MUA Nevis - Thoughts from a recent grad
I am 2025 MUA grad and matched this year in IM. I saw a post from about MUA from Ok-Dragonfruit-5035 and I recommend others to check it out. I am not going to repeat what he/she said as it's pretty much all accurate, rather I am going to add my own thoughts.
Of course every Caribbean med school has a list of problems, they're all overpriced, etc... But one thing I will say about bigger schools like SGU is that they have a standardized curriculum that works. The lectures and exams are all standardized and rarely change. At smaller schools like MUA and Saba, faculty have too much leeway and the rules are always changing.
I was at Saba and transferred to MUA for the 4th sem because of the lower cost. Prof's here can decide if they want their slides to be very minimal or comprehensive. Very minimal meaning it's their way to get you to pay attention/watch the recording or comprehensive meaning the slides have what you need to know for the exam.
This was more of a problem at Saba than MUA, but prof's didn't like it if you were self-studying and not paying attention. When there are only 20 students in a classroom, you'll get noticed. You also have to get used to prof's having their favorites. They know your grades and are going to be extra friendly and help out students they like.
Classes ending at 5 PM at MUA even for the first part of sem 5 is ridiculous. The dean has been there for 3 years now and her answer is always the same, "I am working on it."
I had a close friend who had to take an LOA at MUA and they put you on academic probation for 2 sems. Her mom passed away, and the dean told her that it's school policy that if you withdraw from a class, it's an automatic AP. Saba does not do this and it's a shitty policy!
CBSE rules are two scores of 64 or higher, meaning you take it twice OR one 72. For Step 2 CCSE, two consecutive 229s, or one 236. Please correct me if I am wrong in the comments, but no school has this high of a requirement. If you don't get these scores, you have to go to Kansas and do a mandatory prep program.
And lastly for clinicals, they keep on raising the tuition, yet have NOT added any hospitals...SMH