When should I apply to Caribbean schools?

[jaykav07]

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I'm taking my MCAT in April, and want to try and get into a med school next semester. I was thinking of going to India but apparently you only get into internal medicine coming from there (at least you have a chance to do something else coming from the Caribbean). I'm confused to when I should apply, I didn't ask for letters of reccomendation yet since I didn't think I would need it, but Ross apparently asks for it. My GPA is 3.0 atm, maybe up to 3.2 by the end of the semester since I'm retaking 2 classes along with what I need to graduate.

Thx beforehand!

I dunno.. do you think I can get into a DO school with an amazing MCAT? Well I guess I would need to wait a semester to do that...

 

[RussianJoo]

first look into other options like DO schools, there are a lot of brand new MD and DO schools opening up in the US every year and other schools are expanding their class size. So definitely look into that, a 3.2 and a solid MCAT might get you a DO spot, study hard rock the mcat and apply to a lot of places. the Carib isn't all that great either. don't worry about the time 1 year or a few months won't matter, neither will a few thousand dollars in the long run. so if you don't wan to wait out a year or a semester just apply to both Carib and DO schools at the same time.

Carib schools usually have 2 or 3 starting semesters a year, either aug and Jan or summer, fall, winter classes. you'll need to apply a maybe 3-4 months before, of course the earlier you apply the better, and if you apply too late they a lot of times they will just enroll you in the next semester if you're granted an admission.

I know med students who flew back to the US for med school interviews during the first semester of my med school, others who paid the $1000 deposit for a spot at SGU but later get off the wait list of US med schools and don't show up to the first day of class.