Caltech-ucsd Som

Pre-Med & Medical School Multiple Degree Programs
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<p>For those of you who think you are America's elite you might want to look into this program. Especially those of you who are into US News rankings, this means you get to go to a ranked #4 undergraduate and a ranked #14 medical school. Though this is the first time Caltech is offering this program, UCSD has been doing it for a few years offering 12 lucky students spots at both UCSD undergrad and UCSD medical school. This program is a bit more limited with only 6 spots per year, but with a little luck who knows. Someone has to get the spots right? Anyway, if you think you might be into engineering, research, or whatever great opportunities Caltech offers, and you want to pursue a medical career this program might be for you. No MCAT, just maintain a 3.5 gpa, and finish some prereqs majoring in whatever you want. For more info. <a href="http://www.admissions.caltech.edu/education/premed/CaltechMedicalScholars.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.admissions.caltech.edu/education/premed/CaltechMedicalScholars.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>I wish they had this program when I applied to schools, but they didn't so I'm sharing this with y'all. And for those of you who get in, maybe I'll see you around at UCSD med school.</p>

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<p>Wow, this sounds pretty nice. Thanks for the heads up, simpleboydan! Though I can sense it will be pretty competitive.</p>

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<p>u have to apply ea and fly out for an interview :(</p>

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<p>just reg caltech is hard enough to get in. can you imagine how hard it will be to get into this program?</p>

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<p>A friend of my D was offered the UCSD undergrad > UCSD Med School guarantee. He turned it down to go to Stanford.</p>

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<p>his loss man....lol jk man everyone has their own preferences...</p>

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<p>Is 3.5 GPA at Caltech hard to keep up?</p>

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Yes. It's especially hard for non-physics, non-math majors who have to take 5 quarters of both math (through diff eq) and physics (through quantum and stat mech). People certainly do it, but a 3.5 is hardly a guarentee. </p>

<p>Indeed, I would say it's safe to assume that anyone accepted to Caltech could get ~3.0 average if he or she really works a like dog, but it's generally not a safe bet for anything much higher than that.</p>

<p>Consequently even with this new program, I stand firmly by my opinion that students who are dead-set on medical school should be a bit weary of a Caltech undergrad - there are much safer alternatives.</p>