A bit about me - 4th year medical student, Currently have a few more electives to complete before being done here. (I'm hoping)
Pros: get you the MD degree that you want.
Cons: keep in mind, you will be going to a school that is ran by a businessman. The school is not transparent (at all) in how it goes about making policy changes. (you have been warned)
- Basic science faculty is a hit or miss. Most were decent but handful were absolutely terrible (couldnt teach, belittling to the students, or have a heavy accent to the point where you have to ask them to repeat themself slowly) Most of the teachers here are foreign/at saba to teach and provide a better life for their family due to the country they are from/ party - We even had a few teachers with malpractice claims brought up against them in the states (so i am guess they are down there because they can not get a job in the states?) The Class materials can be overwhelming (the saying is true: medical school is like drinking from a fire hydrant lol) but if you keep up to date with the material and study study study, you should be able to make it through the island.
- clinical Administration faculty: Not super helpful. they are all M.D's but I am not sure how much they advocate for the students best interest. You wont be dealing with them too much other then asking them questions on about your clinical electives/application (they arent too helpful with that either). The lady helping you through the matching process is helpful though. The clinical science deans are under the leash and collar of the owner (R3 education owner - steven rogers) EDIT: i think recent another entity took over saba). So they come up with policies out of the blue if needed. For example, The school recently added that the clinical science students MUST take the CCSE (comprehensive clinical science exams) before being eligible to sit for the actual step 2 CK exam. I know of 2 students who were called and threaten by one of the dean that they could face risk of being expelled if they were to take their step 2 CK exam (Keep in mind that they registered for the step 2 CK exam 2+ months ago and that they were scheduled to take in less than 24 hour). The school reimbursed them the cost of the USMLE step 2 CK exam though (which I was surprised). Another recent event that took place with the clinical students: Due to the COVID pandemic, the prometrics center are no longer allowing students to take the CCSE exam (indefinitely at the time this review is written) so about 50+ of the clinical science students who were set to match for 2021 will no longer be able to make the match. The school is unwilling to offer students alternatives to take the CCSE exam. Thus many of us will NOT MATCH for this upcoming cycle.
feel free to post questions here and ill try my best to answer - good luck to everyone!
Remember: you should apply for more than 1 cycle to try to get into the states or canada for medical school before considering the Caribbeans
EDIT 3/16: Matched! yay! so it is doable
Pros: get you the MD degree that you want.
Cons: keep in mind, you will be going to a school that is ran by a businessman. The school is not transparent (at all) in how it goes about making policy changes. (you have been warned)
- Basic science faculty is a hit or miss. Most were decent but handful were absolutely terrible (couldnt teach, belittling to the students, or have a heavy accent to the point where you have to ask them to repeat themself slowly) Most of the teachers here are foreign/at saba to teach and provide a better life for their family due to the country they are from/ party - We even had a few teachers with malpractice claims brought up against them in the states (so i am guess they are down there because they can not get a job in the states?) The Class materials can be overwhelming (the saying is true: medical school is like drinking from a fire hydrant lol) but if you keep up to date with the material and study study study, you should be able to make it through the island.
- clinical Administration faculty: Not super helpful. they are all M.D's but I am not sure how much they advocate for the students best interest. You wont be dealing with them too much other then asking them questions on about your clinical electives/application (they arent too helpful with that either). The lady helping you through the matching process is helpful though. The clinical science deans are under the leash and collar of the owner (R3 education owner - steven rogers) EDIT: i think recent another entity took over saba). So they come up with policies out of the blue if needed. For example, The school recently added that the clinical science students MUST take the CCSE (comprehensive clinical science exams) before being eligible to sit for the actual step 2 CK exam. I know of 2 students who were called and threaten by one of the dean that they could face risk of being expelled if they were to take their step 2 CK exam (Keep in mind that they registered for the step 2 CK exam 2+ months ago and that they were scheduled to take in less than 24 hour). The school reimbursed them the cost of the USMLE step 2 CK exam though (which I was surprised). Another recent event that took place with the clinical students: Due to the COVID pandemic, the prometrics center are no longer allowing students to take the CCSE exam (indefinitely at the time this review is written) so about 50+ of the clinical science students who were set to match for 2021 will no longer be able to make the match. The school is unwilling to offer students alternatives to take the CCSE exam. Thus many of us will NOT MATCH for this upcoming cycle.
feel free to post questions here and ill try my best to answer - good luck to everyone!
Remember: you should apply for more than 1 cycle to try to get into the states or canada for medical school before considering the Caribbeans
EDIT 3/16: Matched! yay! so it is doable
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