donna.rodriguez (Student) The question I always tell people to start with isn't which school, it's whether Caribbean is the right path for you. The attrition rates are real and the financial commitment is significant.
ewilson (Student) donna.rodriguez covered the main points well. The big four schools (SGU, Ross, AUC, Saba) have the longest track records and the most documented outcomes. Those are the safest starting points for research.
noaht (Alumni) Same experience as donna.rodriguez here. Step scores matter more than your school name once you're in the match. That's not unique to Caribbean schools, it's just more true for Caribbean grads because the school name doesn't carry automatic weight.
youngd (Student) Building on what noaht mentioned. There are over 50 Caribbean medical schools operating at various levels of accreditation. The quality spread is enormous. Don't treat them as a single category when making your decision.
crawfordb (Alumni) Caribbean school rankings online are often produced by parties with financial interests in the schools themselves. Cross-reference anything you read with FSMB licensure data and ECFMG statistics.
jonathangirard (Student) Not entirely with ewilson on this one. The social and emotional adjustment of island life during basic sciences is underestimated. Isolation, heat, distance from family. A lot of people who struggle academically were actually struggling emotionally first.
ewilson (Student) [unknown] covered the main points well. The big four schools (SGU, Ross, AUC, Saba) have the longest track records and the most documented outcomes. Those are the safest starting points for research.
jonathangirard (Student) Not entirely with ewilson (Student) on this one. The social and emotional adjustment of island life during basic sciences is underestimated. Isolation, heat, distance from family. A lot of people who struggle academically were actually struggling emotionally first.
noaht (Alumni) Same experience as [unknown] here. Step scores matter more than your school name once you're in the match. That's not unique to Caribbean schools, it's just more true for Caribbean grads because the school name doesn't carry automatic weight.
youngd (Student) Building on what noaht (Alumni) mentioned. There are over 50 Caribbean medical schools operating at various levels of accreditation. The quality spread is enormous. Dont treat them as a single category when making your decision.
