Unibe Should Be Last Resort

[medstd]

I know its a bold statement but its true..The school Sux with a capital S.
From the professors to the financial Aid reps to the Whole so called English program from premed to ALL of basic science is straight garbage (compared to majority of the other Carribean schools)
Listen, first off i really wouldnt listen to any of these people who are so quick to jump to Unibe's Defense..HELLOOOO.. Wake up ppl they work for the school they are a part of the student affairs dept or some other dept of the school.
Secondly allow me to rephrase my original statement "If you arent Hispanic or of Latino origin, Unibe should be your last resort"
For some reason the professors in that country (DR) don't like the Foreign students (NON-HISPANIC).Blatant bias and prejudice towards the non-Hispanics, from grading your exams to your labs to just about everything.Its not an academic environment in such settings.

If tuition is your concern, your sacrificing quality of education because for us IMG's the first step is about passing the boards and this is the only school that doesn't prepare you at all for the Boards.Almost every other Caribbean school prepares you for the boards from the beginning with Shelf exams every semester to 5th semester of basic science being Kaplan lectures.

My 2 centz

[Cubanito76]

Your 2 cents are worthless and of no help to anyone. You question the genuineness of everyone who posts here, but fail to tell us who you are. I am a student in med 3 happily enjoying my time here at UNIBE. What's your story? Your bitterness makes you sound like an UNIBE castaway.

You sound so ridiculous stating that you have to be hispanic to be here. Half of my class consists of students with a middle eastern background or Americans that didn't know a word of Spanish before they arrived. They seem to be doing fine along with the many other foreign graduates already in sucessful residencies. If you didn't do well on your exams, sorry. Maybe you should have studied harder.

You are not breaking new ground. Nobody is debating the fact that UNIBE does not prepare you for the boards. You are so WRONG to state that UNIBE is the only school that doesn't. You have to do the work yourself. The resources are here. There is a Kaplan office inside the school and Dr. N's (Concept Age) office is only 2 blocks away! Most students are definetely willing to help each other out. There is no excuse for not making it here unless YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE PUTTING IN THE TIME.

I hope this clears things up a bit.

[shirley07]

You guys, make this soooo CONFUSING !

AHHH. I guess the only way to truly know the "Truth" is to go and see for yourself.

I am planning to go to UNIBE in Nov (around Thanksgiving time) to visit the school, the faculty, and most importantly the students. If anyone else is making plans to a visit to UNIBE in Nov. give me a holla :-).


Shirley Rosa

[Cubanito76]

AHHH. I guess the only way to truly know the "Truth" is to go and see for yourself.



You're right! That's exactly what I did 2 years ago, and I recommend everyone to come and see the school for themselves and talk to students and staff.

Take useful advice from GRADUATES and current students. Don't listen to resentful people sabotaging the boards with nonsense. It's true that med school isn't for everybody.

[ecmd2b]

Your 2 cents are worthless....


Ouch! That's harsh.

Actually though everyone's 2 cents are worth something.

Let's not be quick to cast aspersions on someone's experiences just because they do not mirror our own.

[Cubanito76]

Ouch! That's harsh.

Actually though everyone's 2 cents are worth something.

Let's not be quick to cast aspersions on someone's experiences just because they do not mirror our own.

This isn't about opinions. I totally respect everybody's opinions. This is about LIES, and none of what he wrote is true. I was not harsh because he is misleading everyone looking to find out more information about the school, and I was one of those people 2 years ago.

[niuyiar]

shirley07,

Your best bet as you said is to go and see for yourself, get into the anatomy labs, have a word with current US students studying there(for this you might have to be there in the mornings which is when the majority of the US students have their classes.)
I did my time there and know my way around, if you need any help feel free to PM me and I will be more than happy to help you.

GL

[ecmd2b]

I don't believe anyone should "qualify" or judge someone's opinion. The O/P apparently experienced certain negative things while attending UNIBE and took the time to post his experiences/opinions on this site. That should be respected.

Many others have had positive experiences while attending UNIBE, and that too has been posted on this site.

Neither of these opinions are a lie - just a "personal call" everyone makes based on their own criteria of likes and dislikes. As adults, we know how to evaluate the information / opinions / experiences others share with us against our own personal criteria.

Someone who is seriously considering attending any school needs to know as much about it as possible, the good and the bad. I totally agree with the remarks made by the previous poster - visit the school, talk with as many people as you can, get a vibe of what you'll be signing-on for for the next four+ years.

[medstd]

..."You question the genuineness of everyone who posts here, but fail to tell us who you are."

Wow, Listen Cubanito I thought i made it clear i was a student at Unibe, now if your asking for my name add. and social i am sorry thats not going to happen. and i don't understand why the truth upsets u so much...oh yeah i forgot you work for the school...

"I am a student in med 3 happily enjoying my time here at UNIBE. What's your story? Your bitterness makes you sound like an UNIBE castaway".

I see your using your time wisely in MED 3, its pretty obvious that you aren't in MED 3, Unless of course being on this forum ALL DAY, everyday Advertising and marketing for UNIBE is considered med 3...Sure buddy whatever you say, and yes i am a castaway just like Many MANY MANY other students who have smartened up and left UNIBE'S B.S and have actually cleared the Boards first attempt.
"You sound so ridiculous stating that you have to be hispanic to be here. Half of my class consists of students with a middle eastern background or Americans that didn't know a word of English before they arrived."

ummm ...Americans that didn't know a word of English...Ok

"The resources are here. There is a Kaplan office inside the school and Dr. N's (Concept Age) office is only 2 blocks away!""""

