Thread: shelf questions, dissections, attrition rate, and island life?

i was wondering about the structure of the exams at courses at AUA... are they internal or external? Are the final exams based on shelf questions (external) or created by the instructor (internal). is there a COMP at the end? and what kind of prep is there for the step 1 (i.e., kaplan)?

In addition for the labs at AUA, are there cadavers for dissections and how many students on avg per cadaver? and how many labs are there?

what is the general class size?

What is the attrition rate on avg?
and what is the reasoning for it?
what is the dismissal policy?

how is the standard of living and island lifestyle here?

Thanks!

i should clarify by shelf questions, i mean NMBE exams

I know Im going to sound like a clone of that RahulB guy.

But, don't come here scared of failing out of med school ok. If thats the attitude youre going to have, GTFO (well before you board a plane for Antigua)