Thread: 3 major reasons why you pick SGU

I asked SABA vs SGU and wanted to see pretty much major reasons why would one person choose SABA and another one SGU, but nothing good came out of that post, so now I will try to ask separately:

Could you please state 3 major reasons (or more) why you choose SGU and how do you like it (or like it so far)?

Thanks in advance

1. residency placement and USMLE pass rate
2. campus facilities and resources
3. many more ppl i know knew about sgu and its reputation instead of ross, saba and other schools in caribbean. it is more comforting for me personally to know that

1. more recognised
2. clinical sites and residency placement
3. a hefty scholarship

1. Reputation, history (one of the oldest, so I know they're not gonna pack up and leave one day like it happened at some other school...)
2. Good island/living conditions/campus/infrastructure (ties in with 1, I guess)
3. Accredited, with good residency placements and USMLE pass rate (also ties in with 1)

Oh and to answer part 2 of your question, I'm a first termer and I love it so far.

and also many of the sgu clinical centers are around my house

1. I heard about SGU in 1978 - Saba in 2005
2. SGU - unrestricted Ca approval - Saba effective dated Ca approval
3. SGU - More clinical sites more professors, more research - better school with more buildings and lecture facilities, and dorms.
4. No white knuckle landing strip. An island you that takes you several weeks vs several days to see.

1. Residency placements
2. Residency placements
3. Residency placements

When I was interviewing and I got my first out of match offer, my cousin (who graduated from Ross near the top of her class) told me that I should definitely take it - that I would be a fool not to take a guaranteed position at a semi-decent program rather than take the risk of not matching. She insisted that no better situation could arise than me getting that one offer. She had a VERY different attitude about residency placement than we students of SGU have. And that's because we have a track record of getting very good residency placements.

Why else would I pay such an enormous price?

1)knew a successful grad
2)actually wanted to interview and had standards
3) rep.

1- you cant get into US school
2- you can pay for an MD
3- SGU practically takes anyone who can pay