i saw this complaint and i checked it and it is true
recently a ad on indian news papers posted by sabu kurian and stmarysirl say that there is direct medical program with no donation etc. and promises USA equivalency MD education. THIS IS A LIE. He is advising people to study at AIMU(American International Medical Univeristy), AIMU is a "medical school" in a caribean island not in the usa. Students from there pretty much have no chance of getting a US MD program because they will not be able to get residency in USA. AIMU is run by a tamil nadu man name dr. raj, he is not even a real doctor. Some of my friends went to his school. They or none of their classmates were able to complete their education in the USA. PEOPLE WHO STUDY THERE WILL HAVE NO EQUIVALENCY TO INDIA, UK, OR CANADA. if you study there us hospitals will not take you for residency because it is a bad caribbean medical school. Only caribean medical school like Ross, St.johns, AUC, and one other medical school is approved to practise in US. You will only have a 5 percent chance of getting US md degree if u go to AIMU.
The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customer’s satisfaction.
AIMU is an accredited institution. The institution conducts many training and outreach community programs such as medical camps. These medical camps are organised in collaboration with various local organisations, which promote a hand-on approach to learning.
dear.. rash john
I am also a AIM-U student, Wright now i am in US doing my final year residency in New York, i had a very good coaching, Almost 90% of the student in my batch got there chance to do there residency in USA, and your friends, maybe they didnt study for the boards, for those who didnt study and didnt get the opportunity to do there residency is not the fault of the college, I am had a fantastic in the Island.
they taught me real Medicine, all the best for your future,
instead of using these sites for your stupidity go and do some job for you life, or get some life first.
Strongly agree with this complaint. Everyone please beware of "samronald" and "US docotrs". The guy claiming to have received top notch education from AIMU can't even spell doctors right. That should tell you guys something. These guys have been on multiple forums saying the same thing. AIMU doesn't have a single student doing residency. AIMU is a substandard school. I was a student there so I can tell you. The school has potential for growth, but any good teacher is fired by the admin. The admin is basically 3 people, Raj Babu, Umarani Natesan and Sasi. They all have Dr in front of their names, but frankly no one knows why.
They run the school with some weird logic. Students who ask questions and raise issues are belittled and treated like crap. Raj never answer questions directly and avoids confrontation with parents. He and Sasi lie about students who ask questions - making up fake accusation and failing them. Any student will attest to this. They fire top notch faculty because they either support students or question them.
In any institutions, there may be some positive faculty and some time negative guys, any admin want to run their institution positively with good intention . The positive guys stick to the job negative guys leave and go not to one school several school .These guys never happy in one place, it is their attitude . If they talk negative, it is their problem it is not institution problem .
i am verry sad to say i am a citizen of st lucia, my wife and many other friends attended this school and it was a wast of money i am being verry honest dont wast your time and come to AIMU the reason the government has not shut down this school is because people in the area getting a rent from some indians and african students who has been treated like they live in a cradle . the Classes are not standard every cemester the courses would change teachers dont stay, one teacher begin a subject, next thing you know, hes fired or gone another continue a different subject, this is just madness in this school. I had to get my wife out of there, I have surched while my wife was there for the two years we enquired asd surched and found no one who succesfully completed the medical and is working well for sure no doctors working St. Lucia who studied at AIMU, If i am not telling the truth i would like some one to cast the first stone and whoever cast the first stone as a citizen of st lucia, then will i expose AIMU so u dare not! . these students were kicked out of the hospitals here for AIMU not paying dues and this is a fact my close friend was one, she is home now and not even sure weather she will have to go start her five years all over again, most of the students has transfered to Spatan health science in Vieuxfort st lucia which is far better with known doctors working here and abroad, so dont waste your time with AIMU best you Go spartan medical school or find another place . THATS FOR YOUR OWN GOOD
I`m a student in AIMU . I agree with the cheap attitude of management . It used to be like that . As someone mentioned above, now the University is using its potential . Now aimu has very good teachers . The administration has changed, before it was more like a family business . Now they have qualified staffs . u mentioned ``PEOPLE WHO STUDY THERE WILL HAVE NO EQUIVALENCY TO INDIA, UK, OR CANADA", u r almost right about it . But not fully . If u study in AIMU or SGU(one of the best Caribbean university ), u need to be successful in the licencing exam in any country u wants to work . caribbean universities provides u the opportunity to do clinical rotation in different part of the world .I can prove the validity of the program . say i am planing to settle in canada . 1st step ) visit the official site of medical council of canada and check the requirements . http://mcc.ca/examinations/mccee/application-information/ is the official site . see the eligibility :
1)
You must be a student in the final 20 months of your medical school program or a medical graduate
2)Your school must be listed in the International Medical Education Directory (IMED)
ok now u can check if AIMU has listed in imed in https://imed.faimer.org/
Enter college details, now u can see this : https://imed.faimer.org/results.asp?country=306&school=American+International+Medical+University&currpage=1&cname=SAINT+LUCIA&city=Gros+Islet®ion=CA&rname=Central+America%2FCaribbean&psize=25
Now u r eligible for appearing the exam . as far as i know imed is an universally trusted list so that any college in the list have valid/internationally accepted course .
