I still need help on choosing an appropriate college for me.
I’m doing pre-med, but I do want to change to engineering if I find out medical school is not for me.
Here are the colleges:
Cal Poly Pomona:
Pros:
- Full Ride
- Honors College
- 20 minute commute from home.
- Already have established connections with hospitals and doctors near my area
- Change to Engineering not as difficult as other colleges and Strong program
- Good chance of getting good GPA
Cons:
- Not prestigious
- No strong Pre-med program
- Med schools prefer UC’s
UC Riverside
Pros:
- Full Ride
- 40 minute commute
- Change to Engineering not as difficult as other colleges
- Good chance of getting good GPA
- New medical school
- Growing Reputation
Cons:
- Not prestigious
- Bad Area
UC San Diego
Pros:
- Prestigious
- Area is beautiful
- Very Strong Pre-med program
- Engineering is top 12
- Rigor will help prepare me for med school.
Cons:
- Anti-social campus (I visited and it was true)
- Changing to Engineering is hard (60%)
- 35% who applied to Medschool got in from UCSD ( Lower than average)
- Hard to keep GPA up
- Kinda pricey
Thanks for the help. Please feel free to list pros or cons not listed here. I need to make a decision and its killing me.