<p>Assuming MCAT's and activities are good. And when I say med school, I mean any med school in the U.S. </p>
<p>I know this is a super generic question but based off experience and people you've known.</p>
<p>(Also I am not implying I am within that range. A ton of students usually ask me this and I honestly don't know.)</p>
<p>im just adding myself to the thread 
dont mind me</p>
<p>(also want to go to ANY med school-caribbean or otherwise. i could care less what ppl think about it. and ive decided id be ok with 4 years in a tropical climate 
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<p>You should first ask how many students in Berkeley typically get into med school</p>
<p><a href=“https://career.berkeley.edu/MedStats/2009seniors.stm[/url]”>https://career.berkeley.edu/MedStats/2009seniors.stm</a></p>
<p>… You would have to have some pretty effing unbelievable ECs. From speaking with seniors applying this year, I would say that even students with 3.7+ and MCAT scores that hover around 40 are not exactly having an easy time. :(</p>
<p>^^ yth do i even bother? :(</p>
<p>Nearly impossible. </p>
<p>Perfect MCAT scores and amazing internship hax MAY prove your ability, but your grades still show that you don’t give a ****.</p>
<p>you can pray that by 2014 when everyone needs health insurance, we’ll have an extreme shortage of physicians, so med schools may add spots (but then that brings the problem of limited residency positions)</p>
<p>Berkeley is arguably the worst premed school because of:
<p>Realistically there is no chance with a 3.0-3.4 GPA from Berkeley unless you’re a URM.</p>
<p>haha you got that from the PH 116 reader didnt you ^^</p>
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<p>it’s only 2 years in the Caribbean and 2 year of rotations in miami, NY, and orlando but after visiting a friend who goes to Ross, i have to say that it’s like the 3rd world (a far cry from a vacationers paradise) and 50% of the people end up failing out/not matching.</p>
<p>not to mention that it’s really tough to even get into “bad” medical schools.</p>
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<p>i would replace “essentially” with “technically”</p>
<p>DNP’s like to think of themselves as “doctors” who treat patients. But they are, in the end, glorified nurses who don’t take classes regarding (or understand) the science behind medicine.</p>
<p>If you want to be considered legitimate physician (and not have people second guessing your diploma) and maximize your career, become an American trained physician who goes to an American medical school.</p>
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I would replace “medical” with “non-specialist”.</p>
<p>lol! a joke from leftist</p>
<p>never, in all of my months on cc have i seen this happen</p>
<p>Waiting4college: it’s not that it’s the tropical climate that’s the problem. It’s the ability to get a position in American Residency while competing with graduates from American Medical Schools for such residencies.</p>
<p>Be careful with Carribbean schools.</p>
<p>Graduates of St. Matthew’s School of Medicine are currently not able to be licensed as physicians in the following states:</p>
<p>California: As a result of a site visit done by the Medical Board of California, SMU was officially disapproved for both training and licensure on February 18, 2005.[14][15]
Indiana: States SMU is disapproved as of December 5, 2002.[16]
Kansas: State regulations require “a graduate of a school which has been in operation for not less than 15 years and the graduates of which have been licensed in another state or states which has standards similar to Kansas.” [17]
North Dakota: States “graduates of [SMU] after the date of disapproval by the California Medical Board should not presume eligibility for either resident or permanent licensure in North Dakota.”[18]
Texas*: Graduates of SMU are eligible for Texas licensure provided they have completed three years of post-graduate medical training and are board certified. The Texas state legislature added and changed a few laws in Texas related to applicant’s for medical licensure that took affect on September 1, 2009. Texas House Bill 3674 states: a) IMG’s will no longer have to submit documentation of eligibility to practice medicine in the country where their medical school was located and (b) if an applicant is board certified by a board that is a member of ABMS or AOA they will not be required to go through the substantially equivalent process.
Practice by graduates of SMU may also be limited in the United Kingdom. The General Medical Council has placed St. Matthew’s University on its list of medical schools whose graduates are required to undergo a case-by-case review before being allowed to take the PLAB required for a license to practice in the UK.[19]</p>
<p>[St</a>. Matthew’s University - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Matthew’s_University]St">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Matthew’s_University)</p>
<p>Plus, some people have a hard time to get admitted to a residency hospital.</p>
<p>originally I meant this one</p>
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<p>but now I realize you were serious…now i mean this one</p>
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<p>Small chance.</p>
<p>post #10 and 17.</p>
<p>why do they end up failing out at a higher rate/have more trouble getting a residency? is the quality of schooling/training not the same then?</p>
<p>thx!</p>
<p>If anyone of you is interested to pursue medical studies in Southeast Asia, I might be able to provide some information. Many med schools in SEA are US approved. </p>
<p>SEA = Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand</p>