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Old 11-21-2007, 05:14 PM
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Things you will need at Windsor MED 1 / Island Tips :

Technology
  • Laptop – yes everything is on power point! (Mac or PC)
  • Small Printer – The school does print things for you in BW but the copies are bad and color really helps – printing paper and cartridges are a must.
  • "Jump Drive" 1+ GB (Tech Deals site LINK )
  • External Hard Drive 350+ GB (Trust me you will need it for movies and USMLE review material)
  • Movies (DVD’s), Video games, ect… (There is a movie theater in St.Kitts but its like a “Dollar movie theater” )
  • Surge protector (APC Brand)
  • Vonage,Skype..ect ( When you get internet you will want to call home)
  • Some Basic School supplies (pens, highlighters, note cards) expensive on the island
Books
  • BOOKS : Additional books for med one
    • BRS Anatomy, Physiology, Embryology and or
    • Moore Clinical Anatomy
    Good Site to search for the cheapest books LINK
  • If you can get the whole BRS series it will be very,very useful.
  • Good Sites for PDF books LINK
Food/Supplies
  • Water filter – Brita (bottle water gets real expensive real fast)
  • Spice Mixes (Indian/Paki)
  • Snack Bars
  • Drink Mixes (Ice T, Cool Aid,ect...) not cheap on the island.
  • Protein Shake mix (If you work out) (3 gyms on St.Kitts)
  • Do not bring canned items..they weigh down you luggage too much.
  • Britta water Jug...Clean water is a must! (Extra filters)
  • First Aid Kit with medicines (Tylenol, Hydrogen cortisone, ect…) If you have allergies than bring extra medicine, just in case.
  • A Battery powered Alarm clock.
  • Flashlight (Just in case the power goes out)
  • Unlocked Tri-Band phone (You can buy sim cards here from Cable & Wireless. International In coming calls are free.)
  • You favorite toiletries – (shampoo, soap, toothpaste, ect…) very expensive and hard to find at times.
  • Backup toothbrush
  • Foreman Grill or similar (makes your life easy)
  • Small coffee maker (optional favorite coffee/filters)
  • Good pair of Flip-Flops (One/Two) You will not wear shoes after your first week here.
  • Shorts, Tees and One pair of nice clothes for parties.
  • Sunscreen (SPF 15 < )
  • Sunglasses (Must) Bring an extra pair if you tend to loose yours. It's very hard to find a nice pair here at a reasonable price.
  • Hats
Banking
  • You can use your US or Canadian ATM cards here. Just check with your bank as to the ATM fees. Wells Fargo charges me 5 us per transaction.
  • Remember to always pay in EC Dollars. You can pay in U.S. Dollars but exchange rates vary greatly. So, exchange money as soon as you come to the island.
Transportation
  • H – Buses (Buses with green license plates) are much cheaper than Taxis. You just have to ask the driver if he is going to your part of town.
  • If you have to use a Taxi use TIGER he is the cheapest and gives students the best rates.
  • You can rent scooters for 250-300US per month.
  • Cars run around 300-400US per month.
  • If you buy a car pay no more than 4K other wise you will have a hard time selling it.
  • Try to avoid renting scooters from Big Banana! Several students have had major issues.
Groceries
  • Places to get Groceries…in order to comparability to US grocery stores : IGA, RAMS (near school), Super Foods (Near ROSS nursing school) , RAMS (Downtown) (cheapest), CC Super foods, Value Mart.
Housing
  • Best places to live in order Frigate Bay, Golf View (near Marriot Casino Hotel) Lime Kin (Near ROSS nursing school) and Bird Rock. School has housing in all three locations but the Frigate bay area fills up fast. And mostly girls are placed there. Most of the guys are in Lime Kin or Bird Rock.
Airline
  • The cheapest airfare to St.Kitts is always on AA.com.
  • Also sign up for the AAdvantage Program program. If you go back every break you should have enough miles for a free ticket. I also have the AA credit card and charge everything on it so I have managed to get two free tickets so far.
  • If you are flying to St.Kitts your first time out than try to avoid Puerto Rico. Sometime if the time between your arrival and departure flights is short you luggage will not arrive until the next flight or next couple of days. If you still want to take the PR flight due to cost than pack 3-5 days of extra clothing on your carry on.
Shipping

  • If you want to ship something like a scooter or a bicycle from the States you need to use Tropical Shipping. Some of the students ordered bikes from wal-mart and had them shipped directly to Tropical. They had their bikes down here in about 1 weeks. They also do barrel shipping from US and Canada.
If you are a current Windsor student please add your tips.

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Just Updated a few items.
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On the web site it said that windsor provides free text books? And then in my modified admin package it said to buy textbooks?!? i am confused...

if so, would my own general textbooks for each subject be good?
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It depends.... If you are a textbook reader and would like to have them as a reference for your boards too you can purchase your own texts... The books that the school gives are not that readable... For MD 1 except for the embryology the other books didnt help me atleast....
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On the website it says that the school will provide a full dissection kit, but the admin package says to get our own...which one is it.

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The school doesnt provide you a dissection kit....Though you can use their surgical scalpels,blades, tweezers etc... I got my own dissection kit but never used it once....
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Exclamation Electricity on the island
are the wall jacks the same as those in Canada or the U.S. or are they the European style (2 cylindrical ports)???????
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