Western Atlantic University School of Medicine

Accreditation & recognition

What does the recorded accreditor evidence say?

CAAM-HP record: Provisional accreditation, 2024–2026.

WDOMS F0007614 contains ECFMG graduation years 2025–Current and a Canada Sponsor Note. All other certification, residency, visa and jurisdictional licensing requirements apply. Provisional accreditation and Sponsor Notes do not guarantee a residency or licence.

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?

WAUSM requires a bachelor’s degree or higher, science/lab prerequisites, English, mathematics and humanities/social science coursework, a personal statement, at least one reference and an interview. MCAT is required for U.S. citizens/permanent residents; others must report an entrance exam if taken. Applicants with fewer than 90 credits at an English-speaking institution must supply TOEFL/IELTS. Transfer entry is separately restricted and subject to capacity.

Progression and examination gates

The 2026 handbook requires CBSE participation in Foundations of Medicine 5 after semesters 1–4; failure is a course failure reviewed by the Student Progress Committee. It distinguishes earlier cohorts who could enter core clerkships before Step 1 from other pathways, with separate CBSE/CCSE and timing requirements. Obtain the rules for your exact cohort, including permitted attempts, remediation costs and dismissal criteria.

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 January 2027 rates: US$26,377 pre-clerkship or US$28,919 clerkship tuition per term, plus US$1,107 administration per term. Confirm current-cohort charges.

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 displayed schedule is effective January 2027 for students who began September 2023 onward; it is not represented here as a November 2026 bill. Insurance, living expenses, travel, exams and external charges add costs. The page allows up to 76 clerkship weeks without added tuition but also refers to charges beyond 75 credits/weeks; obtain a written interpretation and term-by-term quote. No universal calculator total or scholarship deduction is assigned.

Financing: distinguish eligibility from availability

The school describes credit-based private loans for U.S. citizens/permanent residents, institutional scholarships and Canadian provincial/bank routes subject to individual approval. U.S. Federal Direct Loan participation was not verified. Canada’s August 2026 federal restriction on international private for-profit schools includes limited continuing provisions; confirm school classification, provincial designation and your individual eligibility separately.

Clinical rotations

Where and how are clerkships delivered?

The published curriculum describes 75 U.S. clinical weeks: 48 core and 27 elective. It describes a tracked core programme at one location and names Saint Anthony Hospital in Chicago. Confirm your allocated site, rotation dates, visa requirements, supervision and any additional billing; a public partner listing is not an individual placement guarantee.

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?

School-reported 100% residency attainment among its first group participating in the 2026 NRMP or CaRMS process, across 17 institutions and nine specialties. The 17 institutions are not a student denominator. This selected-participant result is not an entering-cohort completion rate or a mature multi-year record; participant counts, attrition and timing require further disclosure.

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.

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