<p>Hi I'm wondering if anyone can help me with this. I've been doing a bit of research and I know that as an international student it is extremely difficult for me to gain admissions into American Med schools in America. But what I want to know is, what are my admissions chances for American schools located in the caribbean such as, American University of the Caribbean, Ross College, and Saba University. Are they as difficult on international students as Med schools in the actual US? Considering I have a competitive application.</p>
<p>Because I saw some worrying statistics like for AUC, 87% of students were US, 9%, Canadian and only 4% were "non-Canadian international". Does this mean admissions are harder for non-us and non-canadian citizens?And if not, can anyone explain why more caribbean students don't attend this caribbean based med school</p>
<p>Caribbean students don’t attend these schools because they are geared towards American students who want to practice in the US but were in some way not good enough to get accepted to a US medical school. These schools are offshore but still located close to the US out of convenience: since they are not in the US they are not subject to LCME accreditation, and being in the Caribbean means that American students don’t have a long plane ride going from the US and back. The only medical school I know of that is actually set up to serve as a medical school for the Caribbean is University of the West Indies.</p>
<p>Thanks for you response!
And I know about UWI, but I really don’t want to attend there.
And I do hope to get a green card and hopefully practice in America. What I’m worried about is how some US schools do not accept foreign students and how the others admissions is more difficult for internationals than it is for citizens. And I was wondering if these same preferences affect offshore school decisions.</p>
<p>It’s kinda hard for me to describe effectively >.< so sorry for that if I’m not clear</p>
<p>Caribbean schools don’t have standards anywhere near that of onshore American schools. Their philosophy is to do the weeding out during medical school not during the premed phase. And they are for-profit. I don’t think being an applicant not from the US or Canada will hurt you in trying to get into a Caribbean school (their standards for entry aren’t very high in the first place), but I haven’t checked their site or anything.</p>
<p>Your posts are clear, don’t worry about it.</p>
<p>If you graduate from a foreign medical school (including the Caribbean), you will have to go through the same set of obstacles as anyone else. Going to Caribbean school will certainly not make this any more difficult and may even bring questions to the table as to why you would have done that. Regardless, it is quite difficult for American students with US citizenship to get a U.S. medical license to practice from these schools. I would imagine it is probably even more difficult for an internat’l to do so. I would probably suggest working hard to get your app strong enough that you are viable as a U.S. MD/DO school candidate. It won’t be easy but will almost certainly serve you far better.</p>
<p>I am working very hard to keep my app strong enough, but the issue also comes down to financials. For most schools that even consider international apps, they want proof of the entire sum of money for the duration of med school. Which means that I would have to have over $200K up front which really doesn’t seem possible, which is why I’m using schools in the carib as a last resort.</p>