SGU, while the most "prestigious" (if a Caribbean school can be that), is twice as expensive as AUC and Ross. Also, Ross and SGU have much larger class sizes than AUC, so I guess it depends on how you like your instructor:student ratio to be.
Ross and AUC are not equal second choices. Ross is on a much worse island which, according to 2008 Caribbean guidebooks, has no really good beaches and is more of a nature preserve (some students who live there don't even have hot water or dependable electricity!). If you are married or have a family, I would not go to Ross.
Crime is much higher on SGU's island. There is someone I know who went to SGU a few years back and his apartment was broken into by thugs and he was robbed at gunpoint. Students at SGU on this forum will deny that this is commonplace, but it does happen. I have never heard of this happening at AUC - though car theft and the occasional mugging of a drunk student who stumbles onto the Golf course at 2am does seem to be a regular occurrence....
In Summary:
Go to SGU if you do not have a family and don't mind living on a worse island. They seem to have the most money and have their act together about clinicals.
If location is important to you (like it is to me), AUC is your school.
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