Going from community college to ucla or ucb to medical school?

Pre-Med & Medical School Pre-Med Topics
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<p>I'm a high school senior right now and my dream was to go to ucla or ucb but i was rejected from both. So now i am looking at these two options:</p>

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<li><p>going to a community college, joining the transfer alliance program- giving me a 90% chance of getting into ucla for college of letters and sciences. But i'm not sure how good of an idea this is as medical schools look at extracurriculars and i will need letter of recommendations. Will a cc make me look less competitive for med school? If i do this route i will do everything in my power to get a medical type internship, volunteer at hospitals etc..</p></li>
<li><p>I will go to uc davis and then try to transfer to ucb or ucla in two years if i absolutely cannot stand davis. This will cause the same problem with lor's but I will have two years of uc to put on my app instead of two years at cc. Im not sure if this is looked down on from medical school adcoms?</p></li>
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<p>Option 2 is better, especially if you stay at UCD all 4 years. A 4 year university is always better than a CC in the eyes of med schools. Period. And its better for your app (LORs, ECs) if you stay at the same school the entire time.</p>