Hey guys... hope all is well there. I have been accepted to SABA for a Sep 2003 start date. I am every excited about embarking on this unique opportunity but need some confusion cleared up for me. As soon as I am finally at ease in regards to my decision to attend SABA I start to hear negatives. I was talking to an MD here in the states and he told me that the "sad truth" is that many carib med schools are scams and that even after spending $100,000 on an education the large majority of carib grads never practice medicine in the states. Is this true? Also he went on to say that carib med schools will accept anyone who pays regardless of background and intellect. Now I know SABA requires 90 undergrad credit hours to apply but 90 hours doesnt even finish a bachelors. How can they accept students who never graduated from college into med school? Does this happen, I dont understand how it could possibly. I guess the bottom line im trying to get at, is if I am to attend SABA and work my tail off, I was thinking that praciticing in the US would be a realistic goal. But I dont want to sell myself short and fall into a scam and sit through courses where a majority of the students didnt even complete college? Isnt a college degree a requirement? What are you guys opinions on the whole carib education being a scam and the fact that they "just accept anyone,as long as you can pay" Are these rumors or reality. I found it quite interesting that the third question they asked me during the SABA interview was "how will you be financing this" That was even before we spoke of clinicals??
HELP ME PLEASE -- KEVIN
This message has been edited by N54nick on Dec 3, 2006 10:08 AM
Posted on Sep 16, 2002, 8:09 PM from IP address 64.12.96.198
