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Posted on 3/20/16 at 5:16 pm to ctiger69
2.9gpa, an application would go right in the trash for PT, PA, NP, a lot of nursing schools, and even dental hygiene.
Funny that acceptance into med school in the Caribbeans is still possible.
I have a few friends of the family that went the Ross route(about 10yrs ago) and they're practicing MD's now.
Funny that acceptance into med school in the Caribbeans is still possible.
I have a few friends of the family that went the Ross route(about 10yrs ago) and they're practicing MD's now.
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Posted on 3/20/16 at 5:38 pm to ctiger69
My half brother who grew up in South America went to med school in South American for like 2 grand. Now he wants to come to the US and he has to redo residency and he says it kinda sucks having to relearn everything in a different language.
Posted on 3/20/16 at 8:11 pm to ctiger69
1. They let you in
Posted on 3/20/16 at 8:30 pm to ctiger69
Official languages: English, Kwéyòl and Island Carib
Ethnic groups (2015)
85% Black
10% Mixed
3.5% Kalinago
0.8% European
0.7% others
Dominican Government: Unitary parliamentary republic
• President Charles Savarin
• Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit
Area
• Total 290 sq mi
Population
• 2016 census 72,324
Per capita GDP: $7,022
Looking at the per capita GDP, tells me most people don't have enough cash to pay a Dr.
I would tell your friend to attend Medical School in Grenada. I went there in 2012 and the people like Americans, because we kicked out the hard line communists and the Cubans.
Posted on 3/20/16 at 8:44 pm to ctiger69
I go to a Caribbean med school. I can help to answer any questions if you still have any
Posted on 3/20/16 at 8:48 pm to ctiger69
Yeah there are a couple of residents at my wife's hospital from Ross. Not the brightest bulbs
Posted on 3/20/16 at 9:35 pm to ctiger69
There is no comparison between the opportunities a US grad from a US med school has compared to a Ross grad.
That being said, there are many good doctors from these schools.
That being said, there are many good doctors from these schools.
This post was edited on 3/20/16 at 9:38 pm
Posted on 3/20/16 at 10:03 pm to ctiger69
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I had a friend was accepted here a couple of years ago. He was turned down by LSU med school numerous times and he was accepted into Ross med school first try. He had an undergrad GPA of 2.9 and scored a 20 on his MCAT. He has another 2 years left until residency.
Has anybody heard of this school? A quick search tells me it is in the Dominica and they basically accept everybody who applies. I think my friend is going to struggle to find a residency once he is finished. 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?
Ross is one of the Big3 Caribbean schools. Ross, AUC, and St. George have USMLE passing rates around ~97% which is similar to the US medical schools, and are the only 3 medical schools in the caribbean that qualify for loans from the DOE. All 3 schools have residency placement rates close to the national average for the US schools. Ross just takes alot of ppl, but if your friend has survived the first 2 years of medical school and 2 years living on Dominica (especially after the hurricane last august really f***ed the island up) he is fine, and if he does well on the USMLE will have no trouble getting a residency.
Posted on 3/20/16 at 11:20 pm to ctiger69
I know someone who went to Ross University for vet school. She pretty much was studying on a beach 24/7. I think it was in St. Kitt's? I'm not sure. Seemed pretty easy IMO. Not sure about the residency point yet, she hasn't reached that point yet to my knowledge.
Posted on 3/21/16 at 7:38 am to ctiger69
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A quick search tells me it is in the Dominica
No, No it doesn't.
Dominica and Dominican Republic are not the same.
Posted on 3/21/16 at 7:38 am to ctiger69
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Has anybody heard of this school? A quick search tells me it is in the Dominica and they basically accept everybody who applies. I think my friend is going to struggle to find a residency once he is finished. 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?
The standards for Caribbean medical schools is lower, for obvious reasons. Graduates of these schools struggle to match into competitive specialties and are more likely to wind up doing primary care, which is ok. The main advantage to these schools is being able to go to med school when one otherwise would have been academically ineligible. For what it's worth, the best pediatrics resident I ever worked with was a graduate of Ross.
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