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Questions you should know the answers before
you apply to a Medical School
Call
1-215-804-6760 to speak to Administration
Advisor and get the answers. You are investing
money, time & energy to achieve a goal.
do not forget to call to know the answers
to the following
13 questions.
Q-1.
How much will my Medical Education cost
me at the end of
the day ?
Cost of Medical Education is not the only
issue but what services are provided in
the cost that
is affordable to the student. At Windsor
student will not accumulate any substantial
loans
especially high interests.
Q-2. How
much extra do I have to spend on housing,
books,
USMLE Review course, local transportation
during the
course of study?
Dormitories and housing are included in
Windsor tuition fees and student only has
to pay
a maintenance fees that is for cleaning
dorms, real estate local fees that is very
minimal
when compared to high rents to live in St.
Kitts. Student does not have to worry about
yearly
leases, credit checks. Insurances and any
other things that are generally required
if a student
has to live in apartments or house.
Windsor
provides local transportation at no extra
cost and is included in the tuition fees.
Student does not have to worry about car
payments, insurance and other deposits
Windsor
provides USMLE review course in addition
to medical schooling right from the beginning
that is 2 nd semester onwards in the evenings
as Windsor believes in preparing the student
right from the beginning and not wait till
the end. After the 4th semester student
will be sent for LIVING AND LEARNING CONCEPT
to United States where student lives on
site and prepares for the exam in full 16
weeks special review course. This Special
USMLE course is at no additional cost and
is included in the tuition fees.
Books
are expensive and heavy that will be difficult
to bring due to baggage restrictions. Student
does not have to pay customs and excess
baggage while coming and going back after
graduation. This is because Windsor at no
cost to student and included in the tuition
fees provides all major text books in Biochemistry,
Anatomy, Physiology, Pharmacology, Microbiology,
Immunology, pathology, Histology, Embryology,
Behavioral sciences and Community Medicine.
Q-3.
What happens if School does not provide
Housing? who signs a lease ? which landlord
rents to student? What are the guarantees?
Dormitories
and housing are included in Windsor tuition
fees and student only has to pay a maintenance
fees that is for cleaning dorms, real estate
local fees that is very minimal when compared
to high rents to live in St. Kitts. Student
does not have to worry about yearly leases,
credit checks. Insurances and any other
things that are generally required if a
student has to live in apartments or house.
Q-4.
What are the facilities relating to cafeteria
and food?
Food
is very expensive in Caribbean countries.
Student also has to prepare the food which
is time consuming and is a hindrance in
studies. At Windsor students gets free lunch
while on campus during regular business
days and helps the student by preventing
him to go to dorms by walk, prepare the
food and eat. At Windsor cafeteria student
does not pay for food during lunch and is
included in the tuition fees.
Q-5.
How does a student buy & carry heavy
books? what about customs, excess baggage?
Books
are expensive and heavy that will be difficult
to bring due to baggage restrictions. Student
does not have to pay customs and excess
baggage while coming and going back after
graduation. This is because Windsor at no
cost to student and included in the tuition
fees provides all major text books in Biochemistry,
Anatomy, Physiology, Pharmacology, Microbiology,
Immunology, pathology, Histology, Embryology,
Behavioral sciences and Community Medicine
Q-6.
How does the student buy a car in new place,
get Auto Insurance, driver license and high
gas prices, how much does it cost for local
transportation?
Windsor
provides local transportation at no extra
cost and is included in the tuition fees.
Student does not have to worry about car
payments, insurance and other deposits
Q-7.
If student takes USMLE boards after 2 years?
when should he start preparing for exam,
we start in 2nd semester, why?
Windsor
provided USMLE review course in addition
to medical schooling right from the beginning
that is 2 nd semester onwards in the evenings
as Windsor believes in preparing the student
right from the beginning and not wait till
the end. After the 4th semester student
will be sent for LIVING AND LEARNING CONCEPT
to United States where student lives on
site and prepares for the exam in full 16
weeks special review course. This Special
USMLE course is at no additional cost and
is included in the tuition fees
Q-8.
What happens when you fail a semester exam?
do you repeat the entire semester, pay prorated
tuition fee again, loose time by staying
extra on island?
Many
schools want the semester to be repeated
with full semester fees or prorated fees.
This will not only cost money to student
but also time and expense to live in the
island for the extra time. At Windsor we
believe in second chance and does not charge
any other fees except retake application
fees and student does not waste anytime
as the special curriculum and exam system
is designed in such a way. If the student
fails repeatedly student counseling, individual
one on one training, teaching test taking
skills, reviewing the failed subject on
a personal basis, providing notes and practice
tests are provided at a nominal cost.
Q-9.
What happens if you fail USMLE first time,
what problems
will you have with school sponsorship? do
you have extra conditions, extra fees?
Many
schools kick the student out of the school
if a student fails USMLE first or second
time. We at Windsor provide additional teaching
and special review courses and sponsor the
USMLE exam.
Q-10.
How many weeks rotations can you start &
do before passing USMLE Step - I?
Many
schools do not place the students in clinical
hospital rotations if he or she fails USMLE
step-1. We have special programs that allow
students to rotate in clinical rotations
while the student is preparing for the USMLE
exams.
Q-11.
What happens if you are kicked out of school
for existing policies?
Windsor
always gives a second chance to all students
as their time, economics and life is taken
into consideration. Windsor takes into consideration
the time, money and efforts placed by the
student while studying medicine and always
believes in counseling and correcting the
problem rather than dismissing the student.
Q-12.
Do i have continuous USMLE Step - I preparations
through out, does the school do its own
board review? if so what concept does the
school use?
Windsor
provides its own USMLE board review course
right from the beginning of 2 nd semester
and continues till the student passes the
USMLE step-1 exam.
Q-13.
What happens if the student graduates and
passes USMLE exams and missed the residency
matching for this year and has to wait for
one year for the next resident matching?
At
Windsor every student will have continuing
medical education. Students can enroll in
Postgraduate Diploma in Diagnosis and Therapeutic
Internal Medicine for 15 months while he
or she is waiting for the residency. Student
will have a comprehensive clinical attachements
in all departments of internal medicine
as follows:
15 Integrated modules on latest advances
in diagnosis and therapeutic - further information
on complete syllabuses.
Respiratory Medicine
Haematology
Geriatrics
Medical Oncology
Clinical Pharmacology
Cardiology
Endocrinology and Diabetes
Infectious Disease and Dermatology
Rheumatology
Neurology
Nephrology
Hepatology and Gastroenterology
Radiology
Emergency Medicine
Medical and Surgical procedures
CPR, BCLS, ACLS, PLS
This
will help the student to get good recommendation
letters, additional clinical rotations, hands
on experience on medical procedures and especially
chance to work with several specialists in
many hospitals that will help more in obtaining
the residency. |