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[quote=Anonymous]I have a relative who is currently engaged to a young doctor who graduated from St. George's University in Granada. Many US doctors graduated from SGU.

Here's my take on this particular medical school: 
- They (obviously) accept students with grades and MCAT scores far lower than American med schools. Your GPA still needs to be above a 3.0, though. C students won't make it in.
- The drop out rate is far higher than American med students, probably because they accepted students who were not doctor material to begin with. If you drop out, you won't have that doctor salary you'll need to pay back your med school loans.
- You still need to pass the US medical licensing exams and score well to be placed into a residency. 
- The school boasts a 93% residency match rate while US medical schools have match rates close to 100%. The 93% number is probably due to the fact that less capable students have already dropped out. If you don't match to a residency in your first year, you can try again the next year but the chances you'll ever be a practicing doctor are far lower.
- An SGU grad is far less likely to match to a residency of the more desired specialties such as surgery. A grad is likely going into an internal medicine residency. My relative's fiancé matched to a rehabilitation medicine specialty in Detroit.[/quote]

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