American University School of Medicine Aruba

Accreditation & recognition

What does the recorded accreditor evidence say?

CAAM-HP record: Not accredited by CAAM-HP.

WDOMS F0005747 lists ECFMG Sponsor Note coverage for graduation years 2022–Current and a Canada Sponsor Note. Confirm the exact programme and graduation year with the relevant certification or licensing authority.

This status is one layer of the decision. Applicants should also inspect the school’s World Directory Sponsor Notes, current ECFMG eligibility, and every state or provincial licensing rule that applies to their intended career path.

Admissions

What should an applicant confirm?

Use the current admissions criteria for your entry route. The school’s September 2024 handbook covers admission and international documentation. Confirm prerequisite credits, lab courses, entry placement and any testing requirement with the registrar.

Progression and examination gates

The school accreditation page states that Step 1 must be passed before clinical rotations. Confirm the current assessment, repeat and dismissal rules in the controlling student handbook.

Confirm prerequisite credits, MCAT policy, transfer-credit limits, language requirements, start dates, interview process and any preparatory or extended track attached to an offer. MDCaribbean does not infer an “acceptance rate” when a school does not publish an auditable denominator.

• Ask whether acceptance is direct to the MD program or conditional on a pre-matriculation course.
• Request written progression and dismissal standards before paying a non-refundable deposit.
• For Canadians, verify provincial student-aid and bank medical-line-of-credit treatment separately.

Tuition & financial aid

The published price is not the total cost.

Recorded published figure: Published rates are US$11,500 for MD 1–4, US$12,000 for MD 5 and US$15,500 for clinical sciences. Confirm billing units and term counts.

Build a term-by-term model that adds mandatory fees, health and evacuation insurance, books, housing, flights, clinical relocation, exam charges and financing interest. A repeated term or delayed rotation can materially change the final debt.

The school lists premedical tuition separately at US$6,200. It also lists application, registration, board preparation, malpractice, immigration and graduation charges. Get a written schedule for the number of billed clinical terms, which fees recur and which charges apply to you. The published figures were not converted into a degree total.

Financing: distinguish eligibility from availability

The school publishes information on financing and scholarships. Current U.S. federal Direct Loan participation and Canadian student aid designation for the MD were not verified.

Clinical rotations

Where and how are clerkships delivered?

The July 2026 registrar checklist requires documentation before scheduling a rotation, including USMLE Step 1 results and site compliance documents. Ask which core rotations are arranged by the school, where you will train and what additional charges apply.

Ask for the current core-site list, whether the school schedules every core rotation, typical wait time, expected relocations, housing responsibility, supervision model and any site surcharge.

Residency outcomes

What does the reported result actually measure?

A current entering-cohort completion rate and a residency Match rate with a defined applicant denominator were not established.

Placement counts, first-time attainment and multi-year placement rates answer different questions. The most useful disclosure includes the entering cohort, attrition, on-time graduation, applicants to residency, matched applicants, timing, specialty and whether SOAP or post-Match placements are included.

Trace each claim

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