I have been accepted to SMU and Spartan in St. Lucia. Can anyone tell me their opinions on which to choose? I already know a resident who graduated from Spartan and got placed in Canada, which is my goal.

Go to Spartan.

Its a more established school.

And St Lucia is a better island to visit.

some will say spartan because smu has been rejected by california

:-) but both are disapproved by CA, but how come less bashing on SMU and more on Spartan ? And Spartan's got a lot of successful grads, I don't get the bashing. And Spartan grads are matching in competitive fields too.

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didnt know spartan was disapproved also, for some reason all i hear is smu being disapproved, anyway if its true ignore my previous post.

International Medical Schools Disapproved by the State of California

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Name of Medical School: Date Disapproved: 1. CETEC University, Santo Domingo (closed) 05-19-83 2. CIFAS University, Santo Domingo (closed) 11-16-84 3. UTESA University, Santo Domingo 07-13-85
disapproval reaffirmed 02-07-97 4. World University, Santo Domingo (closed) 12-01-89 5. Spartan Health Sciences University, St. Lucia 06-13-85 6. University of Health Sciences Antigua, St. John's 07-28-95 7. Universidad Eugenio Maria de Hostos (UNIREMHOS), Dom. Rep. 11-01-96 8. Universidad Federico Henriquez y Carvajal, Dom. Rep. 07-31-98 9. St. Matthew's University, Grand Cayman 02-18-05 10. Kigezi International School of Medicine, Cambridge, England and Uganda 11-02-07

SMU is for St. Matthews University. I think not too many people thinks about St. Martinus.

Even though St. Martinus is not on the officially disapproved list, you'll find that it is a disapproved school as far as California is concerned. Email them for confirmation.

If you mean SMU as in St. Matthews then this is a very easy choice.
ST. MATTHEWS!!!

IF you mean SMU as in St. Martinus it's a toss up

Oh Sorry, I meant St. Martinus

Spartan Health Sciences in St. Lucia seems very primitive down there. Their classrooms, facilities, technology (or lack there of) is way below the standards that one will find at St. Martinus University. If you disagree, go to www.martinus.edu and click on SMU photos/videos.