I think most of us here are wise enough to choose (on their own ) the school they want to attend.
and i won't comment on the 3rd world thing.

Personally I think AUC is the most logical solution between the 3 big carib schools (ross,AUC,SGU)
Ross is in Dominica for god sakes literally almost a jungle and SGU I don't know but 40,000$ a year is way too much!

and some say that sint maarten has too many distraction (well you'll get bored of it eventually) living on island is not different than living in a city.I've lived 7 years on a tourist island and 12 years in various cities it's all the same!