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Saba University School of Medicine (Saba, Caribbean)
Saba University School of Medicine (Saba, Caribbean)
  • Year founded: 1986
  • ENROLLED TOTAL: 95
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Saba University School of Medicine (Saba, Caribbean)
Allopathic Medical School
Devens, MA
  • SDN RANKING 2
  • INTERVIEW FEEDBACK 2 26 Responses
  • SCHOOL REVIEWS 4 2 Responses

Overview

Overview

School Stats

  • Resident Tuition $29,850
  • Non - Resident Tuition $29,850
  • Application Fee $75
  • AVG MCAT 510
  • AVG GPA 2.7
  • LIZZYM Score 58.0
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Admissions Information

  • C/O R3 Education Inc.
  • 27 Jackson Road, Suite 301
  • Devens, MA 01434
  • Netherlands

School Overview

Saba University School of Medicine (Saba, Caribbean) Fast Facts

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School Info

SABA University School of Medicine is a nonprofit foundation that was established to provide a comprehensive basic science and clinical medicine education leading to completion of a Doctor of Medicine degree. Enrollment is open to all persons regardless of race, national origin, religion, sex, or age, who wish to devote the extensive time and effort necessary to practice medicine

Curriculum

The curriculum incorporates standards of academic and clinical instruction, which parallel those US and Canadian medical schools. This curriculum has resulted in an excellent residency placement rate at ACGME accredited residencies. All classes are taught in English by experienced medical educators from the United States and abroad.

Facilities

he first five semesters comprising the Basic Science program are taught on the island of Saba by qualified M.D. medical school professors who are dedicated to providing the highest quality instruction possible. The excellent student-professor ratio of 6:1 provides ample opportunity for students to interact with the teaching faculty. After successful completion of the Basic Science program, students enter the Clinical Medicine portion of their medical degree program. The Clinical Medicine component consists of 72 weeks of clinical rotations through various medical specialties in hospitals within the United States and abroad who have affiliated with SABA University School of Medicine. SABA University also has affiliations with teaching hospitals in the Netherlands-Antilles making it possible for Antillean graduates to complete their entire Medical Degree within the same country. During these clinical rotations students will work directly with physicians and hospital staff, conducting physical examinations, history taking, case presentations, laboratory analysis, and attending workshops, conferences and grand rounds.

Interview Feedback

Interview Feedback

Results Overview

How did the interview impress you?

Response # Responders
Positively 26
Negatively 0
No change 0

What was the stress level of the interview?

Response Avg # Responders
3.36 25

0 = low, 10 = high

How you think you did?

Response Avg # Responders
8.35 20

0 = low, 10 = high

Select Questions & Recent Responses

What are your suggestions for the admissions office?

"Keep up the good work" More from this Member | Report Response

"Interviewer needs to buy a better headset... It was hard to hear at times" More from this Member | Report Response

What is one of the specific questions they asked you (question 1)?

"Tell me about your self and why you want to study medicine" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did you discover, and why do you want to attend, Saba?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What would you do if you don't become a Physician?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you know about our school" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do You know about the USMLE" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you know about SABA island?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what do you know about SABA and the island. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Which Caribbean schools did you apply?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell us what you know about Saba." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you know about the USMLE?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why should we accept you? Is there any reason we should not admit you into Saba?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"At such a young age, you have truly accomplished a lot, and have devoted your life to becomming a physician. Why do you want to become a doctor so passionately?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If your graduate program wanted you to consider pursuing a PhD after your Masters, what would compel you to still pursue medicine instead of research?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why chose SABA" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why Saba?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"You are obviously very young. Why do you so passionately want to go to medical school. Follow-up: Have you ever considered an MD/PhD program?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you get accepted into St. Matthew's and SABA what factors will you consider before making your decision on what medical school you want to go to." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell us about Saba? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"When did you realize about your career choice and how does Saba school of medicine(SSOM)fit into that?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Please see the previous posts posted by other people. i had the same questions as those guys." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"why do you want to be a doctor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"what will keep you from attending in the applied term?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would you deal with someone who you are working with that doesn't pull their own weight?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Have you thought of being a PA?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is one lesson you learned from volunteering/shadowing that you will use as you become a physician" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do u know about the SABA island?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"not really, all were very general" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What schools did you apply?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you do for fun." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"A deductive reasoning question in which the interviews wanted both a response to the question as well as your analytical reasoning in support of your answer." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I see that you play the violin and viola, tell me about that." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Is there any reason we should not admit you into Saba?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Would you practice medicine in your native country after you become a doctor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If your graduate program wanted you to consider pursuing a PhD after your Masters, what would compel you to still pursue medicine instead of research?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Would you recommend kick boxing to someone else?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Your Proffessor wrote in your recommendation that you are very enthusiatic, can you give us a reason or a situation why she wrote this?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Interviewer: Tell us everything you know about Saba. Me: The school or the island. Interviewer: Both. Interviewer (skeptical of whether I wanted to do research more than clinical medicine): Why don't you just pursue an MD/PhD program? (Kind of a trick question, because Saba doesn't offer an MD/PhD program. If that was what you really wanted to do, Saba is definately not the place for you.)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell us about your culture (because in my personal statement I have talked about my culture a lot) " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Will your MCAT score be reflective of how you perform on the USMLE'S?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell us about Saba as if we had never been there." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why I decided to go to Saba and how does the school fit into my overall goals?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is one difficulty you will face when you come to Saba/Saba Med. School?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Please see the posts posted by the others b4 me. It was about the same for me too." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"nothing really, basic questions: why doctor?, why SABA? but the interview was a phone interview (would be too much trouble for canidates to fly down to Caribbean just for interview- esp. if the canidate doesn't yet have a passport)." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about Saba, as if I didn't know anything about the school or the island, and why I should go there." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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Individual Responses

Read what each person had to say about their experience with this school.

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School Reviews

School Reviews

Results Overview

Overall, how satisfied are you with this program?

Response Avg # Responders
8.00 2

0 = Terrible, 10 = World Class

What do you like most?

"Small class size. Good facility" | Report Response

"Prepared me very well for Step 1 and clinical rotations." | Report Response

What do you like least?

"Lack of abundant recreational opportunities" | Report Response

"Stressful nature of living on a very small island with limited amenities." | Report Response

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