Windsor or American University of Antigua!!!!!!!!!

[superavacado]

Originally Posted by Tipton

Super (guacamole-ingredient)

From reading this thread I get the impression you haven't spoken with anyone in Admissions from AUA...maybe UHSA? They are one of very few schools which will tell you that class attendance isn't required.

For more info about AUA give us a call: 888-282-8633. And yes our website leaves much to be desired...we're working on it.

Actually, I have been interviewed by a couple of different carib med schools including Windsor and AUA.

I will be the 1st to admit that the interview process was much better with AUA then it was with Windsor. And the new Antigua campus which has yet to be built looks much better than the new Windsor campus. And the Antigua school is affiliated with the Manipal school in India which is also a bonus.

But those are minor things when looking at the bigger picture. You could be studying out of a shack and still have a better curriculum then other schools. However, when I asked the interviewer at Antigua about the USMLE classes and if they have any after-school programs to help students prepare for the USMLE they said they did not. I also asked the interviewer if they have any additional programs that students can get involved in (for example Project 2400 at Windsor) they said they did not.

Also, in Windsor they provide students with books, housing, and food (breakfast only....but hey, its better than the other schools like Ross that don't provide anything) Antigua doesn't.

I have found all these things out because I have been doing extensive research on a lot of med schools including windsor and antigua. Anybody can find out this information because its available on the websites. Im not some secret person with all this information trying to promote one particular school. This information is available to EVERYBODY. I did a lot of research on Windsor also because I had an online interview with them and wanted to be prepared if they asked me any questions about their website or their existing program(s).

Also, I read everywhere that if you don't get into the top tier schools (Ross, Saba, SGU, AUC etc. etc.) then you are pretty much out of luck and have no hope in hell becoming a doctor (its is not said exactly in these words, but people hint it). I want to find out if you cannot get into the top tier schools what is the next best option. I heard the name Antigua being thrown around so I did some research and at the same time stumbled upon Windsor school and did some investigation on that school and want to make a decision b4 its too late.

[lswiltshire]

superavacado

you want to go to windsor thats obvious so go

I really believe you are being paid to give these infomercials for windsor

dont you think we have all read the windsor website ourselves?

AUA is the better school by far! BUt if you want to go to Windsor as you seem to want to do- well do so.


I wont send my son to a school that offers contracts to teachers in which the teacher is asked to sign that he will TEACH ALL THE SUBJECTS. I would want my son to be taught EACH subject by a specialist in that area.

pm me with a email address and i will send you the contract

[Genossa maximillian]

Let me ask you...which state or states you want to gain licensure? Then, after you answer YOURSELF this question, check if Windsor will be a problem or not in that state by asking the state directly, not anyone in these forums. If the state or states you are interested in practicing say it is ok, then go to Windsor. They have licensed docs in practice already, that simple. Problems? No school is perfect, everyone will give you THEIR opinions, if SGU, AUC and ROSS are out of your budget and AUA is too new for you, then, end of discussion.

Hope this helps, good luck and keep it real, if others have done it, you can too.

Max

Originally Posted by superavacado

OK Mr. Administrator I must confess all my horrible lies and my interest in trying to find out which school is better. Oh the agony and ALL the pain I have caused the readers. I am surely going to hell for this one. LOL. HAHAHA. For an administrator you really haven't done your homework and are really assuming ALOT considering you don't even know me!!!! Are you even an administrator?? Listen, I don't want to go into personal attacks because nobody wants to get into that.

Ok, I admit I am a newbie (which is obvious) but I am also a prospective student trying to find out which school is better. As soon as I posted my original post everybody started to bash Windsor without really giving me any concrete evidence that it is a bad school. Everybody was talking about how good of a school Antigua is but nobody has any proof. They have NY approval and somewhat better facilities. But that doesn't mean anything. You have to look at the overall picture which some people are not doing. I bet you all the people that posted on this thread have not even attended windsor or antigua. They are going by what they hear or what they read. How credible is that?

You have to really thing about this and use some logic. I am looking at this from the outside and thinking to myself, a school that has been around for 10 yrs (Windsor) and has already graduted 3-4 batches of doctors or Antigua that only started up in 2004 and has only graduated one batch. Logic people LOGIC. Why would you say Windsor is a bad school? I have done a lot of research on both schools and I want people to do the same.

I would have loved to get into St. George but I couldn't. That for sure would have been my 1st choice and I would not even started this thread then.

[superavacado]

Originally Posted by lswiltshire

superavacado

you want to go to windsor thats obvious so go

I really believe you are being paid to give these infomercials for windsor

dont you think we have all read the windsor website ourselves?

AUA is the better school by far! BUt if you want to go to Windsor as you seem to want to do- well do so.


