I am a resident, and an FMG. I am not trying to recruit students to my school. In fact, I never mention the school I attended.

My intentions are simple. To help those of us that go offshore to avoid the myriad of potential pitfalls that face us. The end goal that we all have in common is to practice medicine in the US, and there are many potential obstacles to this goal.

I stand by the assertation that visiting some schools is a waste of time. Why? Because certain schools have an unacceptable risk profile. There are many, many schools, that offer low risk to students. By this I mean that there are schools with currently licensed grads in all 50 states, schools with excellent USMLE pass rates and residency placements, schools that have been around for years.

After seeing what happened to the SC students, one should be aware that there is a very real possibility that a medical school WILL fail. By attending a new school, or a school with less than stellar administration or reputation, you are merely increasing that risk. So, while history does not define a school/business, it certainly can be a valid point of reference. Also valid is a LACK of history.

You accuse me of bad mouthing schools. I simply do not say good things about bad schools. And, by bad I do not even care about things such as locale, teachers, how happy the students are, etc...these things are all secondary to the ultimate goal of getting a license in all 50 states. If a school has not demonstrated it can do that, by my definition, it is a bad school.

You also imply that I have something to gain by posting here. Not the case. Unlike you, I have no vested interest in the recruiting success of my school. All the students of the smaller, newer schools will directly benefit from encouraging more students to come share the risk. More students= more money, which is good for the current students and admin. My only interest is to keep students focused on what is important, and to make sure that if they do make a stupid decision, they are at least informed of how stupid it may be.

As far as MUA-B goes...yes, it is a waste of time to visit this school. Why? Because students should truly not be considering it anyway. There are several schools in the carib (AUC, Ross, SABA, SGU), austrailia, europe, etc...that are far better choices. This school is suspect for several reasons, including the new relationship with a school that has a history of failing it's students, the unknown consequences stateside of this affiliation, the fact that there are no licensed grads to speak of and the fact that grads are outright banned from several states currently, ant that this list is very likely going to be growing in the future.

So, while you may be happy there, and that is wonderful for you, the fact remains that this school is a very, very poor choice. Hopefully this choice will work out well for you, but at best, you will have a severely limited degree that will keep you from working in several states. At worst, you could have more licensing headaches than we even can begin to imagine. Heck, maybe the SC relationship will get you in hot water with the ECFMG, who knows!

Not trying to bad mouth anything. Merely pointing out what is truly important to potential medical students, and how MUA-B is far below standards in this regard.