Quick questions

[Quigs41]

Hey guys. I am brand new to this site and I have a two questions concerning admissions at Carib med schools (esp SABA). OK so here goes:
I am a 23 year old Bachelor of Nursing ' 07 grad from Newfoundland, Canada. I currently work as an ER nurse in the major trauma centre in our province. I have a decent GPA (3.5/4.0) and my MCAT was a 22Q. In addition to my BN I did a diploma based focus in Applied bio-eithics. I have a ton of EC's and volunteer work (most notably being VP of a national student organization L’AÉSSCa - L'Association des Étudiants des Sciences de la Santé du Canada (http://www.nahssa.ca)). I also have a great deal of research work and employment across all aspects of health care...i was waitlisted at one school in Canada and found out yesterday that i did not get in, so i am looking at maybe applying for med at Saba in january....here are my questions:
1. How important are the physics and other pre-req's? I talk to some schools and they say that as long as you have a bachelors you are in the clear.....currently i have no physics but i do have a semester of chem, biochem, microbiology, 6-7 advanced biology courses, anatomy and physiology, pathophysiology and pharmacology. Shouldn't my experience (both clinically and from an educational standpoint) suffice?
2. Do i stand a competitive chance at a school like Saba?

Thanks for all you help in advance!

Steve Quigley

[rokshana]

did you not notice that saba has a sticky for "what are my chances?" too? you really should post in the existing threads here as well as AUC.

[Quigs41]

thanks for the valuable advice...

i must say i came on this website expecting people who were willing to help one another and share experiences and life lessons...instead (as a new person to this website) ive recieved snotty replys and have been locked out...ohh well i guess thats the classic american v. canadian reputation for ya...

from now on ill just go right to the source...i probably should have known better

no bother responding...i wont be checking back!

Steve q.

[stephew]

since you havent signed off for good yet yet, I should point out that slurs insults and flames are not permitted by the terms of use you agreed to. This also means not striving to achieve american levels of snottiness in posts to other users. this goes for everyone. thanks.

[rokshana]

thanks for the valuable advice...

i must say i came on this website expecting people who were willing to help one another and share experiences and life lessons...instead (as a new person to this website) ive recieved snotty replys and have been locked out...ohh well i guess thats the classic american v. canadian reputation for ya...

from now on ill just go right to the source...i probably should have known better

no bother responding...i wont be checking back!

Steve q.


funny i find most of my canadaian classmates to be much more observant and repectful (so much for sterotyping!!)

before you spam every fora with the same question about "what is my chance" and that somehow your situation is so unique that it can't go in the designated threads- you should look at the other threads that may answers some of your basic questions, THEN ask questions in the appropriate places.

[JeebusLives]

steve if you are planning on going to any of the schools whose forums you posted under youll probably be doing rotations in america so i would get that hatred out before that time. because from what i read the affiliated hospitals arent in the friendliest areas. :)

[Schiffbase]

http://www.webdevil.com/jp/CXR/jpg/blame%20canada.jpg

np

[playarf]

^ROFLY GOFLY MOFLY HOO HOO HA HA

atleast we dont have Bush as our president. :roll:

[jameslynton]

....here are my questions:
1. How important are the physics and other pre-req's? I talk to some schools and they say that as long as you have a bachelors you are in the clear.....currently i have no physics but i do have a semester of chem, biochem, microbiology, 6-7 advanced biology courses, anatomy and physiology, pathophysiology and pharmacology. Shouldn't my experience (both clinically and from an educational standpoint) suffice? NO
2. Do i stand a competitive chance at a school like Saba?1. You have to have the pre-req's Saba has MUA-Nevis as a place to do the pre-req's if you are in a hurry. They have people then transfer to Saba (sometimes).
2. Get the pre-req's and reapply in Canada (save you a boat load of trouble since you were sooo close!) or get the pre-req's and apply to Ross, AUC, SGU and Saba.

[jameslynton]

thanks for .....S. q.Don't let one sharp answer - mess you up dude in your quest to be a MD - if you are going into medicine you will meet many sharp mouthed MD's and other people equally as cross with you. Pain makes a person crabby. Don't be so sensitive! As for the classic American vs. Canadian stuff - with a name like Rokshana - I don't think she is from our side of the pond originally.

[jameslynton]

....atleast we dont have Bush as our presidentI wish we did not either...but ya know - we vote and we will get another one soon as you can say MooseHead!

[JeebusLives]

all canadians in our class can name the US president. only a few (that we asked last semster) can name the canadian prime minister. and most of them didnt know that the queen is still the head of their state.

lolz!

[playarf]

I wish we did not either...but ya know - we vote and we will get another one soon as you can say MooseHead!

"Mooshead"

-waits-

Do I see a new U.S. President?!


NO.


Oh man, an American just lied to me. How typical. :rolleyes:

[Boulderunner]

1. How important are the physics and other pre-req's? I talk to some schools and they say that as long as you have a bachelors you are in the clear....Steve Quigley

they dont call them Prereqs for nothing...

