Cool Aid:

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The Monterrey Tec med school is actually called Ignacio A. Santos. It is one of the best in Mexico. It is private, with impressive facillities, a mostly upper middle class student body and probably the most expensive in Mexico. I am not sure that they accept any one who is not an Mexican citizen

The Universidad de Monterrey med school is also one of the best in Mexico. It is private, with some loose affiliation to Catholic education, and at one time had the highest, by far, passing rate of its graduates in the ECFMG. That may now be an honor that belongs to Ingnacio Santos. It does not own any installations at all, but provides its students with great clinical education through agreements with the Social Security System and the Health Ministry. And it has always welcomed American citizens. And if you are from Puerto Rico they have a special deal for you.

Now I don't remember the other two med schools that you inquired about, but let me go ahead and share something.

Mexico has a bunch of really excellent med schools about which you do not inquire.

A truly outstanding but hardly known in the US is the Army's Escuela Medico Militar. These guys are tough, the toughest med students in Mexico. They go through something that is equivalent to West Point and the Uniformed Services Med School, at the same time! If you are not a Mexican citizen you will probably not get there.

Then there is:

1. The Universidad Anahuac Med School, which functions like UdeM, and belongs to the Legionaries of Christ. It's in Mexico City and worth checking out.

2. The Universidad laSalle Med School, which belongs to the Christian Brothers and functions also like UdeM. Worth checking out.

3. There is also the Universidad Panamericana Med School, which belongs to Opus Dei, a Catholic institute of brothers and priests, which is known for always doing things very well. In Spain they have Universidad de Navarra, one of the best in Europe. Worth checking out if you are after a good education.

And if you do not mind being in one of the most interesting "small" cities in Latin America look up Universidad del Mayab medical school in Merida. Small and very neat with a very, very solid education. It is a sister to Anahuac.

Among the public schools the truly outstanding is the one that is part of the Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, in Monterrey. At one time it enjoyed immense support from the Kellogg Foundation and that allowed it to become one of the best, not just in Mexico, but in Latin America. Their clinical curriculum has such depth that you actually go through 12 months of Internal Medicine and another 12 months of surgical rotations and you may actually get to deliver more than 100 babies during your 4 moth OB-GYN rotation. It is medium sized and has been slowly turning itself into a research medical school. Check it out!

Other state (public university) med schools worth checking out are:

1. San Luis Potosi <--Very good, maybe a bit stuffy, but the whole town of San Luis Potosi is like that.

2. Universidad de Guadalajara (not to be confused with UAG, this is known in Mexico as UdeG)<--Great.

There may be other schools worth looking into, but I am not familiar with them and every one of the ones I have alerted you about, above, is among the best.

Finally, I did not include the med school at the National University in Mexico City for one simple reason, its size. It is a great place for professors - academicians and researchers - but you go to school with thousands of students and have to go all over Mexico City to get your med training. I would go there as a prof. I would not go there as a med student!

Ah, yeah...if you are a Seventh Day Adventist, Universidad de Montemorelos is for you. Small and quaint, but you get the good education that you need, especially if you are going to be a medical missionary.

Good luck Coolaid!

Yeah...just remembered: you asked abobut Guanajuato. Well it is good, but ain't among the best.