Resources????? Are you referring to that so called kaplan center in Fr.2 that I've never seen one student walk into or walk out of...For all we know theres nothing in there..Why pay an extra $4000 for those so called Kaplan videos when the students already have it, Why pay an extra $2000 for Dr.N's concepts when thats what the school should be teaching..Other schools teach, don't believe me find out for yourself.
Listen i agree with Shirley07, go there talk to students (Hispanic and Non-Hispanic) in Pre-Med and Basic science and take it a step further don't just stop at UNIBE check out other medical schools as well ( AUA, AUC, St.Mathews, Saba) and talk to their students , I GUARANTEE, you will see the difference..Cubanito talks about hard work...Trust me at UNIBE you don't know what hard work is...Preparations for the USMLE is Hard work and unfortunately thats what UNIBE fails to do.

[Cubanito76]

"Wow, Listen Cubanito I thought i made it clear i was a student at Unibe, now if your asking for my name add. and social i am sorry thats not going to happen. and i don't understand why the truth upsets u so much...oh yeah i forgot you work for the school... "

NO, you never directly mentioned that you were a former student, but I never questioned that you weren't one either. When I said that you failed to tell us who you were, I was referring to the circumstances in which you left. I have no reason to doubt that you were a student nor should you doubt that I am a current either.


"I see your using your time wisely in MED 3, its pretty obvious that you aren't in MED 3, Unless of course being on this forum ALL DAY, everyday Advertising and marketing for UNIBE is considered med 3"

I am not here "ALL DAY". I check the boards maybe once or twice a week when I have free time. If you have ever bothered to actually read anything I have posted, which obviously you haven't, you would notice that I am well aware that UNIBE is far from perfect, but don't expect me to agree with your cockamamie story that teachers intentionally failed you because you weren't Hispanic. There is a large number of people with middle eastern background and non-Spanish speaking Americans that graduate every four months from UNIBE. They leave with their M.D. degrees in hand, and you will never hear them complain about the "unfairness" you claim to have received at UNIBE. The ONLY people that seem to have a problem with the school are people such as yourself that did not want to put in the hard work and time to study. Does UNIBE prepare you for your steps? NO and they never advertised to. Will UNIBE help you to acheive the ultimate goal of becoming a licensed medical doctor so that you will be able to practice in the states? Absolutely.

"Sure buddy whatever you say, and yes i am a castaway just like Many MANY MANY other students who have smartened up and left UNIBE'S B.S "

Being a "castaway" is not someone who left on their own regard. Which one is it? There are students who transfer out just as there are students that transfer in from Ross, St. George's and other schools. Reasons for transferring in are usually financial, and the main reason why people transfer out after basic sciences is for the opportunity to do all their clinicals in the states. There is no large exodus of students fleeing UNIBE. The school has been around 26 years; it's doing just fine.

"Americans that didn't know a word of English before they arrived."
ummm ...Americans that didn't know a word of English...Ok"

I corrected my mistake. Let's leave the idiocy to a minimum; you know exactly what I meant.

"Resources????? Are you referring to that so called kaplan center in Fr.2 that I've never seen one student walk into or walk out of...For all we know theres nothing in there..Why pay an extra $4000 for those so called Kaplan videos when the students already have it, Why pay an extra $2000 for Dr.N's concepts when thats what the school should be teaching..Other schools teach, don't believe me find out for yourself.
Listen i agree with Shirley07, go there talk to students (Hispanic and Non-Hispanic) in Pre-Med and Basic science and take it a step further don't just stop at UNIBE check out other medical schools as well ( AUA, AUC, St.Mathews, Saba) and talk to their students , I GUARANTEE, you will see the difference..Cubanito talks about hard work...Trust me at UNIBE you don't know what hard work is...Preparations for the USMLE is Hard work and unfortunately thats what UNIBE fails to do."

Whether you illegally obtain copies of Kaplan videos is not the issue. The point is that the resources are out there for the people that want them. I already know and have previously complained on these boards about UNIBE's teaching so I recommend that with the money you save on tuition and rent (and I know it is less expensive to live in DR than it is on some of these islands) that you complement your classes with some of Dr. N's lectures.

I definitely agree and recommended earlier that people visit first.

UNIBE does not prepare you for the USMLE? REALLY? So now we can expect your declaration that the world is not flat.

According to you nobody has ever become a doctor from UNIBE since you say, "at UNIBE you don't know what hard work is." You should tell that to all the successfull doctors and residents practicing in the US that graduated from UNIBE. They all had to study and take the same exams, didn't they? I know great doctors that graduated from UNIBE that recommended for me to be here. I also know terrible doctors that graduated from US med schools. It doesn't matter if you graduated from Ross, UNIBE, or John Hopkins. The medical school doesn't make the doctor, the individual does.

[niuyiar]

It doesn't matter if you graduated from Ross, UNIBE, or John Hopkins. The medical school doesn't make the doctor, the individual does.

I agree with the last words. I studied medicine because it fulfills me, just opening a book and reading makes me happy, as well as surfing, fishing etc.. I believe it is a privilege to study the art of healing and do something positive in the life of an individual. Your medical school doesn't make you it's your drive inside to perfect your skills that ultimately define you as a competent physician. I am thankful to the Dominican Republic and its people to give me the opportunity of fulfilling my dream of becoming a Doctor.

GL to all.