Originally Posted by BonaireMD

Xavier's list of pending improvements are abundant.

You will see this in the fall. They are going to have things in the fall that Saint James will probably never have. Xavier was established to be another SABA, a school that gains NY approval, not a school like Spartan that will sit for a lifetime with students unable to practice in certain states.

So maybe Saint James isn't that bad frankenstone, like I said, they have changes to make and their administration needs to stop burning bridges with students and with their faculty.

Come on, everyone has felt that when they've gotten to Bonaire, Saint James has sort of abandoned them and all the promises they were assured just kind of blew away in the sand. Xavier simply doesn't make promises that they aren't going to keep, and that is the reason why students and faculty left. Not because there is more money. Xavier is going to have an outstanding USMLE step 1 pass rate, this is because there are very strict guidelines for their students (80% attend, dress codes, review courses, GRADED exams) - Saint James is not there yet, and maybe they should be.

Both schools can survive on the island, its not the locals that go there. As for now, Xavier has displayed a high degree of class, and their academic future is promising. Saint James looks like they are going to make improvements, and thus, its better for both schools. A standard needs to be set Frankenstone. You need to be able to walk to Xavier and see that they are working on such and such a model or their library looks a certain way and you need to walk back to Saint James and ask yourself, "why doesn't our library have any books, or why do our instructors not care about teaching?" This comes from the top down. The administration in Chicago needs to stop worrying about who is calling, and if they might be a "spy from another med school" and start giving orders down to their faculty to teach their students. Xavier is setting a standard, they have every right to do this, this is common in academia.

Xavier knows there is a long road to gain approvals from the boards of the difficult states, but they will do it. Their facility improvements, use of state of the practice medical models, and their office is extremely focused on this goal.

Therefore, if Xavier does all this, Saint James will follow. It might be a domino affect. Thus, the schools can help each other, its only for the benefit of the students. Its a reference of where the other school should be. If you don't know if what you're doing is current medical practice, simply walk down the street and see what the other might be doing differently. For now, Saint James is trying to figure out which students are backstabbing them rather than **** sitting down and figuring out how to improve his school (or business operation as he might see it). Their office in Chicago has a statement that they actually read when you ask them about these angry students on the ValueMD forum. This is not the State Department!! These are students afraid to lose their money by attending your school. Saint James will not give assurances that their funds are secure and the school will remain entact.

Xaiver and Saint James can both remain on the island, in peace and harmony. Does Xavier have some former Saint James profs and students? Yes. That is the fault of Saint James. It means things need to change, and probably from the top down. The students at Saint James have no blame in any of this, it starts in Chicago and travels to Bonaire. So Xaiver should certainly be looked at by Saint James students as a new precedent to be set. One call to their office, or one visit to their administration and you will feel completely different about the school. They really have a plan, and its not a promise, I mean, their plan is backed by references, and you can actually their sources actually check out.

Thus, Saint James needs to quit wasting time trying to figure out which student is writing about them and start figuring out how to create a better medical school that will give graduates the ability to one day practice in all 50 states. Xavier is already doing that, and with action, not with words....