SGU c/o 2020 Applicants

Hey guys. I was accepted to SGU last year and I made the decision- after visiting the school- to not attend. Here are my reasons:

A doctor I work with in a specialty practice used to work there as an instructor. She told me that there were many issues with how they budgeted and spending to improve facilities was not in the budget. When I visited I noticed how small and run down things looked.

Most of the professors are adjunct faculty wanting to spend time on an island for a bit. Sometimes, you get a top professor in the field that knows their stuff, and cares about their students, but more commonly, you get a SGU grad or foreign professor that is not the top in their field. This can lead to older information being taught as new, and language barriers to those trying to learn from foreign professors. It also leads to graduates with knowledge gaps as veterinarians, which is one of the reasons new grads are discriminated against.

In addition to these issues, SGU is newly accredited, and has the possibility of loosing accreditation in a few years. This was my number one reason for withdrawing my seat in the class. The doctor I work with did not want to give me too much information on this, but essentially, SGU is in danger of loosing accreditation if they do not fulfill actions required by the board.

And finally, I confirmed my decision not to attend SGU by working with interns that recently graduates from there. These interns were frightened by routine ER cases, did not have the proper training to take on cases by them selves (they depended on the other doctors and techs for medical knowledge), and they were all in serious debt from the school. The interns were not allowed to defer all loans taken out during school- some loans were directly from SGU and these had to be paid starting as soon as 6 months out even though government loans could be deferred during an internship.

In conclusion, SGU is not the same as in state schools. That being said, one of the same interns that I personally thought has very little medical knowledge fresh out of SGU, is now in a surgical residency in Texas. He is now fulfilling his dreams of becoming a small animal surgeon because he went to SGU, and became a doctor.

In short, it is what you make of it. I felt I needed to let you all know what you won't find on the google searches about SGU, so you are better prepared.

Good luck, applicants! Make your education count! And have a good time on the island! The water is BEAUTIFUL.

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SGU c/o 2020 Applicants