[playarf]

Hey guys. I am brand new to this site and I have a two questions concerning admissions at Carib med schools (esp SABA). OK so here goes:
I am a 23 year old Bachelor of Nursing ' 07 grad from Newfoundland, Canada. I currently work as an ER nurse in the major trauma centre in our province. I have a decent GPA (3.5/4.0) and my MCAT was a 22Q. In addition to my BN I did a diploma based focus in Applied bio-eithics. I have a ton of EC's and volunteer work (most notably being VP of a national student organization L’AÉSSCa - L'Association des Étudiants des Sciences de la Santé du Canada (http://www.nahssa.ca)). I also have a great deal of research work and employment across all aspects of health care...i was waitlisted at one school in Canada and found out yesterday that i did not get in, so i am looking at maybe applying for med at Saba in january....here are my questions:
1. How important are the physics and other pre-req's? I talk to some schools and they say that as long as you have a bachelors you are in the clear.....currently i have no physics but i do have a semester of chem, biochem, microbiology, 6-7 advanced biology courses, anatomy and physiology, pathophysiology and pharmacology. Shouldn't my experience (both clinically and from an educational standpoint) suffice?
2. Do i stand a competitive chance at a school like Saba?

Thanks for all you help in advance!

Steve Quigley
The only way to find out if you are good enough or not, is to gather those 50 bux, fill out that application, and get 2 references and apply. As for pre-requisites, I did not have college level English, and I did not have to take it.
Therefore, to get an accurate answer, ask them directly. No one can tell you for sure whether you are good enough or not.

[rokshana]

Don't let one sharp answer - mess you up dude in your quest to be a MD - if you are going into medicine you will meet many sharp mouthed MD's and other people equally as cross with you. Pain makes a person crabby. Don't be so sensitive! As for the classic American vs. Canadian stuff - with a name like Rokshana - I don't think she is from our side of the pond originally.

can a mod get an infraction???


and thats what you get for makin snap judgements based on preconceived notions- i was born in chicago and raised in Virginia (cause, technically unless you are cherokee or lumbee or some other native american tribe- you are't quite from "our" side of the pond originally either)- boy you aren't very observant are you- sheesh most people who post here regularly know where I'm from. Being observant is an important part of being a physician...oh, wait.....sorry....youre not very close to that are you?

[morefunmd]

^ROFLY GOFLY MOFLY HOO HOO HA HA

atleast we dont have Bush as our president. :roll:

who won the war in Iraq? :confused:

who brought the democracy into Iraq?:rolleyes:

who brought Saddam down?:bored:

oopps...I was gonna say America has General Bush, Son of General Bush, and the **** of Son of General Bush (they call him Mr. Cheney sometimes for some reason)....see, not just Bush....

to the original poster: please go and check the official site for the requirements to see what you need to have to apply to Saba. Good luck in your application process and hope you get in where ever you'd like to be in....

see? not everybody is crazy here....but I am not an American either...he he he

[Experienced]

can a mod get an infraction???


and thats what you get for makin snap judgements based on preconceived notions- i was born in chicago and raised in Virginia (cause, technically unless you are cherokee or lumbee or some other native american tribe- you are't quite from "our" side of the pond originally either)- boy you aren't very observant are you- sheesh most people who post here regularly know where I'm from. Being observant is an important part of being a physician...oh, wait.....sorry....youre not very close to that are you?

All true but chill out, baby!

Btw, *** is a lumbee?? Amything like a jumbie that eveyone got spooked by when you were here?

[Boulderunner]

All true but chill out, baby!

Btw, *** is a lumbee?? Amything like a jumbie that eveyone got spooked by when you were here?

I think Ive got a jumbie in my 3rd Lumbee. my lower backs been killin me! And if youve got your PhD in funk, such as I do, you might refer to it as a jumbeezee in the lumbeezee...

[rokshana]

All true but chill out, baby!

Btw, *** is a lumbee?? Amything like a jumbie that eveyone got spooked by when you were here?


Lumbee - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


what's a jumbie??

[Experienced]

Lumbee - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lumbee)
what's a jumbie??

Thanks!
As far as jumbies, the word-detective says:

According to the OED, "jumbi" (also spelled "jumby" and "jumbee," among other variations) is a West Indian word for "ghost" or "evil spirit," based on the African Kongo language word "zumbi," meaning charm or fetish. A very old copy of the Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary of Folklore, Mythology and Legend (a marvelous two-volume set that I inherited from my father) adds that jumbies are usually the spirits of dead people that haunt the forests of Caribbean islands, and that the term may be related to the Haitian word "zombi," or what every horror-movie aficionado knows as "zombies." :shock: Gullible Gulls, Huckleberry, Jumbi, Wooden Nickels, Realtors, and Calling a Spade a Spade. (http://www.word-detective.com/back-w.html)