Thread: My Personal Experience and Story Based on FACTS not Opinions

I have just finished my midterm examinations and so I thought I’d spend a couple of hours to share my experience with any prospective student who has the same dream as I do: becoming a physician. I’m not here to argue and I don’t really come on this website often, just want to share my experience.
In life when it comes to any issue it is vitally necessary to have a comparison with the respective discussion. If an athlete is 6 feet tall on a soccer pitch they are considered tall, but on a basketball court it is neither tall nor average and rather considered a short stature. I’m a student at Trinity School of Medicine who has also experienced a semester at Ross School of Medicine. Before going to Dominica I was required to successfully complete its MERP program in Miami where I had the privilege of seeing and speaking to the 5th semester students at Ross who attended class next door. During my first term at Ross I had some personal issues on my mind and unfortunately although I passed the biochemistry course at Ross which is arguably the most critical and toughest course at this institution during 1st term, I was unsuccessful to pass the other 3 major courses but by an extremely and I again reiterate extremely close margin. At Ross if you miss the Minimum Passing Score (MPS) by 1% there is no mercy. This was confirmed by the associate dean who talked to me during the appeal. All 3 of my courses were below MPS marginally. Sometime there is even a raise in the MPS due to limited seats for the following term and this was also confirmed by elite 4th and 5th semester students who presented us with “how to get a 4.0” dinner during our first week at Ross.
Before coming to Trinity I had travelled to St. Kitts and did a tour of that school and had spoken to the associate dean there. At that meantime, I had applied to Trinity as well. At the end I chose Trinity and knew it would work best for me. I did not even try AUA or SABA as I think (this is an opinion not a fact) these schools have already reached their full potential.

Best of luck to all the prospective students and I hope some of this information has helped you wherever you may choose to go. Trinity has been working great for me and has allowed me to pursue my dreams and I have no complaints. I know that if I was still at Ross I wouldn’t even have the chance to write the NBME exams and this school has given me that opportunity along with many others. I know that coming down to the Caribbean is a major step and I hope by taking the time to write this post I could help self-motivated and focused students get more insight into the curriculum wherever they choose to go. This post is for the hard-working student who wants facts, comparisons, and has a right and focused mind set on their goals to become a fine physician. I believe this school will help you more than other schools, to accomplish those goals but you have to put in a lot of hard work into it. I believe this school had much more in it for me and had a much better support system to try to make me accomplish my goals than other schools. This is especially due to the substantial amount exposure I’ve had to clinical experience and thus has worked great for me. I have already learned how to do sutures at the hospital and have witnessed a child-birth for the first time in my life during my early semesters along with many other clinical experiences. Believe in yourself and do not let some bitter opinions get in the way of you and your goals in life as there would be a substantial bombardment of opinions and disagreements after this post. I simply don’t have time to check them out, but even if I was to help 1 student by informing them about honest facts coming from my personal experience from two different medical schools, it is still good enough for me and I’ve accomplished my goal.
Cheers.

Originally Posted by Debunker

Do you honestly believe that any school in the Caribbean gives a rat’s ars about “WHO accreditation?” Again things people are coming up with are excuses concerned with things that won’t affect them in any kind of way. From a Caribbean medical student’s point view as long as you can write and do extremely well on the USMLE, have extensive clinical experience here, and have clinical rotation sites (which we have many great ones so far and will continue to get more) you’re good to go. WHO accreditation??

you do realize of course WHO (though now more correctly stated, IMED/FAIMER) accrediation necessary you to sit for the USMLE...a school who is not IMED/FAIMER listed will not be able to have their students register for the USMLE...it is something you should be concerned about (though it was my understanding that trinity is IMED listed).

Originally Posted by rokshana

you do realize of course WHO (though now more correctly stated, IMED/FAIMER) accrediation necessary you to sit for the USMLE...a school who is not IMED/FAIMER listed will not be able to have their students register for the USMLE...it is something you should be concerned about (though it was my understanding that trinity is IMED listed).

Trinity is IMED/FAIMER listed. I am unable to post the link, but if you go to the International Medical Education Directory - FAIMER website, you are able to see for yourself.

Cheers.

Thanks for posting factual info out there for someone like me who is considering joining this school. Every school starts somewhere and I personally thinks Trinity will be a great school perhaps one of the best carribean schools in the future because they started with a lot of experience and well educated US doctors. Aslo, I met and spoke to the administration already in Alpharetta, GA. I disagree with people posting nonsense and non-factual information out there. The school is real and have excellent facualty.

Debunker, as a fellow Trinity student I appreciate your well thought out, truly objective opinion...based on facts, of course. For a school less than two years old, it is progressing quite nicely.

Your posts were very helpful, I am really grateful you took time out of your busy schedule to post these. I am a student with a story similar to yours I got sent out from one of the big 3 caribbean school as they are called, and I really still have a passion to pursue medicine. I was accepted at Trinity and will starting soon. Your post really clarified a lot for me and put my mind at ease by correcting all the diss most new schools such as Trinity are facing. If you don't mind can I connect with you via email, I would like to ask some questions on study skills and study focus for most of the classes that I will be taking at Trinity. What has worked for you in your studying and taking exams at trinity?