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Originally Posted by MartyBlank
One thing bothers me about many of the replies in this thread.
If you truly are a student at another school, why would you care what the discussion is on a thread in the IUHS forum. It is suspicious at best.
Forget the "whys", how about the "hows'? How would a student at AUC find the time to post about IUHS?
I have stated clearly in my two posts that I have no idea whether or not IUHS is an absolute failure. 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.
The only one I tend to think is objective is Maximllian. His response seems to be pretty easy to understand.."IUHS is not for everyone, and if you decide to attend there, you have no one to blame but yourself...and further....there are other less risky choices available".
I paraphrased there, but I believe that to be the general theme to his posts.
I agree with all of it. I agree that SGU, Saba, and Ross clearly offer me less risky paths to becoming a physician. The only thing that atrracts me to IUHS is the electronic component to the basic sciences. I am a self-learner, and I don't think I lose anything by completing Biochem/Embryo/Physio/Path online.
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. If I am dumb enough to throw away 20K without fully investigating the risks associated with IUHS, who is to blame? Obviously myself.
I can live with that.
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?
The cynic in me believes that there is nothing altruistic in this, but rather a monetary influence at stake. It also makes me believe other programs and schools want the entire sandbox for themselves.
St. George's/Ross/Saba have no reason whatsoever to fear any competition. They clearly are doing it right. However, some of the less desirable schools could do better with less competition. Food for thought anyway.
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ROSS less risky? dude,,they have licensed drs out there,,,this school will face problems young kids do not need,,hey if you got money to burn and want to take a chance maybe even take the state bds on legally for years and super costly then go ahead,,,but when they check into your education and deny you a license don t cry cough up more money and sue them maybe spend another 100k legal fees,,,then let the state bd question why on your transcript dr does your courses say or not say if they were taken on campus or not,,,then you ll be shaking while you turn to your lawyer and he will say time for a break we need to meet outside then and only then break out your check book again cause this one will cost you and maybe for fraud when they cannot compare like education to other licensed drs in the state you should be well equipped to face the music then,,,you see,,,all the state bds will know this school and how they operate,,,I tried to call them email them over and over and got nothing ,,,yes a perspective student who they should have been wooing me i got no answers,,,do you want to set up your own non approved core rotations? pay mentors off to sign you off? beg the state bds to be licensed since you passed the steps? yes I do know of one person in resid and I am waiting for that person when license time arrives,,until that day I remain on guard,,,you think I wouldn t want to do it this way without selling my office and study home? it may work for other courses online but not for medicine ,,,remember nothing worth while in life is worth getting without hard work and sacrifice,,,the school is still open because of gulliable people who continue to hope,,like a stock down from 100 to 2 bux and people buying more hoping for a rebound,,,good luck and don t say we didn t warn you,,,again,,yes,,you can go the whole distance including doing resid and passing your boards and still not get licensed due to the education WAS NOT COMPARABLE TO OTHERS LICENSED IN THE STATE,,THE BDS WILL HAVE LOTS OF AMMO TO TAKE YOU DOWN,,,I DID MY RESEARCH IN THIS PATH SO I DO KNOW THAT THIS IS A BIGGG GAMBLE WITH ODDS AGAINST YOU,,,YOU MAY GET LICENSED MAYBE IN SOUTH DAKOTA WITH TOWNS OF 200 POP THOUGH play it smart, or get burnt