i found the same in uk and us residency program eligibility . it`s ur fault that u cannot pass the exam .
the most important problem is when anyone wants to take admission in AIMU, they might do research about the college but they won`t do any research anything about educational system. many of my friends left the college because they didn`t know anything about USMLE . after coming here they came to know about it . then they weren`t ready to put the effort to study for the usmle. USMLE is not an easy exam, and it asks u for many things for the matching . one requirement, the md degree with proper accreditation and credit hours is providing by the university . if u really know what usmle is u would have taken any bs before md program and kaplan coaching while ur studies . some students join AIMU to do usmle without even knowing usmle has 3 steps and second step has again 2 parts . the main problem of AIMU is that hey are taking students without passion .
visit website of aimu : http://www.aimu.us/
currently i`m doing basic science, i`m about to start my arrangements to start my clinical rotation in the USA .
http://www.wmsi-edu.us/bs-md-mph-program/ NOW i can do masters in public health in monroe college New York along with my clinical rotations if i want to .
And for nursing program, a lot of st.lucian students there .
Dear aimu pass out whats your name and designation please..if ur an actual doctor practicing in the US i WOUld like to know your name .and the rest of the 90 perfect give me atleast 5 names of students in the US ..now the internet makes things very easy YOU know..dont be blinded people all three people Mentioned before running the University are just thiefs .theres no better way to say it..anyways the island is beautiful ..
India. During the year 2007
while in Andhra Pradesh, India; via a newspaper advertisement I learnt of AIM-U.
The advertisement indicated that the school was located in (USA) United States of
America. Study MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Science) in USA for
13.65 Lacs (this is equal to 35, 000.00USD). There was a contact number on the
advertisement. I can’t remember the contact number. I called the contact number and
spoke to someone who identified himself as Deena. He asked me to come to his office
in Bangalore, India. When I got to the office I was introduced about the school by
Raju Babu Saravanan. Raju Babu Saravanan told me that the school was an old school
and there have senior students there. He gave me a couple of numbers for students in
Saint Lucia. I called the numbers and the students spoke well about the school. They
said there have good facility at the school and there was a teaching hospital. Raju
Babu Saravanan then gave me application forms and vouchers for AIM-U. When I
met Raju Babu Saravanan he had a Compaq laptop and his screen desktop background
is the world map. It showed the Saint Lucia as part of USA. There is a line below
Saint Lucia and he said above the line is USA and below is the Caribbean. At the time
I believed Saint Lucia was part of USA. After talking to Raju Babu Saravanan I
returned to my home which is about twenty hours away. I discussed the school with
my family. We did not decide as yet if I would go to the school. I got a number of
calls from the office in Bangalore, India where I met Raju Babu Saravanan. When
they called they would ask me if I would join and what’s the problem and when am I
going to join. I said I would call them back on each occasion. One day I discussed
AIM-U with one of my friends; he was also interested to join AIM-U. He asked me
more details about AIM-U. His father insisted to me to go to the Bangalore office and
find out more about AIM-U. I then travelled with my friends to the Bangalore office.
Raju Babu Saravanan who introduced himself as IAS (Indian Administration Service)
Officer and also he said that he is and Indian Scientist and Neuro Surgeon. He then
spoke about the school. My friend and his dad wanted my friend to take admission but
wanted me to also take admission so I can join his son too. So at that point I called to
my mom and told her of the school expenditure and asked her if she can support me to
take the admission. Then she said go ahead fill the application and pay the fees. My
friends dad paid my registration fees and later collected from me when I went back
home. We went back to home after completing the registration. This happened
sometime in March or April 2007. One day I got a call from Raju Babu Saravanan to
assist him in my city. He came to my city to advertise his school. At that time allot of
people came to know about the school. About seven people took admission at that
time. Raju Babu Saravanan then went back to his city. He called me back one month
later. Since I was already registered as a student he wanted to show them that he
already took an admission. Then about sixty plus students took admission for AIM-U.
