It was grape Flavor aid not Kool Aid.

"It was grape Flavor aid not Kool Aid."

I stand corrected.

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could it just be fruit coloring with sugar

That would have sucked.

At that point I would at least expect some real grape Flavor aid.

Hell, even some hydrating grape flavored sport drink would have made it a little easier.

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the best school is the one that caters to your specific needs. If you want rep, SGU. If you want 2nd best rep, Ross. If you want exposure to other cultures, total spanish immersion and decent places to eat for a change, choose Mexico.

ill take some of that grape aid too

I love when posters come to this forum to give their opinion by advertising carrib schools. I guess don't go to Mexico to learn medicine but just to cater to you food and cultural needs.

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ok ill add some more. Extensive exposure to "real" clinical scenarios. While i'll probably spend the next two years only reading books and doing "mock" clinical work, mex med students get long and extensive patient exposure from day one. That ill definetly give you. We might have some rotations in later terms (right before US clinicals) but in terms of real life exposure, there is no comparison. I'm not kidding, food choice in the islands and access to basically anything is close to horrible.
THe fact of the matter is, UAG is a school that caters primarily to Mexico, and secondly to foreign medical studnt's. But, since there are extensive review courses and very well disciplined students (as in it doens't matter were the *ell you do your basic science but how hard you study for the darn steps), I'd say we all have a fair "chance" at doing well on the steps and getting a decent residency. THe carib schools have better rep, but, before this was so, UAG was THE premier choice for internat. students as was Spain. Now it really depends on were you want to go AFTER med school, realistic choices available to you,how important learning and becoming fluent in spanish really is to you, and if you really don't mind staying in mexico for the amount mexico wants you to stay (2 years,last time i checked?might do in PR one of them if good grades and such?)(might be one of the main reasons people don't like it that much).
JUst so you know, i know and have shadowed a couple of doc's grad . from UAG. They excelled at clinical practice, 3 of them were surgeons. One of them is a prof in surgery for student's from UAG,Xochicalco and UNIBE(sant doming.) rotations in surgery for their internado year.