Thread: At St. George's, how is the availability of single, attractive women?

Medical school is the start of a long, grueling mental process of educating one-self to become a doctor. It lasts for many years, especially for those who aspire to high stakes specialties, such as cardiology or surgery. It's a marathon, and with long, stressful days and limited time it would be quite helpful to engage in the most effective 'stress releasing' behavoir available in order to continue the race.

Many posters here apparently aren't doing this, as they complain about petty difficulties that evidently irritate them to no end (such as the lack of name brand cornflakes or poor service from resentful locals) and talk about vegging out for hours by watching every episode of House in a row. They also complain about "partying" or state that they want to drop by for a little salsa dancing or a couple beers (rather than a ONS).

Umm, hello? It's a tropical island and there are about 100 more women that men. As a guy, it seems obvious how to make things work : go to lab, part of lectures, memorize/study for about 4 hours a day including weekends, and flirt and have sex with attractive co-eds. Sounds like my idea of paradise. Even the difficulties sort of appeal to me at a base level : there's a tiny element of danger, you have to actually work a little to get food.

So before I came to these forums, I thought "St. George's will be a blast! I bet the girls with the lower gpas probably are on average cuter than the ones at U.S. schools, to boot!"

But noone ever talks about it working this way, instead they count the days until departure.

So, should I start working on cutting to make my abs visible and improve my chest and back, invest in teeth whitening and accutane, and start picking out my wardrobe of beach wear? Or should I not even bother: "there aren't any honeys at St. George's and the sole cute ones are married or have 'long-distance' relationships".

P.S. : I consider girls attractive if they are asian or white, and have low enough BF % to be correctly shaped. It helps if they are smart and appreciate technical subjects : but all the girls at SGU are med or vet students, so that should be more or less taken care of.

your a clown dude...

I'm quite serious. I tried to ask this question in a specific, professional way because I haven't seen serious answers in the threads here. Boiled down, how can you be unhappy if you have a solid, fun relationship and a challenge every day?

Further, is the environment such that I will be happy when I get there? I have a high enough GPA/MCAT that I will probably be accepted. I have one semester left before I apply, so I am verifying that the 'fun' element of SGU is really there, it isn't all dreary med studies. Perhaps other people experience things differently, but sunsets off the beach or succeeding on a test don't mean anything if I have noone to share it with that I can put my arm around. I don't live in New York, so my current relationship will probably end (also, my gf told me she does not want to marry a doctor, and will be returning to Europe).

****, I want to hear your views once you get here and have been in school for a while. Too many reasons to mention, but they include not much time for proper relationships because you're in freaking medical school; Caribbean island or not.

I'm in a [going on] 7-year relationship with a woman I want to marry (although part of it has been long distance) and despite the fact that if she were here I'd probably spend a lot less time on this forum and the web in general, it won't be easy to spend tons of time walking on the beach in sunsets, etc.

And if you're here and do find someone that's worth it (in my opinion, most relationships down here with the exception of a few are relationships of convenience or because people are simply lonely; they wouldn't happen otherwise and don't last very long once people leave and don't have "island fever") your partner is also going to be as busy as hell just like you are. If you're in different terms on different schedules, this might not work out too great (speculating cause I obviously haven't been in a relationship with anyone here).

I don't care to waste any more time on this topic (yeah, that's right, I said WASTE) because I don't know what your priorities seem to be and if you think cute girls are "dumber" and hence at SGU (going by your comments) you're in for a rude awakening, and finally, the superficial crap about tooth whitening, cut abs and low enough BF to have a "correct shape" is hilarious.

most people at this school are nerds, they never go out and you will only see them in class, lab or the library, they don't drink and most are virgins, so it will be very hard to get in their pants. I would say about 15% of each term has people that go out on a regular basis. also the amount of girls to guys on this island is about 50/50, well there are more vet chicks than guy vets, but still roughly 50/50.

Then most of the girls are over weight. Sure some work out and run daily but most just go to class, and sit on thier butts and study, thus even if you eat right you will still gain weight. Then there are a lot of indian girls, much more than whites, or asains. Some girls are married some are in long lasting long distance relationships. This leaves a very small number of good looking single white or asain girls, but the amount of guys doesn't change, so you will see on average 5-10 guys fallow 1 girl around trying to get into her pants.

Sure people hook up here and get involved in relationships, but it's just like anyother school. it's not easier to pick up girls here nor is it harder. This is a very small community though and everyone gossips, so people are carefull about starting something. also you have to work with this people, so if your relationship ends on a bad note that might be a big deal when they're in your path group or anatomy lab group, or your hospital group. Basically this is how it goes, if you were able to pick up girls during undergrad, then you will not have any problems picking up girls here. But if you think that girls will jump on you just because you're a guy think again.

I totally agree with you. It would be a lot easier to go through medical school with a partner in crime, but most people just develop friendships, and don't choose to go to the next level.
Yes this place is a lot more fun than going to a medical school in the US, but this is very far from a girls gone wild video or even anything that you would see if you went to a big party school like Miami or ASU, Florida, UCLA and any others, girls don't strip and go skinny dipping here. (wish they did though).

When I say correct I am trying to delicately say that they don't have to be a magazine model, but they can't be so grotesquely FAT (like some girls at my school) to be horribly unattractive and flat out dangerous to breed with!

I don't say mean things about fat people, but I'm not going to have sex with one because I want my kids to have a chance! (and even a casual relationship with protection pregnancy is possible. Obesity in the parent causes more maternal complications and GREATLY boosts risk of childhook obesity. Some girls are fat due to poor diet, but this is usually complicated by poor self esteem and appetite control. Both of these are possible inheritable traits)

A little extra belly that could be worked off in a few months is acceptable, but c'mon people, you know what I mean!