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Richmond Gabriel Med School (4-Year GEM, UK Clinical Rotations) – Worth it?

Hi everyone,

I've been in touch with Medlink regarding studying medicine in the Caribbean, specifically at Richmond Gabriel Medical School, which offers a 4-year GEM program with UK clinical rotations. From what I've gathered, graduates from there have successfully returned to the UK and started working, and it seems to meet the GMC requirements. The tuition fees are also quite affordable for a Caribbean med school—only £7,200 per year. Given the lower costs and the fact that some graduates have made it back to the UK, I'm wondering if this is something worth taking the risk on.

I would have preferred applying to either GEM or undergraduate medicine in the UK. However, I didn’t perform as well as I’d hoped on the UCAT, scoring 2420 (VR - 620) and SJT Band 3. I know this is on the low side, but I’m still determined to pursue medicine, and this school has a January intake, which means I wouldn’t be wasting any time.

Here are some of my key achievements:

1st Class Honours in Biomedical Science
2nd Place at my university’s Science Conference for my research project
Gold Volunteering Award (100 hours)
Healthcare Assistant Role Letter with Confirmed Hours (246 hours)
Volunteering Role Letter with Confirmed Hours

Has anyone had experience with or heard more about this school? Are there perhaps any med schools, whether GEM or undergraduate, that I may have a chance in in the UK, as I may as well also apply through UCAS? I Would love to hear your thoughts and advice!

Thanks!

Reply 1

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Reply 2

Please do you research properly and find out why the university moved to another island which medlink omitted from us after paying a thousand pound. My son is now studying at Croatia in Rijeka, just do you research before paying, they are sales people beware.

Reply 3

Original post by Zergyo1010
Hi everyone,
I've been in touch with Medlink regarding studying medicine in the Caribbean, specifically at Richmond Gabriel Medical School, which offers a 4-year GEM program with UK clinical rotations. From what I've gathered, graduates from there have successfully returned to the UK and started working, and it seems to meet the GMC requirements. The tuition fees are also quite affordable for a Caribbean med school—only £7,200 per year. Given the lower costs and the fact that some graduates have made it back to the UK, I'm wondering if this is something worth taking the risk on.
I would have preferred applying to either GEM or undergraduate medicine in the UK. However, I didn’t perform as well as I’d hoped on the UCAT, scoring 2420 (VR - 620) and SJT Band 3. I know this is on the low side, but I’m still determined to pursue medicine, and this school has a January intake, which means I wouldn’t be wasting any time.
Here are some of my key achievements:
1st Class Honours in Biomedical Science
2nd Place at my university’s Science Conference for my research project
Gold Volunteering Award (100 hours)
Healthcare Assistant Role Letter with Confirmed Hours (246 hours)
Volunteering Role Letter with Confirmed Hours
Has anyone had experience with or heard more about this school? Are there perhaps any med schools, whether GEM or undergraduate, that I may have a chance in in the UK, as I may as well also apply through UCAS? I Would love to hear your thoughts and advice!
Thanks!

I'm not a student there but to be honest with you i've done a lot of research about this uni and it was on my list to study there, it is accredited, it has small class size and this is a very good since the professors will be able to reach to every single student in that class. So I think it's a good option with affordable tuition fees

Reply 4

Hello, which uni are you referring to croatia or richmond

Reply 5

Hello, which uni are you referring to croatia or richmond

Hi Richmond in the carrabeans

Reply 6

Please do you research properly and find out why the university moved to another island which medlink omitted from us after paying a thousand pound. My son is now studying at Croatia in Rijeka, just do you research before paying, they are sales people beware.

Hi, thanks for getting back to me and for the heads up. I'll definitely ask about the reasons behind the move to another island it's important to have all the facts. Congratulations to your son for getting into med school, that's a big achievement! May I ask which medical school he's attending in Croatia? Is it a graduate-entry program?

