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Discount Codes for resources students used to pass comp

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It wouldn't hurt to create a customized study schedule and check off your list. It helped me get through Pathoma, Rx videos, DIT videos, and FA.


Here's a coupon code from a friend for cramfighter (just google the website):


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MUA Health Insurance

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What is the cheapest possible option for the required Health Insurance for clinical rotations? I am hoping to pay <$50. I am a Canadian student.
Thanks in advance for any help!

Congrats to our new MUA Forum Moderator!

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Please join me in welcoming our new MUA Forum Moderator, don1, who has been a very helpful user having posted 1,300 posts since joining VMD 11 years ago. We look forward to reading more helpful posts.

Congrats!!!
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MUA Premed September 2018

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Anyone accepted to MUA Premed starting September 2018?!

Can someone explain a few things about the MUA residency appointment list?

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I just saw MUA posted their 2018 residency appointment list (several weeks after some other schools) and I wanted to know a few things.

1. Is there a way to find out how many students on the list matched on their first attempt?
2. How many of those students completed the program in four years?
3. I saw Johns Hopkins surgery for two years but is that a categorical or prelim position?
4. How many of those "residency appointments" are a result of the NRMP match and how many are appointments outside of the match?


The match/residency list is very important in making a decision to attend an offshore school but it also needs to provide a lot more information than just a bunch of locations which I believe only satisfy the most naive of people who are not familiar with for-profit education. In all fairness, all these Caribbean schools are like that. SGU is the only school that provides actual student names with each match which can be useful if you go to that school or know people from that school.

I personally don't think the Caribbean is as bad a route as the Caribbean-haters or idiots on SDN would have you believe. I personally know more successful graduates than unsuccessful candidates so I am of the belief that you can succeed down the Caribbean route. Now which route you choose to take is quite another story and that is why I want to know if we can decipher the MUA residency appointment list in a little more detail. The IMG match as a whole seems to be improving or has at least remained somewhat steady for the past several years. I do believe however that matching is very involved and the prospective student just does not have enough information at their disposal to know what it really takes to match into a program from these schools. We're obviously never going to know what kind of scores these students have or what connections they have but the questions I listed above should help put a little more perspective on the list as it currently exists.

Thanks

Any current MUA 5th term students here? Can you talk about the comp shelf pass rate?

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If there are any _*CURRENT*_ MUA students on this forum can you tell me anything about the comp shelf pass rate for your class? Specifically, I want to know the following things... 1. How many people began the first term in your class. 2. How many people made it to the fifth term. 3. How...

Any current MUA 5th term students here? Can you talk about the comp shelf pass rate?

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If there are any CURRENT MUA students on this forum can you tell me anything about the comp shelf pass rate for your class? Specifically, I want to know the following things...

1. How many people began the first term in your class.
2. How many people made it to the fifth term.
3. How many people do you know out of those people that made it to the fifth term passed the comprehensive shelf exam the FIRST time?

Thanks!

An update on why I am choosing SGU over MUA.

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Greetings,

The dictator moderator of this forum keeps locking my rather useful threads. I don't know why but I suspect because they couldn't handle the truth.

Anyways, I was recently accepted to St. George's University. I deferred my admission to January 2019. I actually have pretty decent grades but my AMCAS would essentially keep me out of US schools and my MCAT was fine at 508 but not what US schools are looking for so instead of wasting my time down that route, I said I was going to try the Caribbean and it really only came down to two choices, SGU of course and then MUA because it was the cheapest of the title IV schools and apparently they recently received California accreditation (which I could care less about because I'm nowhere near California or any states that use their "list.")

I know a little bit about SGU because I know some people who went there but I didn't know anything about MUA until maybe a year or so ago. I'm glad I took the time to dig for some information here because I found out a lot of stuff that I think is crucial.

I thought all Caribbean schools are the same but apparently they are not. SGU has lower attrition, a better reputation with PD's, and solid third year rotational spots. All those things make a huge difference when it comes to succeeding. I was somewhat confused as to why MUA had to take a comp shelf, why they have a step 2 comp, why they have a silly research paper requirement, and then a low basic science pass rate. None of that stuff is mentioned in their literature and none of that was mentioned in their webinar.

I did the same digging regarding SGU and SGU does not have an NBME comp shelf, does not have a separate pre-Step 2 exam, does not make you write a research paper, and has a final term pass rate >85%. They take an exam called BSCE II after their fifth term and I found out they have a pass rate on that exam of >85%. On my last thread, an MUA student said the comp shelf pass rate for his class was in the 20% range. You figure that one out. The translation is that MUA is a SERIOUS gamble. It might be cheaper and it might be smaller than SGU but most of those students will not succeed in that program. Now SGU does have high attrition as well but no where near the numbers of MUA and some of these other schools. If you dig a little deeper, you can see that all the schools on St. Kitts and Nevis had a combined match rate of less than 50%. The island with the highest match rate is Grenada and there is only one medical school in Grenada. Dominica was also high on the list as well and Ross is the big school there.

So now I'm talking to you moderator, you seem to think MUA is a good school because you went there but you failed to disclose all of the information I unearthed to the prospective students. You can't possibly make an argument that "I succeeded and so will you." A better argument would be "Go to the school with the greatest chance of succeeding or don't go to medical school in the Caribbean." Even after all the back and forth, you still make silly arguments that MUA is a good school when it is OBVIOUSLY NOT!!! The data clearly shows that this school is a scheme if anything. Not saying SGU doesn't fall into the same category but SGU has a demonstrated track record. What is MUA's track record? Where are the 1000 or so MUA grads? Try and explain that to the prospective student.

