Why sparta is a Good/Bad choice.

[shockandawe]

Starting with the Good:

1- Affordable tuition. So you don't lose much even if you don't make it.

2- Nice Island. It's not that great but is sure beats Dominica and Grenada.

3- Very diverse Student body.

4- Good faculty to student ratio. This is both good and bad. Sometimes good because you have easy access. Sometimes bad because some profs, you do not want in your site.

5- Long history. One of the oldest schools from the time of Ross/AUC/SGU. 25 years old.

6- Some really amazing grads: Residents and physicians at Harvard, Yale, Mayo and beyond...

The Bad:

1- Licensure, licensure, licensure. If you cannot get state licensure then your medical school education is not respected and your degree means nothing.

2- Non-user-friendly administration

3- Poor PR

4- Have I mentioned licensure yet??? That is the most important thing for prospective students because assuming that you are a good student and you will study hard and pass your boards, that is what your future is going to depend on. Good luck, -s&a

[ASIANDOC]

shock
time has proved to all of us that spartan has no intention of moving forward,the CT health official stated he will look closer at what alleged in the CT article,the licensures officials stated over and over that changes must take place starting with faculty and facilities[no school in the entire world from KG to med school has 5 classrooms and 10 FT faculty],Spartan history revealed its ability to do one thing :to lose things such as Griffith,stanford,california,Texas,students,...etc .and if the intentions of the school is to improve they would have done that by now under the extreme pressure from everyone from the media to state officials.
In the school website they state they follow the LCME standards and that is not true,such statements is a binding promise[contract]to their students to follow the LCME starting by CA approval.
I do not agree with spartan planning nor I agree with CA statments[interviews] making statments damaging every unapproved grad reputation unfairly and when most such people being attacked not even applying to CA causing harm to hundreds of families.
the only way for people to seek justice is to unite not to sue CA or others but to demand the school to act and to demand from individuals to stop attacking ALL grads collectively accusing them as suspect because many are hard working very qualified physicians .
many years ago many of the now approved schools also given hard time and I remember in the early 80's a lawyer by the name of Benard Ferguson fought and justice prevailed.
the # 1 to blame is the school due to lack of actions and everyone must seek all the power to demand schools to live up to their promise and if any school recruits from the US they must seek recognition in the U.S.
If your are student demand your rights to be equal to other older schools standards,if you are in residency I hope you will be able to get licensed,and if you are in practice fight hard and even file a lawsuit against anyone calling you "suspect"and destroying your reputation because the 300 or so qualified physicians from your school and hundreds others from other schools are not suspects because in America you are innocent until proven quilty and not the otherway around.