"Forget the "whys", how about the "hows'? How would a student at AUC find the time to post about IUHS?"

not a student..read the tag line. graduated with my MD last november just matched last week so i have nothing but time until june 23rd


"I have stated clearly in my two posts that I have no idea whether or not IUHS is an absolute failure."

as a business they are not a failure they still get the money..as a school however that has been around since 1998 that is debatable

"I do know they have managed to stay in business for nearly 7 years now. In fact, many of the replies in this forum are to posts made 2 and 3 years ago that predicted IUHS' demise. Yet. They still remain standing."

cheap to run a few servers and minimal facilities there are always people willing to put money down on this. many, many, many chiros,nutrritionists, dentists, podiatrists, naturapaths don't really need to get licensed and just want the title 'MD' for marketing that is how these places stay in business. similar thing happened with bogus russian med schools in the late 80's and in the 90's they were still fisning chiros and podiatrists using the titles they bought. please for the love of God post when you get back


I am a self-learner, and I don't think I lose anything by completing Biochem/Embryo/Physio/Path online.

the licensing boards don't care about your learning style, youru favorite color or how you take your coffee...they are burocrats with narrow minds so while the online model is the future they don't care

"Which leads me to the place where I am at. I will apply to IUHS, I will fly down to the island. I will thorougly investigage the licensing issues in my home state."

yes do that. i remember posts by neilc who last year was in the position i am now(lots of time before residency) and a few people actually called almost every state and the concensus was that over 40 said no to licensing, a few had not taken it into consideration and the rest would review the application.

"And just to better understand the posters here. Can someone help me understand how or why a full-time medical student would give a single thought to the prospective medical school choice of a complete stranger?"

because 4 years ago we were in the same exact position thinking that a who and imed listing meant something and that as long as you were able to sit for the usmle all would be a ok. as for me i almost ended up at one of these places until i actually researched it and learned that the who and imed is nothing more than a phone book and the only thing needed to sit for the usmle is a listing in the 'phone book'..it is a huge joke to claim imed listing means anything.

all right enough altruism..back to halo

just for s and giggles, run a google search on residents from the schools you are interested in.then there are doctor finders for most states that allow you to search docs by many factors including schools..try that out for fun and see how many residents and or licensed docs iuhs has produced since its debut in 1998 and compare that to st mathew's which started around the same time.

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