Avalon University School of Medicine

Accreditation & recognition

What does the recorded accreditor evidence say?

ACCM: Accredited to December 31, 2028. Separate CAAM-HP record: Conditional accreditation, 2023–2027.

WDOMS F0000591 shows ECFMG graduation years 2003–Current and a Canada Sponsor Note. Certification, residency and licensure have separate requirements.

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?

WDOMS describes four-year MD admission after undergraduate degree completion. Avalon publishes eligibility criteria separately for its premed, MD and other routes.

Progression and examination gates

Avalon publishes promotion and graduation rules. Its tuition schedule includes five preclinical terms, six weeks of Introduction to Clinical Medicine and six 12-week clinical terms.

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: US$136,500 in published four-year MD tuition, before fees and living costs.

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.

Financing: distinguish eligibility from availability

Avalon advertises private Medinvest financing for eligible U.S. citizens and permanent residents. U.S. Title IV participation and current Canadian public aid eligibility were not independently verified.

Clinical rotations

Where and how are clerkships delivered?

Avalon describes 48 core and 24 elective weeks. Core rotations must be at affiliated sites. Its fee schedule lists potential site surcharges of up to US$200 per week.

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?

Avalon publishes a residency list. A comparable entering-cohort Match rate was not verified.

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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