<p>I'm deciding between going to either UCR or UCSC… all things considered which is the better school to go to? I will major in some sort of science, either Biology or Biochemistry </p>
<p>UCR has a medical school. UCSC is gorgeous, if you like redwoods.</p>
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<p>@jkeil911
1.Parents will not be able to contribute more than 10K a year
2.I would like to go Pre-med
3. don’t really have any non-academic preferences
4.My sat was 1790</p>
<p>in what state are you resident?</p>
<p>if you are a CA resident, your parents come up with 10K, and you take out 5.5K and chip in 2K from summer labor, and your parents pay your health insurance, and you live on campus, UCR or UCSC will have to come up with 15500 in grants, work study, and merit. Have you received the financial aid package yet? If you haven’t applied yet, run the “net price calculator” for each school to see what kind of aid your family is likely to get.</p>
<p>If one school produces the 15500 composite financial aid, or close enough to it that you can make up the rest somehow, then you go there. If they both produce that much FA, or near enough, then you do more research. You’re trying to get the fit right, and there’s nothing more important than finances to fit for 99% of us. If neither school comes up with the 15500, it gets more complicated and you’ll need to reconsider some things.</p>
<p>Where you go undergrad, particularly for bio, matters next to nothing. Either school will serve well enough. It’s the grades you get there that will open or close doors for you. </p>