<p>Hey, </p>
<p>So if there are x000s of kids grauating in 2009, and a good majority are going to apply to law/med shcool —> so what is going to make us special?</p>
<p>If you go to Berkeley undergrad is it easier to get into their law school or anothe UC law school?</p>
<p>I would also like to know about this question concerning grad engineering school.</p>
<p>What does an Undergrad degree from Berkeley mean to top grad universities?</p>
<p>phishphan: If you look at statistics, only two hundred students (give or take 50) applied to medical school (from Berkeley) and only a few hundred students applied to law school (from Berkeley).</p>
<p>If you're thinking of law school, a competitive LSAT score is about a 165-170 (out if 180) and most Berkeley students who applied to law schools maintained a GPA of 3.5 or above.</p>
<p>Going to Berkeley undergrad does not mean you get in easier at law school.</p>
<p>Okay, here's the thing.</p>
<p>I flew up to Cal a few days ago and attended one of their campus tours.
My tour guide was a 5th year architectural student and he told us that Berkeley graduate admissions generally do not accept Cal undergrads, they tell them to go elsewhere for their grad education so they could expirence a wider variety of environments.</p>
<p>So...</p>
<p>-eiffelguy87 more then 200 students applied to medical school from cal. According to the AAMC Cal had 583 applicants to medical which is second in the nation whith only UCLAs 720 having more.</p>
<p>here is the numeber of applicants from each UC school I could find
UCLA 720
Cal 583
UCSD 309
Davis 287
UCI 230
UCR 157
UCSB 115
UCSC 52</p>
<p>according to <a href="http://www.aamc.org/data/facts/2004/race.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.aamc.org/data/facts/2004/race.htm</a></p>
<p>Take a look at Berkeley's Career Center website:</p>
<p>In 2003, 114 applied for medical school and only 72 were admitted.</p>
<p>if you read below that those are only people who released their information to berkeley.</p>
<p>In my opinion, you have to get at least a 3.7 at Cal in order to get into a decent med school.</p>
<p>Otherwise, UCSD is your best bet for getting into Med school if you are confidant that you can complete the coursework.</p>
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<p>ONLY?! Are you insane? A 63% yield is incredible.</p>
<p>MarieAntoinette wrote:</p>
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<p>Just like every other degree, squat. It's what you do with it that matters.</p>
<p>So what, do you youngins want a free ride from your degree? Welcome to the real world, where admissions committees actually look at what you accomplished at your school, not just your attendance.</p>
<p>Your work experience (yes, GASP, you should work after you graduate) is sometimes more important than your undergraduate accomplishments.</p>
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<p>Because if you go to UCI for med school, you're going to have a sucky life. Seriously.</p>