St George's University Grenada

I quote two22 in this:

Firstly you will get a rubbish qualification that nobody recognises (it isn't even well regarded in the USA)
++ the degree is recognised by the USA and Canada (you just have to sit Board exams, which anyone working in the USA does even those who train over there, it is AVMA approved, which is more than can be said for half the UK institutions) it is recognised over here it is just that there have been so few graduates through their system sitting the RCVS exam so far that they cannot accredit as yet...just like Nottingham++

and the chance of passing the RCVS exam as said before is very low.
++if it is realy that hard then those at Nottingham should be worried...If you are taught well it is not impossible and if you are determined to be a vet I am sure you will pass, I know I would be worried about sitting another exam myself, but I am crap at exams (hence me doing vet med as a second degree) and they are not impossible and remember that most people sitting the exams are forgeiners who do not speak English as their first language so it is even harder for them++

that the University is set up as a money making enterprise and that it is a complete rip off. I know we get our tuition fees paid for by the government but even so, what they pay for us (and what graduates pay) is nowhere near the amount St. George's charge.
++this is not true and I am not sure what you think graduates pay but unless you are lucky enough to get a place at RVC/Nottingham for £3K a year the fees range from £1600-17500 per year as a graduate and you have all your living expenses etc on top++

Thirdly, if you are capable of getting into a UK vet school, then there is no need to bother even applying there.
++ok how many people do you know that get the grades and still don't get in? I know several. Places are damn competitive over here that being capable of getting in over here does not always get you a place!++

They have very 'interesting' entry standards i.e. if you pay enough they'll let you in. Do you really want to be surrounded by spoilt, rich, American kids? ++two22 I think you may have fun at any UK vet school then because there are a load of Americans studying over here (60 just in my year here in Edinburgh for starters). This is a rude assumption you make, not everyone from America or those doing it as a second degree is spoilt or rich by any means and ultimately those paying this much to do the course are making damn sure they pass in the end!++

Finally, I personally don't endorse their teaching methods. I realise that some animals have to die for any vet teaching, but as there is a shortage of animals on Grenada (no surprises there), all clinical teaching is done on healthy animals bred for the purpose, which are later put down after being made ill/injured for the students to practise on, instead of curing sick animals like in the UK schools.
++I am not too sure what you are getting at here, students final year is spent either in the USA, Canada or the UK at a vet school doing clinical stuff alongside thatschools own students.++

Finally I would like to say that this post was originally set up by Pinkhyppie for her to try and chat to those actually applying who have an interest in the place, not an area for others to get high and mighty and rant about why they think a course (they clearly know very little about) is 'crap'. Can we move on please and be constructive?!

It has however said that if the Nottingham course covers all it's requirements (which is very likely as the vet school are not going to run a course that won't comply) then when the first year through graduates it will be assessed to see if their finals can count for admission to the RCVS. Therefore, the chance of Nottingham graduates haveing to take the RCVS exam is very small, so I don't think they should be worried.