You didn't share any experiences with us, all you did is link to an old survey. So unless you have anything more concrete to tell us, this thread is useless. Personally I'm inclined to agree with what IraniMD is saying.

Every once in awhile, someone comes on here to complain about the school, whether it is true or not. Some people just have bad experiences that make their overall stay bad. The fact is that if everyone felt this way, you'd see more people coming on here and complaining.

One student out of one class that says negative things does not mean much. It is something to take into consideration but not something to change ones overall opinion of a school. There are people from all schools that have something negative to say, this isn't a big deal.

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ookk, you found this school out right now after almost beign done, baloney

ya ok, spelling bad make the school look bad, your baloney lies is making the school look bad

I noticed in the St Chris situation, for example, very few attending students (if any) would come on this board to say anything negative. The rare ones who did were always called trolls, etc.

I think any students considering any offshore med schools need to comfortable with their choice after knowing the negative and positive, because after all they themselves are the ones to pay the final price.

is attendance taken at AUA? Mandatory? I know class is important, but sometimes I feel like I could get more accomplished if I went to the library and read rather than sit through a long lecture.

First off, these aren't your experiences, these are things you found from the websites that you are exploiting. every school has negatives, and in turn you are pointing out these from various sources and making them larger than they should appear. If you want to be more credible, actually use personal experiences and examples rather than subliminal facts/opinions.

I've never felt any sexism, but I've lived in independent housing since second semester so I've never had to deal with housing. I only dealt with M who is an angel.

Crosbies is a nice area, and pretty safe. Usually if you keep to yourself you should be fine, but just like if you were in the middle of NYC you need to take precautions.

The cadavers I had in my first semester were not beefy nor dry, though there was this one that seemed... "old?" She was a cancer pt apparently, and her bones were brittle. There are some gross things that come with a cadaver - we were told to spray them down when done. And like I mentioned before, half our cadavers never got dissected - let alone having 60 students to one.

DPS was pretty bad when I took it, but there's been a change in direction since Dr. A was fired - unfortunately my class has had to go through this transition blindfolded, but the administration has listened to most of our complaints and the next semester is getting this cool guy the school just hired. Since ICM and DPS are pretty much run by the same person, I'm pretty sure DPS students are getting a much better class than we did.

I've never had a teacher pressure me to go out drinking with him/her.

I went to the survey in order to take it, but there were questions I couldn't answer until I graduated. This might mean that people taking the survey are from much older semesters (before the school changed) or some people just answered things without really knowing (like the evaluation on 3rd and 4th year).

Understand that this is a caribbean school, that it's not going to be like home. I.e. if your computer breaks, your SOL, if you need something and radioshack doesn't have it - SOL, want something and the supermarket doesn't have it? yep.. you guessed it SOL

As for the school - the only problems I have are when test questions are not representative of the shelf. I'm here to prepare for the USMLE - not answer hard stupid questions the teacher sticks in to make the course difficult. I have already stated my views on this - and apparently the school is changing things regarding situations where students are put at a disadvantage.

I came to this school not knowing anything about caribbean schools or their "downfalls." Back then we weren't accredited by NY, and apparently the semester before they didn't have a histo teacher for their first weeks. Since then I've seen the school change dramatically.

Should you come here if you can get into a US school? You'll save yourself a lot of trouble in the US, the information is the same and you'll probably work harder here since the program is accelerated.

Should you come here vs. other carribean schools? That's up to you. But if you do end up coming here, try to make a difference during your stay and make the most of it.

I've personally seen myself grow and look at the world differently due to my experiences here.

The end.

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great and honest post...thanks

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hey nic, i love reading ur posts, its very insightful and gives a good idea of what is to be expected.. just wanted to thank you for being someone there that has time to give new students what they want to hear. too bad i get there in fall 07 so won't be able to meet you hehe =)