Since the school offers the options of entering January or August is there a difference???? Is there a difference in regards to the residency match??? If you start in January does that mean that you have to wait for the match??? If so what do people do??? (loans, school etc...) I am trying to see the pros and cons of starting in January vs. August. One more question, if the fifth pathway route is closed then what is the point of having the requirements for the international program???? If I am not mistaken the national program doesn't require them and the students go straight from high school??? Anyone know what will happen with the requirements???? ( I wish I could have gone there straight from high school even if it was 6 yrs!)

excellent questions! since we wont use 5th pathway anymore, the requirements such as degrees and more should be null. But, I dont know about the US laws regarding entrance into different states. I wish I could be about half my age now

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From one of the speakers during Orientation, "There is nothing wrong with Mexico; it is JUST different"

This is what I would like to do to the "burros" of Megacable....

Accepting students out of U.S. high schools into the International Program is an interesting idea. They would have to spend some money promoting it at first. It's quite a thought. I'm sure the entrance requirements would be similar to the latin program entrance requirements. Maybe the junior high transcript request would start to make sense.

As far I know the January entering class does have to wait the 6 months to enter residency. I've heard of some places having mini-residencies if you need something to do. The January class could be of benefit to someone that has to take a semester off, or has to repeat a semester though. A semester off for the USMLE step 1 might not be a bad idea either. I have no idea as to the school's flexibility on this though. As far as the class experience goes, one doctor had mentioned to me that the January class is a better time to take the Anatomy lab (you would have a smaller class, so you would have better access to the cadavers and to the instructor for questions) So, I assume that the classes are just cut down in size, rather than a cutting down of instructors, or cadavers per room.

Thanks a lot great answers. When you say that the January class is smaller, is it that less people apply or do they just let less people in??? Also, I have heard that you may do some part of the 6 years in the usa?? Would this be the internado year (5th yr which would be good to catch up to the U.S. standards of doing things) and the 6 th year social service in an underserved latino population? Or can some of the other rotations be arranged in the U.S.? I would be interested in doing some rotations in the U.S. just to get adjusted to the differences in doing things and to get letters of rec for the Match. Does anyone know how to go about this, I mean do you just go ahead and contact medical schools and ask them if you could do rotations with their students???? And does anyone know of anyone who has done this?????