This whole discussion makes me NOT want to apply to SGU. YES I WENT TO ST.CRHIS!!! WHY???? it was ecfmg/gmc/who/imed recognized!! now I made a poor choice? fine but that means these organizations made a poor choice as well when previously certifying us! we all choose the school we go to for our own reasons. SGU is only offering a tuition break (just what the students paid at stchris) for basics. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN??? WE ARE STILL PAYING THE SAME AMOUNT AS AN SGU STUDENT BUT DOING TWICE THE TIME! not to mention paying tiwice completely for clinicals! PLus housing, so if any sgu student is unhappy perhaps they should pay 150 grand only to have to pay it all over with a slight tuition break! AND
NOW OUR FELLOW MEDICAL COLLEGUES ARE HARRASSING US INSTEAD OF BEING SUPPORTIVE?? MAKES ME NOT WANT even bother applying to SGU! STCHRIS students never asked for any favors! Due to some paperwork our hardwork is all gone. Its easy to say we made poor choices, but really, how was it a poor choice when we were listed with all the proper organizations? I AM SICK AND TIRED OF HEARING this baloney! And yes SGU students OFFSHORE IS OFFSHORE, you all didnt make it in the US so you choose a different route, one that suited you best, so stop jumping down SC students throat! I think we have enough on our minds, many of us have lost everything! I can name top universities that our students came from, and impressive mcat scores, stop acting like your in junior high!

And thank you to Dean Lambert who understands this situation, it is bc of that kindness I hold respect for SGU's administration and to those students who are supportive!

I think your points make no sense at all. Please answer this one simple question, if a St. Chris student accepts this offer how is he getting a free ride (besides the tuition break)?

I am a St. Chris student with 3.3 Undergrad GPA and a 25 on my MCATs. I have also completed my basic sciences, finished 3 core rotations, and have passed my USMLE Step 1.

Are you telling me that I am not qualified to start at SGU? Wouldn't I be a better candidate then someone who has a 3.6 undergrad GPA and a 26 MCAT score?

If I do consider starting over, how am I getting a "free ride"? I still have to fill out the same application like everyone else, right? I still have to go on my interview like everyone else, right? My application still has to go in front of the Admissions Committee and get evaluated like everyone else, right? I fail to see your thought process in all this.


The only thing SGU is offering is the tuition break for the five basic science semesters (not the clinical education part). Which is a total of approximately 50K. Already being over 150 K in debt, this small tuition break would be nice, but it is not my driving factor in choosing to attend SGU. There have been other schools in the Big 4 which have offered students in my position a far better deal then SGU. I feel SGU is getting so much heat because they were the only school who posted it on the forum.

They did a noble thing by offering St. Chris students this, but after reading this thread I'm sure many students in St. Chris probably will not feel comfortable in attending SGU. I personally don't care what anyone else thinks, I am not here to make friends, only thing I am interested in is getting two letters behind my name.

You also need to understand, this type of tuition break has been offered before. I'm sure other students who attended medical school, and for some reason had to start over from scratch, SGU would consider giving them a scholarship as well.

You seem to have some kind of tunnel vision and keep missing the fact that SGU is not accepting ALL St. Chris students, only the ones they feel are qualified.

Please do not post things on your own ignorant assumptions.

Yes. St. Christopher's Ltd. merged with MUA-Belize. But this does nothing for the past St. Chris students who attended the university before March 28th, 2006. We still need our credits to be recognized by the Ministry of Education in Senegal.

Good point.

That's not what the letter that was posted implied. Perhaps...instead referring to others view points as ignorant, twisted, or otherwise you may want to keep in mind that you chose the to attend that poor excuse for a failed medical university. Getting mad a me or others for our viewpoints still in no way helps your cause AT ALL. The only reason we are having this dialogue in the first place is because you, MBern098, did not do a great job reseaching and choosing a good institution in the 1st place. If you ask me, you are the ignorant one. I made the right choice! So don't get mad at me just because you are that proverbial sqirrel out there still trying to get a nut. You need to deal with the consequences of what you did. Not me.

while acetre is busy not at all being involved with the concequences of sc, this thread is closing until the boys and girls decide to play nice. BTW note that some of the contributors here are not sgu student nor sc students.

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