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Originally Posted by JHarris
but the fact remains that this school is still operating in London. It is still turning out graduates that get top residencies, like TAFKA did, and it's still a very good alternative to sweating it out on a bug-infested Hurricane prone island in the Caribbean.
If I need to go foreign, which hopefull I won't when my contacts pull some strings, but whatever, I'd much rather go to school in England than a place like st kitts or Dominica!
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top residencies are tough to get for US grads, they are tougher to get for us making competitive matches anomalies rather than the norm. if you want a highly competitive residency like derm ortho opthto plastics then foreign schools will likely not get you there. for competitive residencies like ER, rads, surgery a foreign school may get you there with great board scores and for obgyn, im, fp, peds, psych then a foreign school is a good alternative to reaching your goals
as for going to a 'brittish' school that will only impress your friends and people who don;t really matter in your carreer. those who can make or break your professional development either keep up with what is going on and know the schools that have track records or they could care less lump us all in the same pile and throw the applications out so telling a PD at an interview that you went to SC iba mar Diop in england will sound just as stupid as the interviewee who said he went to ross university in new york and was asked follow up questions on how dominica was...quite funny actually
SC was a disaster and a school that should have been avoided at all costs. since the new management took over it seems like they are hading in a much better direction and may turn the corner and be a place to look at after failing to get in schools with long track records. when SC gets state approvals it will ve a very very good place to attend because living in england sounds much nicer than living on any of our islands but until then it should remain very low on the list of people with options to attend other schools
so first look at US MD/DO schools then i would look at "real" foreign schools that take US students in israel, ireland, australia then the schols with cali approval, then schools with new york, then reasses my qualifications and try again from the top and if all else fails start down further in the list
also tafkas residency is competitive and i know i don't have the scores for it but by no means is it the be all and end all. it is a competitive residency at a community hospital and very doable with great board scores...definitely within reach, just look at match lists from other schools for rads, er, surgery.
not trying to negate the accomplishement but when you are a pre med things are not in good perspective from down there...like the fact that living in england for 2 years seems to stand out more to you than things that really matter and will affect your 40 years in practice
good luck man being post call sucks..slept during the day now i can't sleep