<p>As a premed or bio major....looking to make their way into medicine where would you go given acceptance into UCLA UCB & UCSD ?
LA is notorious for its premed programs, UCB not so much? UCSD has some interesting premed viable majors ( Neuroscience, etc. )</p>
<p>If you plan to attend UCSF for med school would going to UCB make any difference?</p>
<p>Just curious as to what all the premed majors looking to attend med school in the future think about this</p>
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Doubt it. The UC Med Schools are hard to get in general. You need to have amazing stats just to have a shot. I think only UCD and UCI have a favor for instate students but most likely a majority of students will have to go out of state for med school.</p>
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Doesn’t have to a bio-related major. Could be anything.</p>
<p>Attend any school you will likely maximize your GPA/MCAT/EC’s and have a great time doing it.</p>
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been gettin mixed responses from ppl about whether or not a bio or science type major is favored over anything else during med school apps.</p>
<p>Stats support a favor within bio/sci majors regarding acceptance rates for med schools?</p>
<p>if you’re a bio major, go to SD unless you’re a prestige whore.</p>
<p>“If you plan to attend UCSF for med school would going to UCB make any difference?”</p>
<p>Actually I heard it does make a difference if you go to UCB. Supposedly a good chunk of the admitted applicants of UCSF were from UCB. </p>
<p>I think any UC with almost any major should be fine for a pre-med, as long as you complete the pre-req classes needed.</p>
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<p>It is not. Bio in general is actually a lower acceptance rate because there is just so many of them and most don’t get in. So stats-wise a music or philosophy has a higher acceptance rate but that is cause there is not so many. But in in truth all majors are held equal. Just do well in your major and your pre-reqs.</p>
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Bias. Explain what is so great about SD? Don’t show me USNews please. Consider other factors. I say go to the school where you feel most comfortable with and it doesn’t even have to be LA/B/SD.</p>
<p>Med schools don’t care what you major in as long as you do well in your pre req classes. You pretty much learn everything you have to at Med School anyway. You can major in dance and get into med school.</p>
<p>As far as the whole “which school is best to get into this specific medical school?” question, I would worry more about getting the grades and ECs that will get me into the school more than what undergrad school has statistically higher acceptance %'s at that particular medical school. Med schools consider the fact whether you’re a california resident and stuff but if you don’t have the numbers to back it up, it doesn’t matter what undergrad school you go to.</p>
<p>I think a science major might give you a better chance of getting into medical school for one major reason. That being, it’ll give you the best chance to increase your science gpa since a lot of your upper division classes will be science classes that are accepted by AMCAS. With other majors, only the core pre-reqs for med school are needed and other science classes are optional.</p>
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<p>Or you can just ace pre-req classes. It depends too. If you don’t like science, I wouldn’t recommend it. That is just asking for 2 years of hell. If you don’t enjoy the material, it is most likely you will do bad. Also college only happens once so I suggest you study something you enjoy.</p>
<p>^ If you don’t like Science, you shouldn’t even be considering med school at all IMO.</p>
<p>Pre-reqs tend to weed out a large portion of pre-meds, which is good for them because it only gets worse from there.</p>
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<p>Berkeley just has a great program in general. UCLA has the hospital. SD has the 6 year program. All three have ridiculously hard programs for med. SD might actually be the easiest out of all three and you’ll still be in great shape for med school in the future. Those three are all comparable. Personally, I’d say go to LA for the best prestige/schooling balance. </p>
<p>Berkeley is just ridiculously hard, and SD has a comparatively easier program (assuming you’re not in the six year program) but it’s just as well known. It just doesn’t match up to Cal or LA in terms of prestige</p>
<p>If I was premed I’d go to UCLA. Whenever I’m on campus at UCLA I seriously consider becoming a doctor just because their med facilities are so nice. And they produce a TON of medical research.</p>
<p>I heard Berkeley pre-med is super, super, super difficult and it’s kind of a GPA killer. :</p>
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<p>Someone explain what are the factors that make a program “good”. I hate when ppl say a program is a good without explaining why.</p>
<p>I say the best candidate for choosing a school as a pre-med should be:
Place where I will perform the best at
Research opportunities
Clinical experience opportunities
Comfortable Location
Major that you want
Prestige (should be last on list)</p>
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<p>this is why we have rankings.</p>
<p>Performing in school and performing during a residency are vastly different. For the “performing” part for pre-med, it’s generally the same. It’s just education.</p>
<p>LA has better research opportunities: see UCLA Hospital
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<p>uh… You could argue about location; SD is in La Jolla, next to the Beach, LA is well, LA. There are muggings in Berkeley.</p>
<p>Pre-med is pre-med unless you have a specific focus, in which case there are other schools more qualified than SD, LA, and Cal</p>
<p>Prestige isn’t really an issue regardless between these three for pre-med</p>