Time Magazine's Caribbean Med School Bashing

[persiandoctor]

I called the South American Med-School and they informed that I only need a GPA higher than 2.0 and they only look at the pre-requisite courses, no other courses/MCAT. I told them I also didn't take Organic Chem and they said they would look over that and as long as I had most of the prequisites they'd consider me. I'm guessing this is one of the school's to look out for? How can I tell for sure though, are there any places that rate carribean schools only?

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[Leukocyte]

I called the South American Med-School and they informed that I only need a GPA higher than 2.0 and they only look at the pre-requisite courses, no other courses/MCAT. I told them I also didn't take Organic Chem and they said they would look over that and as long as I had most of the prequisites they'd consider me. I'm guessing this is one of the school's to look out for? How can I tell for sure though, are there any places that rate carribean schools only?

Stick to the well established schools like SGU, Ross, AUC....., and you will be "safe".

 

[Skip Intro]

I'll be looking for the Forbes and Hartford Cournant articles, though.

The Forbes article was a not-too-flattering look at my school, Ross University:

http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2001/0514/090.html

Timothy Foster, former Chief of Ross, responded in letter, but I can no longer find it.

Here's the Hartford Courant piece:

http://www.ctnow.com/news/specials/hc-medschools,0,5477576.storygallery?coll=hc-headlines-specials

And, in fairness, be sure to see this link in response from two of the four "worst" schools, according to the article:

http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/10896.html#4

-Skip