Reply 7

Original post by Zergyo1010
Hi everyone,
I've been in touch with Medlink regarding studying medicine in the Caribbean, specifically at Richmond Gabriel Medical School, which offers a 4-year GEM program with UK clinical rotations. From what I've gathered, graduates from there have successfully returned to the UK and started working, and it seems to meet the GMC requirements. The tuition fees are also quite affordable for a Caribbean med school—only £7,200 per year. Given the lower costs and the fact that some graduates have made it back to the UK, I'm wondering if this is something worth taking the risk on.
I would have preferred applying to either GEM or undergraduate medicine in the UK. However, I didn’t perform as well as I’d hoped on the UCAT, scoring 2420 (VR - 620) and SJT Band 3. I know this is on the low side, but I’m still determined to pursue medicine, and this school has a January intake, which means I wouldn’t be wasting any time.
Here are some of my key achievements:
1st Class Honours in Biomedical Science
2nd Place at my university’s Science Conference for my research project
Gold Volunteering Award (100 hours)
Healthcare Assistant Role Letter with Confirmed Hours (246 hours)
Volunteering Role Letter with Confirmed Hours
Has anyone had experience with or heard more about this school? Are there perhaps any med schools, whether GEM or undergraduate, that I may have a chance in in the UK, as I may as well also apply through UCAS? I Would love to hear your thoughts and advice!
Thanks!

The GMC say they "may accept" medical degrees from Richmond Gabriel University "...on a case by case basis against our current criteria". This does not inspire confidence. I'd be very hesitant about spending >$100K on a degree that may or may not be acceptable to the regulator.

https://www.gmc-uk.org/registration-and-licensing/join-the-register/before-you-apply/acceptable-overseas-qualifications/overseas-medical-qualifications-we-may-accept

You have a first class degree and what looks like a decent CV - there's no reason why you shouldn't eventually get into UK GEM. Redo the UCAT or try the GAMSAT, it's perfectly normal to need more than one attempt to get into GEM. I think you'd be doing yourself a disservice by rushing into an overseas degree which might lead to career problems in the future.

Reply 8

Please do you research properly and find out why the university moved to another island which medlink omitted from us after paying a thousand pound. My son is now studying at Croatia in Rijeka, just do you research before paying, they are sales people beware.

Did he apply with Medical Doorway ?

Reply 9

Please do you research properly and find out why the university moved to another island which medlink omitted from us after paying a thousand pound. My son is now studying at Croatia in Rijeka, just do you research before paying, they are sales people beware.

It's normal as my friend who is studying there told me. He mentioned that they relocated to another island to rebuild the campus and modernize it. Now students have the option to either return to the rebuilt campus or remain at the one they moved to

Reply 10

Original post by Zergyo1010
Hi everyone,
I've been in touch with Medlink regarding studying medicine in the Caribbean, specifically at Richmond Gabriel Medical School, which offers a 4-year GEM program with UK clinical rotations. From what I've gathered, graduates from there have successfully returned to the UK and started working, and it seems to meet the GMC requirements. The tuition fees are also quite affordable for a Caribbean med school—only £7,200 per year. Given the lower costs and the fact that some graduates have made it back to the UK, I'm wondering if this is something worth taking the risk on.
I would have preferred applying to either GEM or undergraduate medicine in the UK. However, I didn’t perform as well as I’d hoped on the UCAT, scoring 2420 (VR - 620) and SJT Band 3. I know this is on the low side, but I’m still determined to pursue medicine, and this school has a January intake, which means I wouldn’t be wasting any time.
Here are some of my key achievements:
1st Class Honours in Biomedical Science
2nd Place at my university’s Science Conference for my research project
Gold Volunteering Award (100 hours)
Healthcare Assistant Role Letter with Confirmed Hours (246 hours)
Volunteering Role Letter with Confirmed Hours
Has anyone had experience with or heard more about this school? Are there perhaps any med schools, whether GEM or undergraduate, that I may have a chance in in the UK, as I may as well also apply through UCAS? I Would love to hear your thoughts and advice!
Thanks!

Go to Medlink if you want to get scammed!

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