With those two quotes in mind,
First: the president of Beth Healthcare - I can't confirm nor deny that he is shady or a liar (don't know who he is, never talked to him, never met him or anyone affiliated with Beth Healthcare's staff). However, based on the quote below from their own student, the evidence surely isn't in their favor.
If the students had actually talked to the medical board, or any medical board, they would already know that the paper work for the school/program's state approval needs to be started when the students first enter the program (at the very least). Therefore, saying:
"our class has spoken with the NYMC on multiple occasions and the overall gist of it was that they did not see any reason why the program wouldn't be approved by the NY education board ... It is currently being worked on"
Means that they're not getting their information from the proper sources. They should:
A) confirm with NYMC medical board that Beth Healthcare's application for approval (and also CMU's) was actually sent in.
B) also know that CMU for California state approval is invalid for any English program, as well, CMU's approximate date for application to California is when their new campus is 'built' (they've been telling us they're going to move for the last 3 years). However, the new campus will be operational in 2014, tentatively (that's what they told me).
C) therefore, realistically, the student of this program should already know that the paperwork isn't put in place, as CMU hasn't put out any applications yet (not until the new campus), meaning Beth Healthcare's application is also void. Had the students actually talk to the board they would have already known this, therefore, logically, they had asked their coordinators from Beth healthcare and that was what they told them.
That's true, med school is what you make of it regardless of where you are. However, I think he missed the point that you can do internship practically anywhere, but without approval, you cannot go back and do your residency and ultimately work in 'that' state (so essentially, no residency, no work - which I assume, would be the ultimate goal of anyone studying med school overseas).
The international batch (not affiliated with Beth healthcare) is currently in this problem; where we do not have approval from some states restricting us where we can go back and do our residency and ultimately get hired.
That's very true. However, the number of facilities accessible by students is not disclosed (and if you saw them, you would be... Surpised [to put it lightly]). The majority of their 'advanced' facilities are for the hospitals' own research/payroll staff, allowing no student access. The actual student accessible areas are ... As old as the school itself (you should look it up). However, by shear numbers, CMU does trump the carribeans -> by a whopping 1.2 billion.