<p>Today I got into Berkeley for Nutritional Science in the College of Natural Resources (I didn't even know about this) and I'm planning to go to the Physiology and Metabolism division. But the thing is, I was also accepted to UCSD with Physiology and Neuroscience @ Muir. I'm planning on going premed, and I'm wondering which of the two colleges will be a better choice. Any advice about the two schools (or the 2 colleges) in general or specifically the two programs will be super helpful. THANK YOU SO MUCH!</p>
<p>If you are the 75th%ile admitted student (by SAT, GPA) then you can go to Berkeley. Otherwise, the grade curves at Berkeley may be too hard to beat and you may come out with a not so good GPA, which makes applying to premed much harder.</p>
<p>UCB, UCLA, UCSD are good enough schools whose students are considered on equal footing with applicants from other top schools (you can see this effect on the med school interview trails). Thus UCSD would be better if you can get better GPA and apply to med school. A bad GPA would almost kill your chance for med school admissions (except maybe for DO (not MD) schools).</p>