One day I got a call from the school saying that I need to apply for a United Kingdom
transit visa to reach to Saint Lucia. I then traveled to Chennai to apply for the visa. I
met Raju Babu Saravanan sister’s husband who I know as Elango Babu. He received
me and five other students. Then he did the visa processing for us. Before leaving the
visa embassy, he took an authorization letter from us, which will allow him to collect
the passports for us from the embassy. Sometime after I left the embassy I got a call
from AIM-U school office. The person told me that the visa is refused and I need to
travel through Amsterdam. I was just waiting to Travel to Saint Lucia along with the
other students who registered for AIM-U. Sometime in August 2007 I received an
Airplane ticket via mail from Raju Babu Saravanan which was for Saint Lucia. They
then contacted me and told me that the ticket was concealed. This a number of
occasions. Twice in August. It also occurred in September and October too. They
used to send the ticket then say it was concealed for some issues. On November 3rd
2007, I got a ticket in a mail and the same mail asked me to report to the office in
Bangalore, India. When I got to the office in Bangalore, India; there was about sixty
plus students. The same story about some issues which prevented us from travelling;
so we were asked to go back. We all went to the Airport to travel and was told that the
ticket was not genuine. So I went back to the office and everyone is talking to each
other and the school people. A couple of parents were there and were not happy. A
couple of parents’ man handled Raju Babu Saravanan because since August he is
telling us wait and it’s like he was playing games. At that time he made a story to us,
saying that one of the students called to the airport authority people and said that there
is a terrorist in the group of students who are travelling, that’s the reason why we were
not able to travel and the ticket is cancelled. The parents are still not happy with the
reason he gave and made him to buy tickets for five people to travel the following
day. About ten people travelled to Saint Lucia in the next couple of days. I did not
travel with them. They gave some students accommodation in the Bangalore office.
Finally I got to travel to Saint Lucia on November 25th 2007. I think I got to Saint
Lucia on the 27th of November 2007. After arriving at Saint Lucia Airport; I came to
know that I came to a Caribbean island and not the United States of America. Ms.
Theresa Pollen came to meet other students and me at the Vigie Airport with a bus
and took us to a five bedroom house in Gros Islet. We used to live with about sixty
people in that five bedroom house. In each bedroom had about six to eight people. I
stayed in the hall of the house with Santosh tirupathi, sasidhar mittapalli, shravan
mutayapu, maram phani kumar and venkatesh. Based on the category of the room or
place you stayed would indicate the price. For staying in the hall they charged
175USD per person for one month. We did not have keys for the house. We just had
to closed the house and leave it unlocked. There was also a security for the house. He
would be at the entrance of the house which is located at the ground floor. The house
hand two floors. A ground floor and first floor. The whole house is just five
bedrooms. We occupied the whole house. We are not supposed to go out anywhere
after six in the evening. We are not supposed to talk to Saint Lucians. They said not to
go anywhere without informing the school authorities. If we went out after six or left
without the school knows, they would threaten us that they would deport us or they
would make us pay some monetary fine. Sometimes they would fine 500USD. They
would call our parents and tell them that we are doing bad things and are not listening
to the teachers. That cause all of us to just do as the school said. School started
sometime in December. It was only orientation. When the school started classes all we
had is about 4 teachers, chairs and boards in the class. There was nothing more. There
was no books, no labs, no Cadavers nothing. Almost fifteen days past in December
and we had Christmas celebration in the school. The whole ministry was in AIM-U at
that time. Stephenson King the UWP Prime minister was there and other members of
the ministry. After the Christmas celebrations two girls got in a car accident. The
students were walking on the road and a vehicle hit them. They were injured very
badly. They were not able to get proper treatment or food. They were not able to get
medical treatment. One of the girls among the two who got hit by the vehicle moved
to the house of an Indian helper who lives in Saint Lucia. This was not liked by Raju
Babu. He started spreading bad rumors about the girl at the school. The girl who got
hit by the car made a complaint to the Indian embassy in India and Surinam. The
school came to know that the case is serious and they came to know that some people
from Indian government were coming to inspect the school. So Raju Babu made a
meeting with the students and he instructed a couple of things to follow. Since he
know the Indian government is coming to check the school and the school had nothing
that is needed in the medical school, he immediately brought some old books and
made a small library. He also brought microscopes and made it look like a biology
lab. He did a couple more things to make the school look like a medical school. Then
he told tell us to tell to the people, that the girl is not good. She came to here to study
and she never used to come to study at the school and used to work in the guy’s house
for money (the guy she went to live with). If you’ll guys do not help the school will be
in trouble and will be closed and we will be sent back home. He choose a couple of
students who are very good to the school and made them to talk to the officials who
came to inspect the school. The girl left the island. She put a case in India and won
some money from him. He name is Jaspreet Kaur. A couple of months passed
without any difficulties. Then Raju Babu used to pressure us for more money. He used
to increase the school fees and used to ask for more money for the house rent and
stuff. The school was providing food for us. It was bad and we wanted stop eating
from the school. When we took the admission they made us to pay for
accommodation and food for one year. They made us to eat in the school and we had
no other choice. I personally paid fees back in India and during school they gave me a
letter indicating that I have not paid any fees and I need to pay the fees to the school. I
brought my receipt to them. After a couple of the investigation by them, they said it
was ok and then collected extra money for my air ticket. Some of the students just
came to do their schooling in Saint Lucia. They finished part of their education at
some other school and transferred to AIM-U to complete the rest of their education.
