HELP!! (UCSD vs. UCLA vs. Case) Human Biology

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - San Diego
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<p>HI, I have accepted by UCSD, UCLA, and Case Western. The question of where to go has been killing me for weeks and am desperately asking for advices and help. I want to become a CARDIOLOGIST and major in biological sciences in undergrad. Any suggestions? Thank you very much for your time. :)</p>

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<p>You should go to the school where you feel like you will have the best chance of getting a well-rouunded education. This includes maintaining a high GPA while still doing research, internships, and volunteering (so you want a school with lots of opportunities). I’m not sure about Case Western, but both UCLA and UCSD are filled with opportunities (although you will have to fight for them because there are so many pre-meds). However, you need to remember med schools don’t care about your undergraduate school; they just care about GPA and MCAT scores so you should go to the school where you think you will thrive and get a good GPA. UCLA might not be the best place because the competition is crazy.</p>

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<p>Thank you very much for the reply. One more quesiton: is there more competition for pre-med at UCLA or at UCSD?</p>

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<p>I’m wondering about that too (I just got accepted) and the general consensus (at least from people I know, not on CC) is that UCSD is more collaborative and UCLA is much more cut throat. It does have the largest pre med population, after all. Although, I’m sure UCSD will be pretty competitive too because they have an awesome bio program.</p>

<p>And I also heard that UCSD’s bio program is (1) geared towards pre-med students and (2) it won’t be impacted starting in Fall 2013! So that’s one of the reasons why I’m really considering it.</p>

<p>Good luck to you!</p>

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<p>UCSD and UCLA are both hard for pre-meds. UCI is probably slightly easier.</p>

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<p>Don’t forget that Case is surrounded by the Cleveland Clinic and the University Hospital Systems so there are tons of opportunities there…</p>

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<p>i would say Case, just because you will be going to grad school, and it’s slightly easier to get a better GPA in Case than UCLA or UCSD</p>