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Originally Posted by IAUPREMED
I am very concerned that technically IAU only has 2 greenbook cores, can we try to arrange your own? I spoke to a few of the senior students that are in the process of starting clinicals or are just passing step 1, i think a few want to transfer out to ross or other larger institutions after step 1 that acually have decent some or all green book rotations. I dont know what to do, I am already in IAU, but applied to other schools like AUA, MUA, Sint Eustatius, St. James, they all have some decent greenbook clinicals. I dont know if I should start IAU or just say yes to one of the others and go there instead. I just need some insight from some of the seniors and how they are tackling this issue at this crucial point after step 1, I am sure there not going to just take 2 core greenbooks and be satisfied with that and probably will have problems being licensed in alot of states.
thanks
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First, if you are already at IAU, it is better to concentrate and score high on Step One via studying hard in each course, then integrating your last semester with kaplan and question banks such as UsmleWorld (UW). No decent school will accept you as a transfer AND take credits for any basic science courses already completed, you'll have to start all over. A few states will still allow you to work without all greenbook rotations, so hit that hurdle when you get to it.
There may be a way to transfer to another Caribbean medical school such as Ross (most infamous, especially after the Devry buy-out -- I met so many Ross-transfers during kaplan and ICM -- I think that was the only thing I learned in ICM). I have already looked into this, but in my case, I was asked to STILL repeat their ICM in Miami. I am not willing to redo ICM for 14k in Miami so I have scheduled a meeting/interview to discuss options with Ross. Keep in mind, transferring into 50-state school will NOT make you automatically eligible in all 50 states (most notably, California).
I personally know of one who transferred to AUA and another to St. E, both from Spartan (St. E is not NY-approved, but has loans at least for clinical years, supposedly)