I wont send my son to a school that offers contracts to teachers in which the teacher is asked to sign that he will TEACH ALL THE SUBJECTS. I would want my son to be taught EACH subject by a specialist in that area.

pm me with a email address and i will send you the contract

You can think what you want my friend. I am not an administrator for the school. I have posted on valuemd many times trying to figure out which school is the best (check those other posts). In those other posts I have never promoted any one school or said any one school is significantly better than the other. Everybody seems to be saying that Antigua is better but nobody has been able to come up with proof as to why. Im not saying Windsor is the best school out there, but when you compare the BIG 3 schools (SGU, ROSS, SABA) the one thing they all have going for them are, they have been around for a LONG LONG time. Curriculum is the same but they have years and years of experiene and graduated doctors to prove there worth.
It sounds to me that you are either a student/prof from antigua trying to promote that school and belittle the other schools.

How do you pm? I would love to see the contract.

[Genossa maximillian]

Wouldn't you agree that in the same token YOU BELIEVE superaguacate is paid to do infomercials for Windsor he may assume you are paid by AUA as well? Think about it.

Originally Posted by lswiltshire

superavacado

you want to go to windsor thats obvious so go

I really believe you are being paid to give these infomercials for windsor

dont you think we have all read the windsor website ourselves?

AUA is the better school by far! BUt if you want to go to Windsor as you seem to want to do- well do so.


I wont send my son to a school that offers contracts to teachers in which the teacher is asked to sign that he will TEACH ALL THE SUBJECTS. I would want my son to be taught EACH subject by a specialist in that area.

pm me with a email address and i will send you the contract

[Tipton]

Who interviewed you for AUA? Initials are fine of course. Just curious.

[superavacado]

Originally Posted by Tipton

Who interviewed you for AUA? Initials are fine of course. Just curious.

I don't know the name. Does it make a difference?

[grobble]

Originally Posted by superavacado

I don't know the name. Does it make a difference?

Enough said, what benefit of the doubt I was giving you, which was little is now gone. Who interviews for med school or even a job and doesn't remember the name of the interviewer. Your posts were suspicious from the beginning and now it is becoming more obvious you were trolling on the behalf of Windsor, either solicited or unsolicited.

[superavacado]

Originally Posted by grobble

Enough said what benefit of the doubt I was goving you, which was little is now gone. Who interviews for med school or even a job and doesn't remember the name. of the interviewer. Your posts were suspicious from the beginning and now it is becoming more obvious you were trolling on the behalf of Windsor, either solicited or unsolicited.

I really don't care what people think. If you guys think Im working for windsor then so be it. Im not on this message board trying to convince people to go to a particular school. Im on this message board for my own benefit and trying to see what med school is good. Like I said b4 I don't care what you think. I don't know how I am going to prove to you so think what you want to think.

Honestly, I don't know the persons name. It was a female interviewer and if i looked hard enough I could probably find the persons name at home written on a peice of paper somewhere. I know that I have been talking to a girl named laura davis who works in admissions at AUA but she was not the interviewer. The interview was approx 45 minutes long and they asked ethical/situational questions. PM me if you want to know what kind of questions they asked.

Like I said b4 the windsor interview was done online and it was roughly about 30 questions which took about 1 1/2 - 2 hrs. A lot of the questions repeated themselves after a while.

Its funny how this post has become a personal attack on my integrity.

[Scott1981]

Originally Posted by superavacado

I really don't care what people think. If you guys think Im working for windsor then so be it. Im not on this message board trying to convince people to go to a particular school. Im on this message board for my own benefit and trying to see what med school is good. Like I said b4 I don't care what you think. I don't know how I am going to prove to you so think what you want to think.

Honestly, I don't know the persons name. It was a female interviewer and if i looked hard enough I could probably find the persons name at home written on a peice of paper somewhere. I know that I have been talking to a girl named laura davis who works in admissions at AUA but she was not the interviewer. The interview was approx 45 minutes long and they asked ethical/situational questions. PM me if you want to know what kind of questions they asked.

Like I said b4 the windsor interview was done online and it was roughly about 30 questions which took about 1 1/2 - 2 hrs. A lot of the questions repeated themselves after a while.

Its funny how this post has become a personal attack on my integrity.

forget about arguing little details here. it can go on forever on an anonymous message board. what state do you want to practice in? when applying for a license in even an IMG friendly state, it will be a smoother process if you can at least show some school credentials. that being said, being evaluated by the state of new york, florida, texas, or cali and being approved by any/all of them will help a state's medical board with their decision without flagging your application and going over it with a fine comb.

thats just my 2 cents, take it for what its worth. i cant comment on either school's education because i didnt attend either. i can comment on the school's credentials because those are out there in the open.