At the graduate level, there is very little difference between P and UCB. In some subjects UCB>P and others P>UCB. But they are both top tier in almost everything.
My mistake. I thought that there was another Ivy League school which did not have a medical school. I guess Princeton is the only one with no medical school.
In the sense of “having” a medical school, you might consider Cornell somewhat differently, in that its medical school (Weill) resides in New York City, a distance of over 200 miles from the main campus in Ithaca.
You are correct - Cal doesn’t have a medical school. Much of the medical research at Cal is in coordination with UCSF (the only UC that does not have an undergraduate program), and other schools.
The UC system has multiple medical schools and in Northern CA they are UCSF and UC Davis.
My daughter is a student at UCSF and moved to Sacramento for her rotations at the Davis Hospital.
So if Davis doesn’t have “high” rankings, but does have a medical school/hospital does that mean you consider it a good school or better than UCB?
Congrats to your daughter being at UCSF. To me, UCD is a good school and its medical school is also very good. All UC medical schools, including UCR, are at least very good schools and very competitive for admissions. UCSF, UCLA and perhaps even UCSD medical schools are exceptional. UCB, like MIT, Princeton and many others are great schools even without having a medical school.
Agree^. I was hoping that the OP would chime in!
Note: daughter went from UCD to UCSF which most “elitist” students typically don’t think can happen, with rotations back at the UCD hospital.
UCD undergrad has a lot of strong, pre-med prep clubs for their students with timelines for applications. She followed the recommended timeline (inclusive of her SES volunteer work). I don’t think her path would have been as smooth if she had been at any other UC.
A very good friend of mine went from an undergraduate degree at UC Santa Cruz to Stanford University Medical School. Another good friend went from UCI to UCSD and then Residency/Fellowship at Stanford. I know of several docs who graduated from what are not top 25 or even top 50 undergraduate universities that then attended top 25 med schools.
Med schools are VERY focused on your undergraduate GPA (in any field) and the MCAT score.