hello everyone..i was just wondering whats the min gpa requirement to get into this school and if they have rejected anyone etc.

I am fairly sure that the minimum GPA requirement is 3.0 and that the school has rejected students applications for enrollment (for whatever reason). If you would like further information, please contact the Dallas IAU office for Admissions information or feel free to visit IAU's website:

IAU College of Medicine ~ St. Lucia

errr...thanks as far as the rejection issue but gpa is not 3.0
It clearly states on their site minimum 2.7 and i called the office they even accept lower then 2.7 case by case. i was on my phone browsing through their website thats why i couldnt find it. But thanks anyways.

Well, my apologies on the incorrect information - I'll make sure I check up on my facts next time.

The website indicates that a minimum of 2.7 should be maintained. Although, if you have valid reasons, such as death in the family, that can help justify a bad semester or if you still managed to obtain a degree, professional license, good MCAT score, etc, then you could bring the issue up with admissions.

Keep in mind, those who performed low in exams previously tend not to do well here either (yes, duh) without putting in extra effort.

well of course you have to put in much more effort regardless how u did in undergrad. And obviously med skool isnt for everyone either. But you cant really predict whether they'll do better or worse in med school because of their undergrad stats. Because you have to keep in account that during undergrad there are a lot of circumstances that a person might have to go through while being a full-time student. Beside i know some great doctors that have come out of carribbean with lower gpa in undergrad or low MCAT scores.

I WANT TO GO ON RECORD AS SAYING THAT THE STATEMENT ABOUT PEOPLE DOING POORLY AS UNDERGRADS WILL AUTOMATICALLY TRANSLATE TO A POOR PERFORMANCE IN MED SCHOOL IS SO>>>>>>>IT MAY OR MAY NOT MERIT A RESPONSE AND THE JURY IS STILL OUT ON THAT. LIKE PAKIBOY SAID.........AND WHEN YOU WERE DOING SO WELL TOO WITH THE SHOW OF HUMILITY, APOLOGISING FOR THE MISINFORMATION AND ALL....YOU HAD TO GO AND SPOIL THE KUDOS I WAS GIVING YOU FOR MATURITY. WOW! WAY TO GO MAN
IF YOU DO NOT KNOW PERCIEVED ATTITUDE OF YOUR PROSPECTIVE SCHOOL MATES IS A MAJOR DETERMINANT IN MY WILLINGNESS TO CHOOSE AND INSTITUTION AS A PLACE TO BE. NO MATTER HOW GREAT THE EDUCATION WE HAVE TO LIVE WITH FOLKS LIKE YOU AFTER CLASSES.

Just to let you know - iaustudent06 and IAUstudent006 are two different students. I understand the names are pretty similar, but we are two different people. Hope that helps.

I'm not entirely sure what the confusion was, I was simply trying to state my observance that many people who had consistent problems with education before continued to have problems without readjustment of study habits. Regardless, IAU faculty and senior students work in collaboration as the "Tutoring Department" when needed to help facilitate effective learning skills and improve the overall achievement of EVERY student. We are here to help people become better, after we first better ourselves. After all, we are all in the same boat, no point to rock it.

There is a surprisingly poor correlation between undergrad GPA and graduate performance...I pulled up a few studies done since 2000 but I'm unable to link them here

....the same way that the GRE does squat to actually predict graduate performance, which is why many graduate programs in the US are beginning to veer away from it