0 students who have unsuccessfully tried to transfer. I'm thinking about transfering myself but I know it probably won't happen. Sorry to bum you out.

I agree totally with awdc--it is generally very difficult to transfer; it all depends on the attrition rate of the school.

As an example, SUNY Upstate in Syracuse one year accepted 6 or so students from SGU; in recent years, they haven't accepted anyone because their classes have been full.

Still, you never know what may happen unless you try. Good luck, awdc!

 

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Is it hard to transfer out of a caribbean medical school to a US MD school. I know drexel university accepts transfer students into their 2nd and 3rd year classes, USC accepts students into their 3rd year class. Anyone know of anybody who has transferred. cheers

I know of one student who transferred this year from Ross to a school in the U.S. (won't say which one to protect his/her privacy). But, suffice it to say that this student was beginning the fourth year with Ross, had already taken Step 1 last year and done well, and was accepted into his/her new class at the beginning of second year. That's right - a two-year "penalty".

If you ask me, it's (1) not likely to transfer and (2) not worth it if this is the kind of thing you have to go through.

-Skip