They were supposed to learn from the hospitals in Saint Lucia. Since the school does
not have any affiliation or agreement with the hospital; Raju Babu made them to study
the same class for two years. He said that they did not do well in the subject and had
to repeat the classes. He made allot of money between this time because people used
pay to come to Saint Lucia to study at AIM-U and would have to go back home
because of the financial difficulty and the school had no proper schedule to run the
school. The school was being taught like a primary school. Couple tried to transfer to
Spartan University, with the help of one of the students who is in AIM-U. AIM-U
people came to know that this guy was helping the students so they put him in jail for
two days with the help of some Police officers in Gros Islet; saying that these students
is using drugs. Raju Babu himself went back to get the student from the Gros Islet
police Station and sent him back to India. The student name is Venkatesh. I personal
faced allot of difficulties because I was not supported by my parents for my food and
expenditure. Back in India during my application process Raju Babu promised me that
I can do part time jobs and make money while I am studying in Saint Lucia. After
coming to Saint Lucia He said it is illegal to work here. I used to suffer allot to eat. I
hardly used to eat every day. When the school started they used to give breakfast
lunch and dinner. After a couple of months they stopped breakfast and only gave
lunch and dinner in limited quantity and used to collect allot of money for the food as
part of our fees. With all these difficulties I was not able to continue my studies
anymore. Raju Babu gave me a part time job in the kitchen so that they will give me
the food. That used to cover my food. Somehow I completed half of my education and
I was not able to continue the rest because they increased the fees from 35, 000.00USD
to 80, 000.00 USD for no reason. I took some break from the school because I was not
able to pay that much for the school. I did some part time jobs where ever I could
have found and paid my school bit by bit. I also begged them to allow me to finish the
school. Raju Babu sent someone to the place I got to do the part time job and asked
them to remove me from work because I am working there illegally. He also sent a
document to the Ministry of Labour saying I am working illegally. I got help from one
of the ministers to get an exemption work permit. The minister wanted to help me but
he clearly mentioned to me that school don’t want the ministry to help anyone of the
students. So I was refused the help from the ministry because of this. I can’t
remember that minister name. He used to work for the UWP (United Workers Party)
at the time. Every time I go for help at the Indian representative in Saint Lucia for
help; Assani used to call the school and tell them that I came to him and talked bad
about the school. Raju Babu would then threaten me and saying that I will never finish
my education if I continue saying bad things about the school. Initially they said you
can pay a little bit and continue your education. After a while they said the money I
was paying was not enough and they made me too wait for two years and did nothing
for me. They did not give me any transcripts for the period of school I attended. They
used to tell bad things about me to all the students. Whenever the new students come
there would always be a meeting in the school and the students would be told not to
talk to me. I used to tell the students all the problem I was having with the school. My
education discontinued. I was able to get some help from Atlantic university and was
able to get an admission from them and continued my studies. When I took the
admission in Atlantic University. Raju Babu called me and asked me to come back to
AIM-U and they will help me with the school fees by making me pay less of the
amount on one condition. The condition was that I need to encourage students to
come to the school. He wanted me to recruit students for him. He offered me 3, 000.00
USD for every student. I refused because I was thinking about the students’ future.
While all that was going on with me I came to know that Raju Babu made the police
arrest a couple of students and staffs saying some false allegations. The allegation for
one student was that the student was missing the documents of the school and made
him get arrested for a couple of days. That student name is Deepak. Raju Babu
himself made the student get released and made him to go back to India. There was
another lady who used to work for the school. Raju Babu used to never pay her good
and treat her good. She wanted to go back to India. He did not want her to back and
made false accusation on her saying that she is doing prostitution and made her get
arrested. He later went to the police, go her release and then got her deported. In 2013,
when I moved to Atlantic about thirty students who followed me and moved to
Atlantic so for this reason Raju Babu used to threaten me and used to send some
people to beat me and harass me. The people he sent to beat me kept on threatening
me and told me to leave the island. Raju Babu even offered me my degree without
completing it. He even offered me a ticket for me to leave the island. I did not accept.
