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@Royaldoctor Don't listen to the negativity, as long as you work your butt off you will be successful regardless of what you do. People told me similar things four years ago when I decided to go to a Caribbean school. (3.41 GPA, 28 MCAT; multiple US DO/MD rejections).
I ended up doing very well in the Caribbean, came back and rocked my clinicals in the states. Got well above average on my USMLE's, and got way more interviews than I expected. (34 interviews out of 51 applications)
I won't say that it was the easiest route, and I will say that a lot of people I knew didn't make it. Caribbean schools don't hold your hands, and they are definitely for profit. If you fail out, they won't care...but the education is there if you want it. Just like anything in life, you have to work hard to be successful.
People are going to call me a Caribbean fanboy or something, but I consider myself a success story and nothing more. as long as you put your mind to it, you can be successful wherever you go. Don't let anyone, including people on this forum, tell you that you can't succeed at anything. The fact of the matter is, once you're in residency nobody cares where you graduated from.
I ended up doing very well in the Caribbean, came back and rocked my clinicals in the states. Got well above average on my USMLE's, and got way more interviews than I expected. (34 interviews out of 51 applications)
I won't say that it was the easiest route, and I will say that a lot of people I knew didn't make it. Caribbean schools don't hold your hands, and they are definitely for profit. If you fail out, they won't care...but the education is there if you want it. Just like anything in life, you have to work hard to be successful.
People are going to call me a Caribbean fanboy or something, but I consider myself a success story and nothing more. as long as you put your mind to it, you can be successful wherever you go. Don't let anyone, including people on this forum, tell you that you can't succeed at anything. The fact of the matter is, once you're in residency nobody cares where you graduated from.
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