MSK9's Medical School Thread & Guide

[MSK9]

Congratulations, MSK9! St. George's is considered one of the better Caribbean med schools. And yes, many of their graduates do end up practicing medicine in the United States (and many other countries).

Thank you. Based on stats, St. George's has the best matching outcomes of all Caribbean schools. I've seen that many SDN users, at least when deriving their own statistical conclusions, don't account for the fact that many SGU matriculants/graduates are from outside the United States and either return to their home country or have intentions of practicing in Europe/elsewhere. United States IMGs have a statistically easier time in matching than non-US IMGs though, so the match isn't something I'm worried about. I'm definitely not looking for work/networking in academics, though I'm not opposed to it either.

That's awesome! Congratulations... I would go with that. Don't believe what everyone says about Carribean schools. Most forums (SDN) are a bunch of bxllsh!t knowitall teens who never worked a day in their lives, relying on their parent's (who are doctors, probably) second hand and DATED information. There are so many paths to medical school now than even 10 years ago. I'm doing research and I'm leaning that there are those that even take CLEP and maybe ACE.

I agree with this. There are academic medicine physicians and non-physician faculty over at SDN who are fairly helpful,  but the anti-Caribbean bias is very real there. The end game is more important to me than the path to it, so I'll do what I have to do to get my foot in the door. Even still, I'd like to hold out for a US school just for better matching statistics but should I end up at St. George's, I'd be just as proud a graduate.

MSK9 - I assume this is the program you completed at Doane? https://www.doane.edu/programs/prehealth
If so, did you apply to the Kansas City University of Med?  I think they have a partnership, it may help with admissions.

I actually cherry-picked my courses from their catalog.. sort of Post-Bacc ala carte. I'm not sure that pre-health program was a thing when I started. I didn't apply to KC as my MCAT was taken after their deadline for the 2020 cycle.