Welcome to Island Med Student!
My name is Kendra and I am a fourth-year medical student attending Ross University School of Medicine. I went through my basic science training on the Nature Island of Dominica, hence the name of this blog. However, I am currently living in Brooklyn, New York, where I'm completing my clinical rotations. I am a life enthusiast. I talk to strangers, cut the tags off of my pillows, and I don’t carry an umbrella with me because I prefer to get wet.
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Perhaps this is why Caribbean med schools get a bad reputation?:
“…Well, in retrospect, I should have saved my time. Ross is NOT hard to get in to. In fact, you may be hard-pressed to find someone who was rejected.”
and
“Let’s face it, if your GPA and your MCAT were both pretty high, you’d be applying to an American school. Most Ross applicants have either a low MCAT or a low GPA.”
I think Carib schools get a bad reputation because their standards are lower than American schools. You find that most (not all!) people that go to Carib schools couldn’t get into one in America. I do know some people where this is not the case – they chose to go Ross because they liked the program and actually wanted to go there. I do think, though, that this is a very small percentage. The above quotes are true and if you think they are not, then you’re kidding yourself. Truth is, Ross is not hard to get in to. But that’s ok, because IT IS HARD to stay and do well. That is the true test… not how easily you got in. Carib schools are a lot of people’s back-up plans. But who cares? The destination is the same…
Hi, just thought I’d pop by and drop a comment. I’m a slightly unconventional second year med student in the UK (flesh tunnel, blue hair extensions…) and have been reading you on medscape for a while.
Keep blogging and plodding on!