Ross vs St' Matthews - Please advice

[russianchick]

I got into both schools for Sept 2004 - Ross and St' Matthews. I did some research and still can't decided which school to go to. Please advice. Any comments will be appreciated.

[AmericanIMG]

scroll down a bit and you will see a SMU vs Ross that should answer (hopefully) a lot of your questions.

:wink:

[russianchick]

Thank you!

[mdMDmd]

hey there ..where are you from?

well if you go to smu i can promise that there will be at least one more russian person there . . .

and come on dominica? that sucks.

good luck wth your decision

[charlottenian]

looks like she picked Ross after reading the Ross forum.... best of luck to ya

[mshehorn]

After checking into both schools I had decided that it wouldn't really matter much. It was going to be up to me to determine my final outcome. Then after visiting Grand Cayman and touring the facilities. I even met with most of the faculty and was shown the labs and cadavers. There is absolutely no way I was going to spend more money and live on such a terrible island. Ross had a representative come and talk to us at my university. When someone asked about crime he didn't lie one bit. He told us that he lived in a certain part because he was scared to live in another area. Then he told us about a student that went missing for a number of days. It sounded really scary. The Gross income for Dominica is the Med school and Bananas...and that is it. Do not go to dominica if you could go to SMU.

[gebbils]

you know what it is, everyone just thinks of the reputation of schools like sgu and ross, and i agree yes there is a chance that you will get better clinicals, but the residency, what does it depend on?
only your USMLE score
so if you screwed up on USMLE and you are an NYU medical student, the name of the school wont help you.
Its the same as college, although the reputation of the school will help, but the most important factor is that GPA, dont u think so?
so just enjoy the island, work your *** off, get good scores and you'll get your residency of your choice

[Skipper]

dominca does seem to be a rough place to live.....that is why i factored it out of my choices....

skipper