I want to know if it is easy to transfer from Unibe after the basic science to another crbn med. school that offers clinicals in NY, example Ross. Due to my unique family situation I can only spend a maximum of two years out of NYC and I very badly want to learn spanish so the schools I am concentrating on at this time are Unibe and UAG. Does the administration make it very diificult for one to transfer out.
(please no advise on how it is unwise to transfer between caribbean med schools, I have done my research and weighed my options.)
If anyone has had experience transferring out for the clinical science years please share. Thank you.

I'm guessing you've already considered this but these questions are more appropriate for a forum of the school you hope to transfer TO. All the reputable schools in the DR will issue you a transcript of your completed coursework provided you've paid what you owe them. You should bear in mind that they won't issue transcripts for some time after a semester is completed. For instance, a semester with final exams on the last week of July would probably have grades and transcripts available for dispersal at best 3-4 weeks later. This could throw a wrench into your application process at the other school since you'd be trying to transfer into their clinical rotations the only thing they're likely to care about are those transcripts which would be coming in at an odd time. the best you could do is hope to get an earlier set of 'scripts not reflecting your most recent semester's coursework and hope they'll do something with that until you can get them the most updates ones. Otherwise, they're not likely be able to do anything with your application until they receive that final transcript which might result in your losing a semester in that other university due to the lag in paperwork inherent in all things Dominican. As for any other problems with your leaving the medical program prematurely...I see none. I know that at INTEC at least it's common for students in other professional programs to leave for several semesters to complete coursework in the states and spain, these student have no problems getting their transcripts. the real trick is seeing if these other universities are willing to accept basic science coursework completed at another university. It seems to me that they would make it extremely hard for you to do this much the same way american medical schools look unfavorably upon would-be foreign school transfer students. Every reputable school has a pretty much equal basic science regimes with subtle differences, the only "major" difference is that some schools have rotations in the states. I doubt these schools roll out the red carpet for student who wish to circumvent paying their lofty tuition for the first two years of their program and leap0frog into the most unique and hard fought part of their program. But, again, these are questions that students actually AT these other schools would be better able to answer for you. I can only urge you to exercise extreme caution in choosing which school in the DR you choose to attend since you have the aim of transferring out. I'd limit my choices to UNIBE, INTEC, PUCCM and possibly UASD, steer clear of UCE, UNPHU, UTESA.
take care and God Bless.
Ozzie.

Despite the rhetoric, it is dayum near impossible to transfer. Most of the time, ppl who transfer tend to come out of St. Georges, AUC or Ross, and THOSE ppl are usually top of their class. Just my $0.02

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Thanks for the advice and info.

ozzie:

you mentioned to "steer clear of UCE, UNPHU, UTESA."

Is there anything bad that you know about UNPHU ?

Considering that it is an approved school in both Texas and California, I would like to believe that there is nothing substantially wrong with UNPHU. In fact, I would like to believe that it is among the best medical schools in DR.

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I mention to steer clear of UNPHU because they've recently undergone a decline. INTEC and presumable the other universities in the capital as well have been hit with a bunch of students leaving the university. I't smy understanding that many of their quality professors have left or are entertaining leaving. UNPHU was one of the best Dominican universities in years past, but docs here in the DR now seem to agree that the school is having trouble. It makes sense that a struggling school would try to bring in the one sure cash caw, the american student. At $2,500 a pop, each on is worth at least 7 or eight dominican students, and they pay in DOLLARS!! Woo-Hoo. Still it is a long standing university, I can't imagine that it would be shut down or anything of the like, just that those 2500 dollars per semester would probably be better spent elsewhere. Another thing to consider is the UNPHU in it's heyday was a title IV school. This is no longer the case. I'm not sure if they're reapplying or not but I know that as of right now they're not recognized by the department of education of the united stated for stafford loan purposes. This is typical of universities that have either slipped somehow or frankly never cared enough to solicit this recognition in the first place. For UNPHU, the latter seems most likely. Still if you find yourself down here in the DR, pay it a visit, it's right down the block from INTEC. Ask em about their present status see what they tell you. In my opinion that money would probably be better spent elsewhere. Remember that UTESA also offers an english program cheaper than that offered by UNIBE, but I wouldn't touch UTESA with a ten foot pole although it once churned out numerous docs that what go on to practice in the states and gave students their money's worth. If anyone has heard anything to the contrary about UNPHU please let us all know. Take Care.
Ozzie.

Steer clear of INTEC and get a real education at Univ of Miami

Leave INTEC and get a real education at Univ of Miami

Don't go to INTEC, go to Univ of Miami, better education for sure!!!

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