Correction, Texas A&M-Commerce...this is a smaller, DII school in Texas

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MUCH SMALLER. Who the hell even knows where Commerce is anyways?

Why can't you guys just go the traditional route, get your undergrad degree, then apply to med school? If you get in the US, great, if not, then apply to a GOOD Caribbean school. Don't sacrifice the safety of your future patients, even if you will be practicing in the North Dakota, by getting a subpar education where you are skimming by loopholes in the educational system just to become a doctor. If you can't make it the traditional way, you won't make it the bootleg way.

Commerce is about an hour away from Dallas. It is out in the country like the college station campus. I don't understand why "interestedmedstudent" has continued to bash the school since 2004. All of the posts are negative. 1.) How can someone put down the school based upon the ethnicity of the administration? That is racist and unethical. 2.) Another past claim back in 2004 was that the school in only going to be listed on IMED till 2005, but the school is still on the list for 2007. 3.) There was also a statement about lack of a school and students, but now people finishing are passing step 1 and 2 with more clinical sites added. 4.) I am considering just doing the 90 hours to save time. I do agree with considering more established school when possible and following up on all information given by school officials. Normally, people listen to a rationalized individuals with a balanced view on the subject. Please provide criticism based first hand experienced and facts rather than rumors, ignorant comments, and statements based on feelings of inadequate intuition.

I don't understand InterestedMedStudent's logic... there are no loopholes in the education system here. We take the same USMLE's as US students, and still have to qualify and be accepted for residency programs in the US, so perhaps we lack the "prestige" of the larger Caribbean medical schools, but the path is still the same. Medicine is medicine, no matter where you learn it - its not like the information changes from school to school, you are still taught the same material. As for your comment about "sacrificing" patient safety by studying here - I'm just not going to comment on it. We all know what we are capable of doing.

Hello,
Heard about students doing all they can to have their grades changed continously. Crying to the Dean, by the way how many DEANs has IAU had.
And relatives of the DEAN or creator earned passing grades. All this is being said by a few students attending another credited medical school.
Your population of minority groups are there any?
How many certified US accredited teachers? What is the student/teacher ration? How many students since 2004 has taken the USMLE and passed?
All the best

First off, I don't know where you are getting this information - but students CANNOT and HAVE NOT had their grades changed because of any reason. As for the number of Deans, IAU has only one Dean currently (although that may change) - and students have passed through IAU that are NOT related to administration (so you're comment about relatives really has no substance to it).
You'll have to clarify what you mean by "minority" students and if the teachers are "US accredited".
As for the student teacher ratio (which is probably in the area of 3:1), it is extremely low. Now this may be because we are a new school and don't have many students, but still an ideal situation in which to learn. As for the numbers of students that have taken the USMLE, we have students that are in the process of taking it right now (or soon) so I wouldn't be able to give you proper numbers on that. Perhaps a member of the admin can help with that.

1. There has always been only one dean, DR. C*****N. He has been involved in other reputable medical schools and he is here to stay, especially during this time of NY accreditation for us.
2. One asst. dean has been let go.
3. Our school is majority minorities, if that makes sense!
4. What is an US accredited teacher? Can this be achieved through schools like Devry? "Get your US accreditation to teach in Carribean Med Schools in 3 years instead of 4!"
5. Student/Teacher ratio on campus is still 1.5/1.
6. Our school is still around 70% passing for step 1 and 100% for step 2. Good work everyone!

..."All this is being said by a few students attending another credited medical school." HEARSAY.

By the way, I have heard Elvis is alive somewhere in Kentucky, all this said by a few musicians who used to play there.

Bottom line Chi, you will always hear good and bad stuff from any school from happy and not so happy students.

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