I made reports to the Police each time and nothing happened. At the time I made
reports to Guard at CID. A male officer named Mathurin took the statement from me.
He helped me during that time. I even got a call that time from a guy who is
threatening me while I was with the Police giving statement. I place the phone on loud
speaker and the guy told me to come meet him. Mathurin came with me to meet the
guy who was threatening me. Mathurin told him to leave me alone and let me finish
my education. In 2014, Raju Babu made one girl and a boy who left AIM-U for
Atlantic got arrested for nothing for two days. These students are Ramya Chinta and
Tarun. They are still attending Atlantic University. During 2014, Hadded who is the
owner of the hostel where the AIM-U students live; he came to my home and he
threatened me. He hold my shirt and told me that Raju Babu sent him to beat me up.
He said since he knows me well he is not going to beat me, instead he advised me to
leave the island. I left the island on August 8th 2014. I returned to Saint Lucia
November 2014, to attend school at Atlantic University. Raju Babu his friends still
used to trouble me. After I requested my transcripts for AIM-U. Sahana who works at
AIM-U gave me a transcript. I found out the transcript was fake because they failed
me in three subjects and they put a disciplinary dismissal in it. I am still struggling to
finish my schooling in Saint Lucia. I submitted my transcripts from India to AIM-U
and when I asked for it, I never got it back. When I was working in the school
cafeteria I used to see allot of ministers on weekends coming to the school for dinner.
I also know during elections Raju Babu used to support the parts. ……………………
This is to certify that the above statement consisting of ……07……..pages was
recorded by me PC790 Evans. The maker Vardhan Sunbarapu read over the
statement to the maker who agree that it is true to the best of her knowledge and belief
and signed at the declaration, the foot of each page and at the end. The maker did not
wish to make any changes or alteration to this statement...…………..…...
This statement looks scary. I am about to transfer to AIMU and paid 1 year fee, What should I do now?
plese help me
where to joind
to study medicine
please
As a student of AIMU I can say that things are definitely improving. Its been almost 2 years for me now. When I compare how it was from the beginning to now, I can definitely say that things have improved. Also, the students are more responsible for these problems than the school itselff. A dedicated, driven and inspired student will always be able to perform no mater the surroundings. When students, especially Indian, come here hoping to be spoonfed like in India and t hat they can easily pass USMLE Step 1 with just college teaching, then they definitely will have problems. The above statement is justified when you look at the students who claim to have "problems". About the faculty, AIMU has probably the best or one of the best set of Doctors and teachers in the Caribbean. Currently, there are famous doctors of various nationalities from very famous institutions in the USA, UK and India. They are so accessible that a good student would never have any problems academically. Infrastructure could be improved further but it seems to be a work under progress which is definitely good for the upcoming students. Also, the university will soon be one of th few Caribbean schools to get CAAM-HP accreditation which will allow students to practice in the Caribbean and the USA with much more ease than before. So on the whole, AIMU is a developing school and will definitely be a great school if it can continue with the same faculty. Of ocurse there is much room for improvement but it definitely seems like there are much better days ahead. Finally, a very important point for all upcoming students, being able to clear USMLE Steps depends COMPLETELY on the STUDENT and NOT as much on the institution because these are very tough, challenging and unpredictable exams. I hope some of the myths about this college and USMLE are busted with my message. There will always be people with good and bad experiences. Due to 2-3 bad students or students with bad experiences, the whole school and students itself cannot be black marked. There are much better days ahead for the school, DEFINITELY.
This is the worst school ever and once you try to leave, THEY WILL NOT REFUND ANY TUITION PAID IN ADVANCE AND WILL CHARGE A FORTUNE FOR TRANSCRIPTS. WORST SCHOOL EVER!
AIMU is a med school that is just good enough to make you eligible for US residency program. They provide good Clinical sites in the US. I know students who is currently doing residency in the US. Like someone mentioned earlier, a lot of students come here not knowing anything about the steps so they eventually go back to India and clear licencing exam there. I can't give the names of students in a public comment. If anyone got questions WhatsApp me @ +[protected].
I just graduated and preparing for MCI licencing exam. My point is, for the fees you pay in AIMU, it provides basic education which is accredited by MCI, MCC and ECFMG. And currently AIMU is trying for Carebbian Regional accreditation.
I dont see your number in whatsapp
now university change name and try to cheat indian students .administartion office in USA but campus in saint lucia and they saying university located in USA. https://www.healthcu.org/contact/