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does anyone know if saint James medical school in Caribbean islands is good?
i really want to know some information from students and other people who know about this school because i am still confused if i should apply for this school . i really need some help so please tell me what i should do .
the answer is no, it’s not good.
I have to respond to Prospero because he doesn’t know what he’s talking about and is giving you terrible info/advice - although i like the fact that his name references Shakespeare’s Tempest. First off, when you apply to US med schools, apply to both MD and DO schools. since you’re considering the caribb. i’m going to assume you’re not a competitive applicant. so, you shouldn’t apply to any of the med schools that are in the top 100. e.g. don’t apply to michigan state college of osteopathic medicine. it’s ranked number 7 in the US in primary care, so you won’t get in. apply to your state MD/DO schools and private MD/DO schools you will be competitive at.
Don’t listen to Prospero, people don’t "apply to these their 3rd year of trying to get into medical schools." apply to every type of school the first time - MD/DO and the acceptable caribb schools like SGU (and the other one; I can’t remember its name). You’re goal should be to get into a DO/MD school in the US. if that doesn’t work then go to the caribb.
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September 17th, 2009 at 8:13 am
If I’m right (and I wouldn’t quote me) that is one of the 2 year medical schools, where you transfer out to do your second 2 years. (clinical rotations) Generally, people apply to these their 3rd year of trying to get into medical schools. First they try normal American medical schools, then failing that, they try to get into Osteopathic Schools, and failing that the schools in the Caribbean take large quantities of students, and have a higher fail rate, but can be an option when the other (better) options have fallen through and you know you still have what it takes to be a doctor. Still, it’s the same curriculum as any other medical school, and when you graduate, and do your residency, you’ll have a good paying job. (There are no unemployed doctors)
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September 17th, 2009 at 8:53 am
There are certainly better Caribbean medical schools than SJSM. About the best thing I can say about it is that you are able to sit for the USMLE if you go there.
The school misleads people with their claims of clinical rotation sites–if you question them, they "simply haven’t updated their web page" for a rotation site they lost two years ago.
I have a friend stuck without any access to a rotation site and the school is zero help–they aren’t even trying to help him in any manner. They are all smiles and happy to see you when you have money in your hand, but when it comes time for them to produce, they don’t know you.
The owner of the school cannot be trusted. I’ve called him a paranoid schizophrenic to his face (which sure has endeared me to THAT school!)
Bottom line, if you can tolerate the BS, it’s a cheap way to a MD, but I’d still recommend one of the better schools.
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September 17th, 2009 at 9:21 am
the answer is no, it’s not good.
I have to respond to Prospero because he doesn’t know what he’s talking about and is giving you terrible info/advice - although i like the fact that his name references Shakespeare’s Tempest. First off, when you apply to US med schools, apply to both MD and DO schools. since you’re considering the caribb. i’m going to assume you’re not a competitive applicant. so, you shouldn’t apply to any of the med schools that are in the top 100. e.g. don’t apply to michigan state college of osteopathic medicine. it’s ranked number 7 in the US in primary care, so you won’t get in. apply to your state MD/DO schools and private MD/DO schools you will be competitive at.
Don’t listen to Prospero, people don’t "apply to these their 3rd year of trying to get into medical schools." apply to every type of school the first time - MD/DO and the acceptable caribb schools like SGU (and the other one; I can’t remember its name). You’re goal should be to get into a DO/MD school in the US. if that doesn’t work then go to the caribb.
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I am a medical student in the US. I racked my brain trying to figure this stuff out when i decided to go to med school like you.