nicholas_lutchman (Student) Some of it is people who got into a US DO or MD program after they'd already started here. That's not really a knock on AUA, that's just people taking a better option when it opens up.
shirleym (Student) to what nicholas_lutchman (Student) said above. There's a group that leaves because of the administration side of things. Communication from the school about financial aid, scheduling, and clinical placement can be genuinely frustrating. I've seen people reach a wall with that and decide it's not worth it.
andrey (Alumni) Different experience than nicholas_lutchman (Student) lutchman though. I'd push back on the framing a bit though. Attrition and transfer happen at every Caribbean school. AUA isn't uniquely bad here. Some percentage of any Caribbean cohort doesn't finish and that's true across the board.
rsingh (Student) Agree with shirleym (Student) on this. Faculty turnover in certain departments has been noticeable. When you build your study approach around a specific professor's teaching style and then that person leaves mid-program it's disruptive.
lgarcia (Alumni) shirleym (Student) covered the main points well. Some people come in thinking the Caribbean experience will be a few fun years in the sun with some studying. The ones who leave early are sometimes the ones who needed a more realistic picture before they applied.
carmenokafor (Alumni) Cost is a real factor. Tuition plus cost of living on the island plus flights home adds up. Some people do the math mid-program and decide a different school or a different plan makes more financial sense.
taylore (Student) The students I've seen transfer out who were genuinely trying to do well and ran into administrative walls, that's the part worth fixing. The ones who left because the workload was harder than expected, that's a different conversation entirely.
