Hey Mister...

no worries at all...i'm 100% canadian. Let's face it guys...unless you REALLY want to explore Europe and see an opportunity like medical school away from your respective countries as a reason to travel, then that's a justifiable reason to study abroad. Most of us are here because we didn't get into medical schools in our respective countries..beit Canada, US, etc etc...it doesn't mean we are not smart...the bars are continually being raised "back home" and hey, we gotta do what we gotta do.

Everyone will see the school as 'mediocre' or even worse when things aren't going right. Yes the language is the real barrier..along with professors that sometimes can't seem to grasp what we are asking...but you make sacrifices in life, and as long as you know that you are here for a reason, then you will eventually get through it.

The school is making efforts to prep more for USMLE. In the second year you will notice that teachers will try to offer the NBME examinations instead of their own final exams. NMBE is the "national board of medical examiners"...they offer tests like shelf exams, all in multiple choice format, and they are basically recycled USMLE questions or questions that didn't make it for USMLE tests. We wrote one in anatomy this year as a "mock" test..just to pick our brains and let us know where we're at a year after taking Gross Anatomy. But as far as actual USMLE preparations, you will not find that here. The tests we're given are in multiple choice format...and some teachers like to get practical with questions, some keep it straight forward...and in the case of those who just wrote the Gross Anatomy final, some teachers like to give multiple multiple choice questions ALONG with written Q's. They are not here to fail us, if we are at least doing the work....people will get weened out eventually...those who wanna be here will show that they want to be here.

Again, it's medical school guys...even I don't have the best study habits, not everyone is perfect, but we make it work...if we want to.