<p>Hey guys, I’m rising senior and I plan on majoring in Biology and doing pre-medical studies. I was wondering which UCs have the best pre-medical programs and what is it that makes them better than the other UCs or other universities in general?</p>
<p>UCD, UCI, and UCSD have great programs-UCD has its own College of Biological sciences, and is ranked #20 jn the US for it. UCSD generally has a high number of declared pre-meds. So does UCI. Both schools have competitive Biology programs. i’m not too sure about the other UCs.</p>
<p>As a backup, UCR has a thriving pre-med program. It’s set to open its medical school in 2013(ish, pending accreditation) and has lots of benefits for pre-med students, including shadowing programs with hospitals in the Inland Empire, a Future Physician Leaders mentor program, loads of pre-health student organizations, and health professions advisers. </p>
<p>Link to UCR’s Health Professions Advising Center: [Health</a> Professions Advising Center: Home](<a href=“http://hpac.ucr.edu/]Health”>http://hpac.ucr.edu/)
Link to UCR’s School of Medicine programs: [School</a> of Medicine: Pathway Programs](<a href=“http://medschool.ucr.edu/programs.html]School”>http://medschool.ucr.edu/programs.html)
Link to the Division of Biomedical Sciences: [Division</a> of Biomedical Sciences: Biomedical Sciences](<a href=“http://biomed.ucr.edu/]Division”>http://biomed.ucr.edu/)</p>
<p>UCR’s biology major is pretty popular and competitive, but since the campus offers one of the only pre-health programs in the area, you’ll have a lot of opportunity for hands-on involvement. </p>
<p>I really recommend touring UCD, UCI, UCSD, UCLA, and UCR and looking into what they offer for students interested in pre-med.</p>
<p>UCSD lets you be a TA as an undergraduate. It’s a really good way to boost your ECs, get to know a prof really well (rec letters), feel like a badass, and make a bit of money on the side. </p>
<p>I don’t think any other UCs would let you write half the final for an upper div bio class :).</p>