Applying to Caribbean Medical Schools

Medical school admissions are becoming increasingly difficult. Thousands of students each year are unable to make the cut, leaving them in a position of having to reapply or choose a different career. However, there is an alternative route to becoming a doctor, and that is through the Caribbean medical schools.

Caribbean medical schools are for profit organizations and are easier to get into and require a much less competitive application for acceptance. However, students from Caribbean medical schools usually have a harder time finding a residency in the United States and oftentimes students have to settle for specialties that may not have been their first choice. Yet despite the rockier road, many doctors practicing now have gone through this path and it should be strongly considered by students with less competitive applications.

The most popular Caribbean medical schools currently are:

1. St. George Medical School
2. AUC Medical School
3. Saba Medical School
4. Ross Medical School

Requirements to apply are the same as for the medical schools based in the United States. Amongst these schools, St. George is regarded by most people familiar with Caribbean medical schools as offering the easiest path to becoming a licensed physician in the United States due to its lower attrition rates and better access to clinical rotations.