Originally Posted by Doc2B2007

I am a current student at IUHS and can tell you that there are many false statements about our school on this site! As with any school IUHS has grown greatly! It now provides a quality education and has graduates practicing in several states at this time!

Originally Posted by Magen-MD

The critical Question is:

How does one really tell the difference between the imposter student who has mastered the art of deceipt and the former real student who actually tranfered from IUHS?

Originally Posted by IUHS student

I was under the impression the people who post here with negative remarks were just one or two people who has some bad experience with IUHS. I was a student at IUHS until May 2003. I did about 3 semesters at the school starting in August 2002. I want to help someone out there with the honest truth about IUHS that’s why I am writing this.
When I went to IUHS in August I was taken back by the "the house" we call a school. Then I was also taken back by the fact my incoming class was 10 students, out of which only 6 of us were new students. Within a few days we lost 2 students. I was ready to transfer too but I gave it a two week chance. Things were not bad. I had one teacher who I thought was amazing. HE taught us everything and that was the reason for me to stay. I liked the island and for the most part students were mature (with exceptions). The staff was pretty good. Always there for u and willing to work with you.
Well this May things changed.
The teacher who was good, he was gone. He is no longer part of the school. Our principal resigned and then there was 2 teachers left who clear could not run a medical school without support. Yes you read right, we had 2 teachers to give us a medical education. When I first came in I already thought we were limited on campus with the number of teachers we had. We wanted more but no one listened to us.
The school asked me to give them a few weeks before I left so because I felt a loyalty to a few people (very few) in IUHS staff and I stayed a few more weeks. They said they will replace teacher in 2 weeks and it’s been months now. The school is a scam. When the fall out with teachers occurred they promised many things and have delivered on nothing. The truth is IUHS does not have anything that attract teachers to thier on campus program. They dont have students and they dont have a real campus or anything else to attract GOOD teachers. They are under new management and the problem with the old management according to what I was told was they were a scam. They lied and took advantage of students.
The online and on campus program were always in competition with one another even though it was one school. It was not the students who were in competition but teachers. On line teachers vs. on campus, the quest to find out who can produce the best student. The online students were given questions to exams. You have one exam for a block (2 blocks in one semester) The questions were always from a test bank so if you memorized or did enough question you can get a 50 ( which is passing by the way)
The new management's problem is one man runs the show and he does not want to share power. He is teacher, administrator and everything else for the school. The last block I was in I was not given a syllabus and when I was it was a joke. He has no time to do everything and he is really not that good. IUHS is 5 years old yet they have not established a good on campus program. On campus we have class from 9-12 everyday. NO LABS! NO DEPTH in teachers.
They don’t have an incoming class larger than 10. After my class it was 3 students out of which one is still at IUHS. Out of the 10 students who were part of my class there is 2 people left at IUHS. EVERYONE ELSE LEFT!! If that’s not a warning sign then I don’t know what is. There is a total of 3 students on campus right now. Unless IUHS makes some serious changes it sucks as a school. You will have problems with getting your license and on top of that you will have to deal with the dramas of a small school which means you will feel the affect of school politics. ( which means less time studying for USMLE)
IUHS will need some time before it can become a good school and it needs someone good to lead it. So far no good leader has emerged.
I am at a real medical school now and I understand what I missed out in IUHS. I learned physiology in my 3 semesters at IUHS and I was a good student too (some one who spend many hours studying). Why pay IUHS thousands of dollars only to teach yourself everything anyway. I realize now I have gaps in anatomy, histology, biochemistry and all the other subjects. There is no foundation taught and because of that you don’t understand what you are taught, you just memorize.
There are some great support staff in IUHS and I have love them and I have loyalty to them but IUHS leaders ( ones in power) are scam artists trying to make money by giving minimal education.

IUHS need to shut down until they get teachers that are good and get a real school going.
They make promises and offer tution reduction but in the end you get the raw deal!

any more information needed contact me.. I will give you honest answers to IUHS.. I will post more information on what to ask IUHS and details about online program if anyone is really thinking about going to IUHS..

Originally Posted by Ming

What makes you think IUHS is 5 years old? They have been in operation long enough to have two full years of students through residency programs. This is not rocket science. This school is only in operation because each year there are students who for a variety of reasons are looking to seek their medical education out of country. I used to think upcoming students would catch on to the total scam of this school given their past legal problems, no public posting of any person having completed a residency program, etc. but that is not going to happen. I now know they will continue because new young desperate students are seeking a medical education through whatever means possible. That doesn't mean to say that schools like St. George and Saba are not reputable. They both have their problems, like over population, too few resources for the students, but they at least have a track record of "possible" success. IUHS absolutely does not. Their biggest market is now the developing countries where there also are legal problems looming. The biggest problem will come when those poor students think they can immigrate to North America with the IUHS medical background. NOT!!

You right about the staff being supportive, but in the end they are just doing a job they all really need. Their being nice will never help your medical education be complete. This forum is an outlet for people who know that IUHS should not be allowed to operate, but I don't think it stops those hungry for a medical education.

Originally Posted by PTBarnum

I was a student in 2000 and left after it came clear that the school was a scam. Just remember " sucker is born everyday"........ To date I have never seen a grad....I can tell you that IUHS was actively investigated by the FBI and the US Post Master General's Office for possible mail fraud. They fled to Canada and it became quite clear something was wrong when they had a mail drop in Canada at a Pharmacy.....I was out over $20000... lesson learned......

Originally Posted by PTBarnum

I was a student in 2000 and left after it came clear that the school was a scam. Just remember " sucker is born everyday"........ To date I have never seen a grad....I can tell you that IUHS was actively investigated by the FBI and the US Post Master General's Office for possible mail fraud. They fled to Canada and it became quite clear something was wrong when they had a mail drop in Canada at a Pharmacy.....I was out over $20000... lesson learned......