Why is Ross U. considered a bad idea?

[AdemTD]

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I was just looking at the Ross "Residency Appointments" list from last year and they had 13 going into Radiology, 11 Anesthesiology, 16 General Surgery. Granted most got into Family Practice and Internal Medicine, but what am I missing here? It doesn't seem like Ross would be a bad choice as far as one's capability to land a competitive residency provided USMLE scores are good enough. Plus rotations are completed at US teaching hospitals. So why does it really matter where a medical student gets his/her basic sciences?

 

[Bacchus]

Are those preliminary spots or categorical? Also, its always best to train on your own soil in terms of medical education.

 

[howelljolly]

I was just looking at the Ross "Residency Appointments" list from last year and they had 13 going into Radiology, 11 Anesthesiology, 16 General Surgery. Granted most got into Family Practice and Internal Medicine, but what am I missing here? It doesn't seem like Ross would be a bad choice as far as one's capability to land a competitive residency provided USMLE scores are good enough. Plus rotations are completed at US teaching hospitals. So why does it really matter where a medical student gets his/her basic sciences?

wander around the caribbean forum to get an idea why its a bad idea.

but here are two points.

1. In the next few years, the residency spots available for IMGs will decrease as American schools increase their class sizes... so these high numbers wont last long.

2. Around 600 students start at Ross every year. Look how many matched this year. Still look good to you?

 

[Handy388]

I was just looking at the Ross "Residency Appointments" list from last year and they had 13 going into Radiology, 11 Anesthesiology, 16 General Surgery. Granted most got into Family Practice and Internal Medicine, but what am I missing here? It doesn't seem like Ross would be a bad choice as far as one's capability to land a competitive residency provided USMLE scores are good enough. Plus rotations are completed at US teaching hospitals. So why does it really matter where a medical student gets his/her basic sciences?

because that's 13 out of like 900 people that started

 

[AdemTD]

because that's 13 out of like 900 people that started

Good point.

 

[MsKrispyKreme]

because that's 13 out of like 900 people that started

p = .014 😳

 

[AdmiralChz]

600 students per class??? Holy hell! 😱😱

 

[Bollywood Junkie]

But you have to understand that these schools take a lot of students in the beginning to "cover costs". However, many leave the program for various reasons throughout the term. So the amount of students actually going through to apply for spots is much less. Also, I believe they won't let you take standardized exams until you can pass their own institutional ones.

I think that if one is determined and works through it until the end, it is entirely possible to realize your dream of practicing in the US.

 

[Eudjinn]

wander around the caribbean forum to get an idea why its a bad idea.

but here are two points.

1. In the next few years, the residency spots available for IMGs will decrease as American schools increase their class sizes... so these high numbers wont last long.

2. Around 600 students start at Ross every year. Look how many matched this year. Still look good to you?

sorry i just had to comment that I love your name... splenectomy much?

 

[Kaustikos]

p = .014 😳

woah woah woah woah
Everybody calm down!

We don't need no stats in this debate!

 

[howelljolly]

600 students per class??? Holy hell! 😱😱

Roughly 600 students per year.... ( about 200 per class, 3 conurrent classes off by one semester)... most of them get weeded out before the Match, so the Match stats look pretty good

But you have to understand that these schools take a lot of students in the beginning to "cover costs". However, many leave the program for various reasons throughout the term. So the amount of students actually going through to apply for spots is much less. Also, I believe they won't let you take standardized exams until you can pass their own institutional ones.

I think that if one is determined and works through it until the end, it is entirely possible to realize your dream of practicing in the US.

Yes, but do you want to take that risk nowadays?

sorry i just had to comment that I love your name... splenectomy much?

Yeah I also tought my avatar was pretty nifty...

Now.... dont nobody even think of turning this thread into an anti-Carib flame war.

 

[cpants]

Nothing is wrong with it, provided that you cannot get into a US medical school. If you have any chance at all at a US education though, you should stick to that. Check out the match statistics from 2009.

93% of US Allo seniors matched.
~70% of US Osteo seniors matched (in the MD match)
~48% of US Citizens studying abroad matched

That is after a huge number of the IMG's self-select out or aren't even permitted to take the board exams by their institutions. It is a path to practicing medicine in the US, but it is a more difficult path. It is a large financial risk as well, since in contrast to US medical schools, the Caribs will drop you like a bad habit and stand in the way of your licensing exams if you don't perform well (and keep your tuition).

Also, new US med schools are opening every year, making it more difficult for all students to match, but disproportionately hurting IMG's.