<p>I'm really split between three UC's right now, for a molecular bio/ biochem major and pre-med track:</p>
<p>-UC Berkeley</p>
<p>-UCLA (Biochem)</p>
<p>-UCSD, John Muir college (Biochem/ molecular cell biology), regents scholar (priority registration, 2k scholarship, other priveleges)</p>
<p>I know that UCSD's bio program is supposedly ranked very high in the nation (is it just graduate program though?), UC Berkeley is the number one public school, and UCLA is just appealing in its overall well-roundedness. I'm considering minoring in music, but I don't consider this a priority. The scholarship monetary award I recieved from SD is not really a factor, but the perks that come with it might be. I just wanted thoughts, if I'm a med school hopeful what's my best bet?</p>
<p>Not bioengineering. Pick whichever one suits you the best. Graduate school/med schools are not going to pick Cal students over UCSD/UCLA students because of the “prestige” of the school. It’s your GPA/MCAT/extracurriculars that’s going to matter.</p>
<p>If you’re a hardcore premed, for gods sake don’t come to Cal. premeds here are annoyingly competitive, and in the end only 10 percent of them will actually go to a decent med school. if you’re hardcore premed, got to ucla or ucsd. med schools look more at gpa and that stuff anyways, and cal isn’t exactly conducive to gpa (especially if you major in something that’s infested with premeds) (MCB, integrative bio, the usual).</p>
<p>if premed is just a consideration, and you’re into raw bio and not the whole medical speel, then consider Cal.</p>
<p>Second that. My two friends who got Gold in Chemistry Lab at the NorCal State Science Olympiad still got B’s in their first Berkeley chem class. The classes are ultra-competitive.</p>
<p>edit on that: only the lower div berkeley chem classes that the premeds take are ultra-competitive. </p>
<p>the chem classes for chem majors are simply so challenging that the only way to succeed is if everyone works together and learns from one another. the chem classes for chem majors pretty much kill all competition and (fortunately, which I applaud the CoC for doing) chase out all the competitive premeds.</p>