Man I am tired today. I volunteered at this business conference with about 2000 participants trying to register or check-in ten minutes before the the start of the conference. I now know what a human stampede sounds like. To top off there was a false alarm right in the middle, which led to another muted shuffling stampede. It was quite an experience.
Anyhow, to pick up where I left off. So my stats from undergrad. My cGPA is 3.1 and my science GPA is 3.4 (yeah in know, quite a difference). My MCAT is my strength its 32O, physical science= 10, verbal=08, biological science=14(yeah baby.) Now you may wonder, those stats ae probably good enough for a couple of Medical schools in the US so why am I applying to the Caribbean? Well because my MCAT score is 4 years old. Most US medical schools require the MCAT to be at most 3 years old at the time of matriculation, not application. So folks, remember to take the MCAT when you are ready to apply, because you may get a good score and it would be risky to retake it.
So here I am applying to Carribean medical schools, but without regrets. This is extremely important to surviving the roadblocks that caribbean students have to overcome. Make sure you have no regrets coming to the caribbean because you need acceptance, happy acceptance, to survive the environment in the medical school. This acceptance will motivate you to work harder in classes, study harder for USMLE step 1, and eventually allow you to get into a good residency placement after medical school. This would bring you back on par with US medical graduates in most cases. Can’t wait to get started.
What you said about Caribbean med schools is sooo true. Don’t get bogged down by the evil complainers! They will tell you that Caribbean med schools suck, yet they are at one! These people feed off of negative energy. Keep as positive as possible, and I promise you will rise above the rest!