re: Ross Unversity Med School

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Caribbean schools are increasingly becoming a worse idea. There are new US MD schools popping up and virtually every US MD school has increased class sizes (the same is true to an even greater extent for DO schools). This means it will be harder and harder for Caribbean grads to secure residency spots, even primary care spots. A Caribbean grad will have virtually zero chance of matching any specialty that's competitive for US MDs.

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To add, I believe 2015 was the first year that there are more US graduates than residency spots available.

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Disadvantages: looked down on by doctors and residency programs (much harder to find a residency after than US schools); costs a fortune, it is significantly more expensive than regular med schools (pretty sure it is almost $100k a year tuition, while the average is $50k, and LSU is a mere $22k); out of country most of the year; not sure how rigorous the program is, and not sure how reliable it is to keep its accreditation (this is a challenge for most of the out of country med schools)

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Holy crap. 100k, I had no idea it is that expensive.

I'm doubt there are any schools with $100k tuition. That's said, you'll leave most of these schools with $250k+.

Professional school tuition is out of control. Check out how much USC's dental school costs: LINK

Ross kids have a different curriculum for vet school too.
Their clinicals are shorter during their last year and a half.

Yeah but being a dentist is the best gig out there. Hours are good. Pay is exceptional and there are a ton of procedures that are "cash" paying.

Ross also has a Vet school in St Kitts.

It's the same there, too. If you have everything lined up, but can't get into US med schools because you can't make the cut, you will get in at Ross.

However, Ross doesn't have the facilities for the clinical blocks, so everyone there has to find a US vet school to finish their last 18 months.

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FYI. Dominica and Dominican Republic are not the same place

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This. Ross is in Dominca. Not in the Dominican Republic, which is on the Island of Hispanola.

Ross is now owned by Devry I believe.

Attending a Caribbean school definitely makes getting a residency more of an uphill climb. Most Caribbean grads end up doing something less competitive in a somewhat less desireble location (probably not going to match into a real prestigious institution or a real cool city).

Caribbean graduates very rarely match into competitive specialties like ortho, ENT, Urology. I am sure it has happened but I have never personally meet one.

The whole medschool/doctor thing sounds pretty easy, actually. I took a three year break from the OT, and come back to find that douchebag Scruffy is still posting 24/7.

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But anyways he is trying to tell my other friend, who is smart, to apply for med school at Ross. And I'm saying why would you want to go to a foreign med school especially if you are smart enough to get accepted into a US med school. Can anybody name some advantages?

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There are no advantages. ZERO. Many spend tons of money to go and can't pass licensing exams or get a residency. It should be illegal. The shittiest, shadiest doctors I know are all grads of these type schools. If you can't get into an American med school, there's a reason.

I think you don't understand the need for doctors in the US. Foreign trained or not, they will find employment.