Empathy, I know how much faith you have in Oregon, but do not mislead people as well. to say..."St. Chris must be ‘recognized as’ an accredited college ‘by’ the US authorities." Is not true, because only a SELCTED group of States do this, among them, California is the most notorious. As a matter of fact, U.S. authorities do not engage in accrediting foreign schools of any kind. Reason why IMED and WHO are used, as useless as they can be, by most jurisdictions. We CAN recognize but not accredit unless it goes through a porcess like California, New York (for clinical clerkships) and some other states, not even a majority, if you want to include Puerto Rico, (they do their own convalidation).
The U.S Department of Education lists schools for financial aid purposes, not accrediting the degree per se. Reason why students from other than the big 3 Mexico, Dominican Republic and most Eurpoean countries can qualify for financial aid, federal stafford loans. Many students graduated from medical schools that are not listed in the DOE and do not have federal stafford loans and are practicing physicinas in the U.S. empathy. That alone blows up almost your entire argument. How can you explain that?
Bear in mind I am not approving whatever SC did, has done or will do or intend to do. I am just clarifying your misunderstanding on how the word accreditation is lightly used.
I understand the scandal involving SC, but what you are saying is, with all due respect, exagerated, super sized.
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I don’t see anywhere on your website where you disclose the licensing problems students will face once they rec’ a degree from your college. You don’t inform US students that St. Chris New is not recognized as an accredited college by the US or UK. This is very important information that they need to know before they send in their $1000.00 sitting fee and hop aboard a flight to the UK. It is actually illegal in a few states now to use an unaccredited degree like the one St. Chris offers. Many other states are considering passing these laws as well. It’s just too expensive for the authorities to investigate new schools on a case by case basis and like we saw in the case of St. Chris Old there has been a great deal of fraud in the foreign medical school community. Students have lost millions. For a list of states which do not permit the use of unaccredited degrees visit Oregon’s site. To say you are ‘accredited by’ Senegal is not enough…St. Chris must be ‘recognized as’ an accredited college ‘by’ the US authorities.
You should also disclose the charter issues that have haunted St. Chris since its conception. Many states require that students attend college within the country of charter…in this case Senegal. St. Chris completely ignored this and has set up shop once again in the UK. You guys tried and failed in Jersey to overturn state laws so you know the trouble your grads will face with licensing boards. The English authority who flew to the US to speak before the NJ board referred to St. Chris as, “A medical school that is not recognized by anyone”.
Are students made aware of these issues before they apply? I know St. Chris students have posted here in the past that it doesn’t matter where you go to Med School -- just how you do on exams. This is a false statement. I’m sure the St. Chris admin don’t say anything like that to students especially… if, the admin knows the student plans to attempt to use a St. Chris degree in the US.
When charging non-refundable fees as high as $1000.00 you owe it to the consumer to disclose not only credentials but the reality of what you are selling.
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