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thought – grad schools --> depending on the field, where you went to UG does matter to a certain extent. For example, SDSU has a poor track record of sending any kids to med school, yet at UCSD, it’s commonplace
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That’s not really a fair statement. Calif premeds have ALWAYS targeted UCs to attend…that’s been the case for 40+ years. And, the better students target the UCs as well. That’s why there are fewer CSU students heading to med school.
The “poor track record” isn’t fair. Few kids from SDSU even apply to med school. Only about 40 per year apply, and who knows what their stats are or how many get in (Icouldn’t find published acceptance info). This has NOTHING to do with how the med schools view SDSU. The med schools don’t care. They care about STATS…not school name. SDSU, unlike UCSD, does write Committee Letters.
As for it being “commonplace” for UCSD to send kids to med school, that needs clarification. Because it’s a top UC, it attracts a gazillion premeds…likely over 1500 frosh are premed. After heavy weeding, it has about 450 applicants…and only about 35% receive at least one MD acceptance. I wouldn’t say that a school that has a lowish 35% med school acceptance rate is “commonplace” when it comes to sending kids to med school…and this is after monstrous weeding!
BTW…as for long lunch lines…that’s pretty much everywhere if you target eating lunch from 11:30 - 1. Clever students try to schedule their lunch breaks before or after those critical times. That may mean eating a later breakfast at 9am, so eating lunch at 1pm isn’t difficult, or eating a light/no breakfast and then eating a big lunch at 10:30 and catching a snack around 2pm.