<p>What are my chances of getting in to medical school? I'm going to cal poly pomona for civil engineering. I want to go to med school when I finish. Are my chances better for in state or out of state medical schools?</p>
<p>We can’t even tell you your chances for medical school when you’re a senior in college; we certainly can’t tell you before you’ve even begun in college.</p>
<p>If the question is whether or not you can go to a medical school from Cal Poly, then the answer is of course you can, if you get high grades and MCAT scores and do whatever else you need to do (shadow, research, whatever). Whether your chances are better in state or OOS depends on your grades and MCAT scores and which in-state vs. out of state schools you’re applying to.</p>
<p>I had “heard” that it is tougher for csu students to get in UC medical programs or priviate programs in California vs UC students applying. I’m a junior. I’ve done some volunteering, and will shadow over the course of this coming summer. So coming out of a CSU does not lower my chances of going to medical school then? If so that is awesome! @juillet </p>
<p>I’ve heard of students who’ve been accepted to m-school from a few Cal States, and none of the u’s were of repute of CPP. So it can be and has been done. There aren’t a lot of MD’s with CSU bacs – it is a road considerably less traveled – and some would call it an anti-self-selecting process for the Cal States to be able to enroll premeds – but I can state there have been a few.</p>
<p>Do you think it matters as to which csu you graduate from? Better chances out of state?</p>
<p>For what it’s worth, we do know of one who graduated from CSULB and is in UCLA medical school while another student who graduated from UCLA with very high GPA was not accepted to UCLA medical school. The family was very upset to say the least.</p>
<p>Thank you, definitely helps. Do you know what was the difference maker? </p>
<p>You need a high cum and BCMP GPA and a high balanced MCAT…and medically related ECs and very good LORs</p>
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<p>Exactly. And its the latter where most CSU students fall short. On average, they are poor test takers, so only a small % score high enough on the mcat to be competitive for the instate med schools, four of which are ranked in the top 15 nationally (and have admission stats to match their ranking).</p>
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<p>In general, Eng is extremely rigorous, and most do not make the GPA cutoff to be competitive for med school.</p>
<p>the difference probably was in letters of recommendation, since classes at UCLA tend to be larger and thus it’s harder to get a decent recommendation unless one was among the absolutely exceptional students in a class. excellent but not exceptional students with decent chances at med school acceptance may not register on a professor’s radar or s/he may have had the student only one semester, vs. CPP or SLO where some of the classes are smaller and many are very hands-on/project-based, meaning the results can easily be described in unique terms. Ultimately, what matters is what YOU do. In order to get into med school, you really need to be among the best in your entire class.</p>
<p>^ Stop it… The diff. wasn’t letters of recommendation. UCLA m’s admissions undoubtedly thought the CSULB was a better candidate overall. I’m sure the UCLA grad received an excellent offer from some other med school. </p>
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<p>Without a MCAT score, which is arguably more important than GPA for the first cut, not sure that this means anything positive or negative. </p>
<p>Blue, he got admitted to Dartmouth medical school and UCSD so his MCAT score must not be bad. I assume the letter of recommendation is good.He did complain to his advisor and his advisor told him, UCLA probably wants him to go somewhere else, kind of like no inbreeding for lack of a better terms. I don’t know if Dartmouth ranks better than UCLA or not.</p>
<p>^okay that makes sense 
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<p>Ok. Thanks for everyone’s input! Still interested if it matters in or out of state is a better chance for me? Or does it not matter</p>
<p>To be honest, you have to be exceptional to get into a medical schools in CA, lots of competition. However, other states have lots of medical schools like New York. If I remember correctly, it has 13 medical schools. In fact, my nephew and brother graduated from a medical school in New York.</p>
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<p>for SD, yes the MCAT (and recs) must be pretty good.</p>
<p>No, DMS is not close to UCLA’s rank.</p>
<p>It’s not that UCLA wants him to go elsewhere, its more that UCLA Med can only accept so many UCLA undergrads…med schools have small classes. Obviously, UCLA undergrad produces hundreds of med applicants every year. While not all have the #'s for UCLA Med, many do…</p>
<p>OP: OOS private is usually a little better chance, but that is only marginal.</p>
<p>^Interesting, my neighbors are both doctors, one graduated from UCSD but got into UCLA medical so I think the theory to go elsewhere may ring true, considering UCSD is not viewing in the same category as UCLA on CC anyway.</p>
<p>Well OOS could be a really fun and great experience. Definitely something on the east coast though. </p>