Thread: new students, there two things that Ross did not tell you.

Someone asked a question about ross vs. aua.

I felt that I have to tell all the new students about things that Ross did not tell you.

1. Lots of students eventually transfer to other schools, such as smu, aua, etc. Of course some probably never make it, but some do. however, they will have a bad record. don't believe me, the current smu moderator is a transfer from ross. shocking, huh.

2. They fail about 15% for each semester. And now first and second semester students have to pass all six classes. If you fail one class, you will have to take all six classes again. And if you fail another different class the second time even if you passed it the first time, you still can't move on to the next semester.

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update: some of the things on this page is no longer accurate.

http://www.rossu.edu/med/academics/faqsaboutaca_061.cfm

1. "Ross admits approximately 250 to each incoming class."
When was that? maybe 3 years ago. Not any more, the biggest classroom doesn't even have enough seats for every student.

2. "The cohort student attrition rate continues to decrease from a median of 31% between January 1996 and January 2000 to a median of 20% between May 2000 and May 2002."
Since they start to admit more students, the attrition rate did not go down, it actually goes up and up.

3. "The student to teacher ratio is approximately 18:1."
That is not true any more.

In conclusion, during your time at Dominica, either you or someone else will fail some classes and transfer or just quit. so choose your school carefully.

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part II.

to answer the following person's question.

Remember the histology professor? He is the one who is in charge of the mps, or something like that. Remember what he told you? Just like T cells and b cells need to be educated in thymus and bones, only those who can successfully pass the evaluation can move on. You as medical students also have to reach certain levels before you can move on to the next semester. then he will say that each semester 15% students will not be able to move on to the next level, because they haven't reached tha competency. so I am not making it up, that is what he said. Of course, they are not put that on writing.

Wow who is this clown?!?! "They fail 15%"...are you kidding me. The school doesn't fail 15%. The people fail them selves. Everyone that I know that is repeating should be repeating, because they screwed around and didn't study hard enough.
I've also noticed everyone that complains about Ross or the island is doing pretty bad academically, so think about that too.
Dude if you have such a problem with the school why don't you transfer?

Maybe spend more time studying and less time posting.

Originally Posted by MylifeatDominica

part II.

to answer the following person's question.

Remember the histology professor? He is the one who is in charge of the mps, or something like that. Remember what he told you? Just like T cells and b cells need to be educated in thymus and bones, only those who can successfully pass the evaluation can move on. You as medical students also have to reach certain levels before you can move on to the next semester. then he will say that each semester 15% students will not be able to move on to the next level, because they haven't reached tha competency. so I am not making it up, that is what he said. Of course, they are not put that on writing.

What is wrong with reaching a certain level before moving on?? You wouldn't want an amateur doing brain surgery you'd want a professional. It's good that they set a standard for their students in the end it'll only make your degree meaningful.

In reference to the posting about the truth at ross....i understand that medical school is and will b hard...If there are students who transferred to different schools from ross let me know why u did.

Originally Posted by md only

In reference to the posting about the truth at ross....i understand that medical school is and will b hard...If there are students who transferred to different schools from ross let me know why u did.

Most couldn't hack it and were going to be failed out by Ross.

Originally Posted by MylifeatDominica

Someone asked a question about ross vs. aua.

I felt that I have to tell all the new students about things that Ross did not tell you.

1. Lots of students eventually transfer to other schools, such as smu, aua, etc. Of course some probably never make it, but some do. however, they will have a bad record. don't believe me, the current smu moderator is a transfer from ross. shocking, huh.

2. They fail about 15% for each semester. And now first and second semester students have to pass all six classes. If you fail one class, you will have to take all six classes again. And if you fail another different class the second time even if you passed it the first time, you still can't move on to the next semester.

So choose your school carefully.

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part II.

to answer the following person's question.

Remember the histology professor? He is the one who is in charge of the mps, or something like that. Remember what he told you? Just like T cells and b cells need to be educated in thymus and bones, only those who can successfully pass the evaluation can move on. You as medical students also have to reach certain levels before you can move on to the next semester. then he will say that each semester 15% students will not be able to move on to the next level, because they haven't reached tha competency. so I am not making it up, that is what he said. Of course, they are not put that on writing.

Dude, find a nice corner in the fish bowl and start studying....otherwise you will be like those immature T-cells that get phagocytized in the thymus itself.

Originally Posted by MylifeatDominica

Someone asked a question about ross vs. aua.

I felt that I have to tell all the new students about things that Ross did not tell you.

i don't like ross, and it's getting crappier by the minute.
but these are only half truths.

kids fail themselves. every class in the world has a curve, and 10-15% will fail. even in other carib schools, people fail.

and no, "lots" of students don't transfer out. only a handful. and some just drop out completely. out of 300, 240 remained by 4th semester. that's 20-25%.

Now I see that Ross has increased its stringency. this is looking bad for incoming students. in the past, if you failed a class, you'd only have to retake 3-4 classes to be a fulltime student. I would say that Ross has the worst retake policy, although most people won't be affected by it.

But it's pretty clear what Ross' motives are. Ross is taking in way too many students to maximize profit, but at the same time, they are trying to weed out a lot of people by 3rd year.


all i can say to new students is: assess yourself to see if you can handle the dog-eat-dog environment, and beware.


by the way, are they still giving those puny 5-question mc exams in 1st semester? those sound unfair, since you can't test a broad area of knowledge with just 5 questions.

preppystud (aka mylifeatdominica) will still be coming to these boards in 10 years, angry b/c he failed out of ross. lol

Hopefully the Step 1 will do a good job weeding someone in particular out for good.

Who is preppystud? i don't know what you are talking about, I have already passed all 5 semesters. However, I see that you did no get into any med. schools in the US. Apprently, you failed just like the rest of those people who think that they are big shots now because they are able to pass every semester at Ross. wow. big deal!

I am only here helping out the new students. They are clueless.