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Old 08-18-2007, 12:37 AM
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Well here it goes
1) Yes the "three hospitals are same for 4 year of 6 year grads with passing usmle"
2) Its not really 3 hospitals they lost Chicago due to cheating students and students who were not taught well in HMI itself. Because afteral the Hospitals have a reputation to maintain and HMI keeps admitting retarded people with Iq's lower then room temp. LOL no joke we have some students with 1.5 College GPA's.
3) I do not know about the quality of the hospital why not ask HMI to provide you with contact info for them.. I bet they will say "we cannot"
I called one of these hospitals and spoke to a few department attendents, out of all the ones i spoke to 1 had a slight idea that the hospital even offered a clinical rotation program.
At that point i finally got intouch with the head of rotational studies, and left voicemail after voicemail and got no response. The hospitals websites are pretty bad also, i cannot seem to find correct contact info.

Look ill be honest with you, your better off going to another program. The schools that HMI affiliates with are just not upto par. Cadavars are more then 17 years old. Some falling apart and missing parts. You will not be able to disect any cadavar as the school allows FREE attending polish students to do that and not the 15 GRAND a year US Students.
We are still fighting this issue.
Pardon my spelling its about 3 am here.
Look through all the threads and also talk to universities ask for contact info, of anyone they can. Its best to know what your getting into.
I wish i could pull out but, i am too much in debt with this program and also None of the credits transfer from this school because its basically not recognized with any type of standard of education comparing to carr schools.
Once your in your in! Unless you got money and time to waste.
So make your decision wisely and please please please do not listen to any HMI staff, they are business people selling you a school, None have any type of M.D. Try to get ahold of students if you can, if not you always got me to ask. And i stick to what i say about this school and HMI.
~YAhooooooOOoooo
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Old 08-18-2007, 03:12 AM
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lol
over at Warszaw u can disect as much as u want..hey join the Anatomy Student Circle and u can prob sleep over in the anatomy dept
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Old 04-15-2008, 11:55 PM
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Hi I applied to HMI and I got accepted into the medical university of silesia, I have heared more negatives than positives about HMI. I called the school myself and asked them if I can apply directly to this school into their 4-year english program and they said NO I have to go through HMI, but anyways beings that you went to Poland, do U have any idea about professors, i mean are they any help, are those english professors or polish professor with english acsent?
what are the living conditions are like? which university is better lublin or silesia? any kind of response from People who are attending or went to these colleges please?













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I am a graduate of the HMI and Polish medical school.

To everyone i must state, DO NOT GO VIA HMI... do not go via hope medical school.

The Medical school in poland is excellent, but the only problem here is that you have to go via HMI to get in. I'm talking about the one in Lublin.

HMI really needs to get it's act together,... I do not recommend HMI at all.

It was a struggle dealing with HMI and because of it my studies suffered. Did they care , not really, as long as you pay them they are fine.

They have a 6 yr program. To those of you who are in HS and their parents feel this is a great and cheap and quick way to get the MD, stop! You need to understand that going straight from HS will not prepare you well enough for a medical school curriculum.

Do the 4 yr undergrad first, this will help you. Try to get in to American med schools. then use your brain and pick and choose the right program.

I can tell you that i graduated, but all with trouble from HMI and hard work.

Now if you still feel you want to go, then b my guest. Because you are guaranteed a MD but nothing about USMLE or ECFMG certificate.



Pro: easy selection process - have money your in.

Con: Do not prepare you for USMLE's
Schools curriculum does not follow US's but it's a medical school, so you are going to be taught medicine.
KAPLAN review is not offered like other Caribbean schools
Fee's are crazy high for HMI and they don't do anything (there is a 10,000.00 first time fee, for seat allocation, i don't even know why they charge this besides to line their pockets)
If you do decide to go, do not go to the conference and waste your money, it all repeats when you get there.
No support from HMI staff at all, only important people i feel that are there are gone now because HMI doesn't know how to retain good help.
James Wallmack, he's a talker, do not fall for his sweet words, they are just a sales pitch. (It's his job, so i don't blame)
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Old 04-20-2008, 06:02 PM
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where are the hospitals located that are affliated with hope????. i have looked at their site and it hasn changed much in the last so many years i don think.
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Old 05-22-2008, 11:38 AM
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Hope Medical affiliated schools are whack. You will teach yourself medicine is the best i can tell you. They are looking for me, they want to kick the student out who is telling the truth about the school to the world. In a recent encounter they were seeking the individual who was posting on valuemd and rumors were they are going to kick them out of school. Need i say more ? These people are afraid of the truth being spread to others. Letters written to them from previous students are bull. HMI pays the students to write these letters. The Teachers at times do not know how to say "window" in english. The school is ok but please try not to go via HMI. They are known to lie and cheat. The teachers are great BUT they cant teach!! They have phd's but they lack teaching skills to convey the knowledge in a manner in which an American Student would understand. I am attending this program. The living conditions are moderate. You should look into other options if all else fails come to Poland. Is my Last line for you.
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Old 05-22-2008, 12:02 PM
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I was interviewed by HMI. I was totally turned off.
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Old 05-22-2008, 07:28 PM
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I don't see any reason to use HMI or any other 'agency' to seek medical school admission overseas. If you're interested in a particular school, contact the school directly. I know for a fact all of these Polish / Hungarian...etc. schools have their own admissions departments and are simply using HMI or any other 'agency' simply as a marketing division here in the US with HMI charging fees to send the applications HMI generates.
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Old 06-10-2008, 10:33 AM
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Antigua & KMCIC

When talking about affiliations in Medical schools the first thing that comes to mind is the collaboration of Antigua College of Medicine and Kasturba Medical College International Center (KMCIC).

KMCIC was ranked 5th best Medical college in India and it boasts of the 3rd largest campus and students from over 40 nations.

Now, I shall talk about the most interesting part. The students have the options of enrolling at either Antigua campus or at the KMCIC Campus in Manipal, India. Later, the prospective doctors have the opportunity to complete their clinical Sciences at United States teaching hospitals.

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Old 06-17-2008, 03:47 PM
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Hey JoyofIndia,

Wanted to find out what you think about the Hope Medical school. What do you like, what don't you like? Why'd you go there? That kind of stuff.

Thanks,
Tej
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