First of all, whuds and miklos are TWO of the top FIVE people I actually trust on this site.

Not to say that I don't trust ANYBODY else's opinions, it's just that I know to be more careful when reading other peoples' posts.

Secondly, the students of St. Chris could've been ANYONE (myself included). I'm sorry. My heart goes out to you all.

If we could learn ONE THING - let it be the importance of 'sticking together' in this time of uncertainty and unrest when it comes to choosing a legit medical school, beyond our borders...

...we are in this together.

When ONE student fails, we ALL do. It's not a CHOICE to be part of this community of 'international students'. In fact - it's a requirement.

http://www.gmc-uk.org/education/unde...uate_level.asp

GMC web site

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Maybe I'm just ornery enough to ask more questions. I read the new posting on the GMC web site and the change in verbiage for SC isn't specific. GMC has posted the same verbiage on all of the schools they were "investigating". Does this mean that all investigations were completed on the same day or is this an administrative action politically influenced?

I wouldn't go to SC now at all, but I don't think this chapter is finished, either.

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Life is sexually transmitted.

you have 1 alert, what does that mean?

An alert is not serious and it drops off after 180 days, usualy for a post that contained some TOS violation. A warning is worse.

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"St Christopher ‘s College of Medicine in Senegal

Degrees issued after a course of study at St Christopher's College of Medicine Luton are not acceptable for the purposes of registration with the GMC"

I agree (glad we can agree on something). The wording and timing are curious.
Does this mean that:

1. Senegal has pulled the plug on their WHO listing and the GMC are merely updating things?
2. WHO is intact (more or less, give or take a few missing years), but the GMC has decided to be more rigorous than it has been in the past about squatter schools?

WHO is intact (more or less, give or take a few missing years), but the GMC has decided to be more rigorous than it has been in the past about squatter schools?
That is pretty much what it means. The GMC decision has nothing to do with their WHO listing.

The above language is clear as mud, be that as it may, on the surface it does not appear to be all that bad, students can transfer to Senegal and complete their studies there.

So while one door closed, the main door (Home Campus) is open.

Senegal has done nothing, why would they "pull a plug" of any sort?

The GMC (authority in England) did the "pulling of the plug" so to speak, but only for the campus in England, the operations in Senegal are not under the purview of the GMC, so it is safe (in my opinion) to transfer to Senegal and continue ones studies.