WHy bother to keep jumping throught the Hoops for a US school?
"You need a 3.7 no a 3.8 GPA a 32 MCAT no wait a 35 MCAT, shadowing, volunteering, Patient experience, Community service, Research, Published......................" On and on and on for sometimes years of applying and not getting accepted, I know one guy who has a 3.6 gpa sci 3.7 and a MCAT of 34 and guess what? No acceptances in the US! What? you say?
WHat did he do wrong, nothing he did everything he was supposed to, and still this will be year 2 with not getting in. The system is a mess, they let in a 3.1 with a MCAT of 28 and not this guy. Yes I know minorities rule, but what happened to fair???? They say they are fair but the system is so messed up in the US that it is unbalanced in many ways.
Caribbean and Foriegn schools are the balance to the system, Students can go abroad and study medicine.
But there are snobbs everywhere, one surgical resident recently said "We do not even consider FMG's for residency, they just do not measure up to our high standard" What?????? How do you know until you have them in a program? They will not even consider someone with a 250 on the USLME! This is the crap we put up with, the snobbs the stupid attitudes they do not have any facts to back them up.
There is nothing wrong with what we are doing.
To the snobby US premeds who think the Caribbean is a shortcut, we will be seeing you soon!!!!!!!
