transferring from one caribbean medical school to another

[txpoll]

Does transferring from one caribbean medical school to another caribbean medical school will affect residency application?

Thanks in advance.

[zedpol]

Yes, it looks bad on your application. You better be prepared to defend the circumstances/why/etc.

z

[Shah_Patel_PT]

Yes, it looks bad on your application. You better be prepared to defend the circumstances/why/etc.

z

I agree...it looks especially bad when you transfer from one caribbean school to another.

[Chianti]

A friend of mine started at AUC and transferred to Ross after 2 semesters.

She applied for ob-gyn and got interviews at top programs like the Mayo Clinic (the main one) and had 5 (yes, 5) pre-match offers.

If you transfer because you fail out of a school, yes it will look bad. Otherwise, it shouldn't be a factor at all.

[zedpol]

still is something you are going to have to explain. I've had multiple PDs tell me it looks bad.

z

[jim]

i have heard a few people say they dont careif you score 260s, if you transfered(with the exception of carib to a US school) they wont even look at your application.

[Shah_Patel_PT]

i have heard a few people say they dont careif you score 260s, if you transfered(with the exception of carib to a US school) they wont even look at your application.

I totally agree....and these are the applicants that end up pre-matching into some programs (on probation).

[jim]

I totally agree....and these are the applicants that end up pre-matching into some programs (on probation).


just my usual warning on pre-match. i had numerous friends who took pre-matches. ALL of them, every single one...left the programs after one year. the comment i had form a program director one time sums it up..."we dont offer pre-matches, we are a good program, we dont have to offer pre-matches". basically he was saying only lousy programs have to resort to pre-matches.

[homerbrave]

just my usual warning on pre-match. i had numerous friends who took pre-matches. ALL of them, every single one...left the programs after one year. the comment i had form a program director one time sums it up..."we dont offer pre-matches, we are a good program, we dont have to offer pre-matches". basically he was saying only lousy programs have to resort to pre-matches.

While on the interview trail earlier this year, other colleagues kept asking if I was offered a pre-match. Some were shocked when I told them I turned all of mine down (I had 4 offers) and others had the "I think you're lying/stupid" look b/c they don't believe anyone would turn down a pre-match offer. To most medical students, a pre-match offer is a 'batch of honor' but at the programs that offered me one has too many deficiencies.

However, there was one PD who proudly stated the "we don't offer prematch b/c we're special' but he was clearly in denial and i wasn't too surprised when I found out his program didn't fill thru the match.

[teratos]

it does look bad. Most PDs have more experienec with US grads, and transferring among US schools doesn't happen all that often. G

[jim]

it does look bad. Most PDs have more experienec with US grads, and transferring among US schools doesn't happen all that often. G

so true. we had 2 med students from US schools transfer into our US school(where i am finishing up residency), but their husbands had matched into our residency program. that is teh kind of excuse that I think most PDs would have no problem with among US schools.