In closing, my advice to someone considering MUA is to check out my last few threads and then go verify that information independently. Statistically, MUA is a dead-end of a school. Don't let their brochure or website fool you. If you want to become a doctor by going down the IMG route, my advice is to focus only on SGU and maybe Ross. If you have grades similar to what I have, you should be able to make it at SGU. The people that probably get weeded out come in with really low stats. If MUA is passing their students all the way up to their fifth term and then most of those students are failing that comp shelf exam, that can only mean two things...the students are not prepared and/or MUA is weeding them out. I don't know about you but that's a stupid risk to take.

So in closing, if you want to go IMG, go to SGU. If you can, try and go to a US school. It might take you some more time but it's better than the years you would waste at a school like MUA where the odds of succeeding are clearly stacked against you.

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Need Help: Urgent

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Hi guys in quite a predicament right now. So I applied to SABA and got rejected without an interview, they sent my file over to MUA, who conducted an interview and accepted me. This is for the upcoming September 2018 semester, orientation is this monday so I am scrambling at this point.


I also have a conditional acceptance from AUC in the form of a MERP in December, 2018 and then upon successful completion, admittance for May 2019.


Important things to note, I’ve been out of school for a long time, AUC calculated my sGPA at 1.9, MCAT was a 26. I have been working as a project manager ever since I left school for work. I am 26, I am also Canadian. I was studying for my PMP over the past summer so I was putting in 8-10 hour study sessions at the local starbucks no problem.


MY thing is that I am extremely scared on what to do, I literally have till tomorrow to get all my things sorted out for MUA. The one pro with MUA is that it will give me a headstart of 8 months, its also cheaper. The Canadian dollar isn't doing so well, but I have family support and they have assured me that money is not an issue. Also Nevis requires certain medical tests done before they can give you a VISA, and since I got an acceptance from MUA yesterday nobody can get this results in before I have to be on the Island this Monday. I spoke to their staff and they told me to come to the island and the staff will help me get those tests done locally, I am looking at missing two days worth of classes though in the first 30 days.


with AUC, the island is better, its more expensive, but with MERP I’ll definitely be on the right track to succeed on St. Maarten. It’ll also set those ever loving study habits. Things I am looking forward to are US clinical rotations, MUA placed two candidates over the past 10 years in Neurosurgery residencies. That is a huge deal but they place such a tiny amount of residents and not in desirable places either so theres that. I am looking to practicing some form of IM and or some kind of surgical speciality in the NYC area. Both AUC and MUA place students in Ortho and Surgery (General and Preliminary)


Right now I am so anxious on what to do, it seems so overwhelming. I hate rushing things, and not planning in advance so my nerves are on the edge. With MUA I can start the medical school journey this time next week, but with AUC i’ll have to wait 8 months. I really need help on the pros and cons of each school, I didn't even consider MUA until I got rejected from SABA. I do know someone starting at MUA in September as well so theres that.

MUA Jan2019

Funding for MUA?

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Hello People, I just got accepted for the jan, 2019 term. I have been having a lot of difficulty securing a line of credit because of my poor credit score. Undergrad wasn't that easy. However, my sister is a physician in States and Im in Canada. Is there absolutely no way that she can cosign a loan for me? Please help??!?!!! :(:( Or any other way?

Sad about the explosion.

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How sad, I just heard of this and the loss of a student. Condolences!!!

You may all already know to be careful, but we also experienced an explosion at our "private" rental on Nevis, in 2008. The landlord blamed on our carelessness but we weren't doing anything different than any other day. Fortunately ours only blew the door off the stove and nobody was nearby.

Have your stoves/etc. checked.

Can any current students comment on if MUA is a good school?

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I&#39;m looking at a few Caribbean schools or just staying statside and trying for DO but can any current students comment on their experience with MUA and if it is a good school?

Current students please thank you.

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Clerkships/Clinical Rotations Available in Georgia

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Hello everyone,

I have a group of physicians that's interested in preceptorship for medical students in Lagrange, GA 30241. Here are the available clerkships/rotations:

Medical clerkships/rotations


  1. Internal Medicine core ( 6 weeks inpatient and 6 weeks outpatient)
  2. Outpatient internal medicine elective at least 6 weeks
  3. Nephrology (inpatient or outpatient)
  4. Cardiology at least 4 weeks
  5. Pulmonary and/or critical care at least 4 weeks
  6. Family medicine 6 weeks
  7. Family medicine elective at least 4 weeks
  8. Urgent care outpatient at least 4 weeks
  9. General surgery (12 weeks)
    10.
    Pediatrics and ob/gyn are coming in 1 month



    You literally can complete your cores and electives here with our hospital if you want. Please Contact us for more information. We are here to help and our attendings love teaching. Some attendings trained at Harvard, Yale or Mayo clinic.


USMLE STEP1 is now going to be pass/fail. Big problems for IMG's.

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Just found out that NBME is making USMLE STEP1 pass/fail in 2022.

That is terrible news because now students from these smaller schools have no way of standing out. I think St. George's and maybe Ross should not be affected as much because they have lots of connections with programs but smaller schools like MUA will probably suffer considerably as they are much smaller schools.

Just a head's up to those who don't know yet and are going down this path now.

Be very cautious about the road ahead.

Medical Students

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Why do medical students want more study materials for exams as compare to other students? Please give me a valid answer for this question.

Medical Students

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Why do medical students want more study materials for exams as compare to other students? Please give me a valid answer for this question.

Medical Students

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Why do medical students want more study materials for exams as compare to other students? Please give me a valid answer for this question.
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