OOS transfer as CA resident impacting med school chances?

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I’m originally from California. I didn’t get accepted into my dream school (UCLA), so I decided to SIR to UW since they gave me a bit of money, I thought I would thrive there, and my parents didn’t want me to end up at a CC (they paid a s-ton of money for private school and didn’t want it to go to waste). Turns out I’m not, and I don’t really like it here. My current plan is to stay at UW and work my butt off for two years, since their pre-med program is still really good, try to get research and internship positions, and then transfer to UCLA. I know that my chances of transferring to UCLA from an OOS school is basically slim to none, and if I just go back to CC it would make it much easier for me to transfer. But I’m hesitant to do that since UW still gives me more opportunities for research/internships, and my final goal is to get into an in-state med school, since UW’s med school really only accepts students from the Pacific Northwest (preferably DGSOM).

My main question is: does it make more sense to:

  1. stay at UW for four years, fork over $200k and not enjoy my undergrad years, get internships and acquainted with professors, and then apply to a CA med school as an out-of-state student,

  2. stay at UW for two years, fork over $100k, and then take a crapshoot at transferring to UCLA where it’s cheaper (and it’s still my dream school), then apply to a CA med school as an in-state student,

or 3) transfer back to a CC for two years, transfer to UCLA, then apply to a CA med school as an in-state student?

Fiscally, I know #3 is the best option, but I’m lucky enough that my parents are paying for my undergrad. I feel like #1 and #2 will give me the best chance of getting into med school. What’s the best course of action here?

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In this case, it does not make sense to pay extra money to attend Washington at out-of-state prices, since you need all of the money you can save to pay for expensive medical school. You did not have any other UC or CSU options? Fixating on UCLA does not make sense when you can go to medical school after doing well at many colleges (with high GPA and MCAT score, along with the expected pre-med extracurriculars).

Option 3 makes the most financial sense, but you need to be sure to take enough BCPM courses at a four year school because many medical schools look down on community colleges.