<p>Is there any downside to going to medical school in the carribean islands, like grenada? just wondering because I have a friend doing that. Are carribean med schools easier or harder to get into? are they easier in general? what are the ups and downs of studying in the carribean?</p>
<p>Easier to get into thats why people go there. Harder to get into a competitive residency in the U.S., and you aren't regarded as highly by some people.</p>
<p>Many residency programs explicitly state that they will only accept medical students from foreign medical schools if they are actually residents of the countries in question.</p>
<p>In other words, nothing wrong with med school in the Bahamas - as long as you're actually FROM the Bahamas. If you're from Chicago and can't get into medical school in the states, that will be viewed suspiciously and many programs have rules that explicitly bar you from consideration for their residencies.</p>
<p>The bottom line is that medicine - especially allopathic medicine - is not the path for everyone. (Allopathic doctors earn MDs. Osteopathic doctors, who have all the same priveleges in terms of patient care, earn DOs.) If medical schools in your home country - in this case the US - do not believe you will be a qualified medical student, you should carefully consider other options. There are many roles in healthcare, and many of them function quite similarly to doctors (NPs, PAs, etc.).</p>
<p>Well dont know how diplomatic ties would affect you but you can check out Cuba for Med-School. Uncle Sam might dislike it but they will welcome you there and many Bahamians go to Cuba to study medicine (and ahem for other reasons).</p>
<p>You can also check out the University of the West Indies. They have many campuses but the main one I think is the Mona Campus in Jamaica.</p>