Comments found on other sites

Hey guys. I recently received an email about some comments found on various websites about UNIBE (negative and positive). I wrote a comment at the end of each comment. Take into consideration that I'm not trying to promote UNIBE in any way; I'm just writing what I've seen. Maybe in the future some things will change. (When I was applying to UNIBE I saw the same comments and got a little scared but being in UNIBE for 2 years, now I know. Also, this can change depending on the situation.)

"Teachers not showing up to class or coming very late" - Sadly this is true sometimes but it's normal in DR.

"Teachers/admin talking down to students" - this depends on the situation sometimes the students have attitude and I have seen that before. If you have a problem go straight to the highest power.

"Preference being given to students in the Spanish program" - I don't think we have preference (Spanish section). I mean you guys are paying wayy more than us, you guys even have like a whole floor to yourselves - again depends on the situation.

"Students having to "split" semesters in order to have time to prepare for the USMLE" - This is totally up to you, Unibe has nothing to do with this decision.

"Unreasonable class schedules" - Honestly you kind of just have to take what they give you. The professors tell the school their schedules and then they work it out from there.

"Teachers that don't teach well or don't speak English well" - If you think about it, it's rare to find native English med school teachers in the Dominican Repbulic so, I think we should give them a break in that sense.

"Exams that aren't in proper English because they use Google translate instead of having a person translate them" - A lot of times this happens but the teachers take that into consideration and they wont take off points if you get the question wrong because it was their error, at least now. I don't know how it used to be.

"Things being disorganized or difficult like registering for classes" - It's hard when you fail a class and you want to stay like with your class' track.

"Students having to retake premed classes that they have already taken in the US" - Unibe has their own way of considering what classes count as premed. If you haven't taken physics or chem or orgo you need to take it before entering med.

"Students that feel that they can't speak up to administration about anything bad because of possible repercussions" - You CAN speak up. That's not a problem and I haven't heard about repercussions. If you have a problem just go to the highest power.

"Tuition going up every semester" - Tuition goes up 10% every September and we can't change that. (this goes for all careers at unibe)

Good luck.