<p>I received Chancellor's/Regent's scholarships to both UCI and UCD (full tuition - 7500 or so). I don't receive any other aid in grants. I got accepted to San Diego, UCLA and Cal also. My first choice school was Columbia University in New York City and Cornell, I got accepted but my parents decided to not.. pay for my schooling -_-, I'm going to be a biomedical engineering/pre-med kid, so I'm trying to decide on the schools in california. I'm from the Bay Area, and i've ruled out Berkeley as a school for me to go to - any suggestions? Parents didn't let me know that I couldn't go Ivy League until last night. Any thing will help!</p>
<p>For anything related to bio and considering among public California universities, I would choose UCSD as they have a very reputable bio department. SD itself also has a booming bio industry. Many of the start-up bio companies were spin-offs of UCSD researches.</p>
<p>UCSD is rated as one of the top 10 public universities in terms of the strength of their science program.</p>
<p>UCSD is best at med.</p>
<p>Based on what, and for who?</p>
<p>UCSD is best at biomedical engineering in the west according to US News</p>
<p>I'm in ERC @ UCSD... the writing req. is a turnoff - i think i'll like my life better at UCLA</p>
<p>Indeed, but that isn't pre-med, and that isn't medical school ("med" is vague). I'm not saying that UCSD isn't best in pre-med, I'm just asking why you think it is, if you said that.</p>
<p>So where did you send in your SIR?</p>
<p>well, it was tough, my parents ended up letting me go to columbia after they had said no, but it came down to the wire 8.42 or so pacific time i sent in to UCLA - i'm still reeling a bit, at my high school only two kids made it to the Ivy League, my good friend got into Cornell and is going there, and I'm the only one turning down TWO Ivies. I'm still on Stanford's waiting list (although i doubt i'll go there - i need a challenge! - even if i get off the waitlist)</p>
<p>Good luck and I hope you have a great time at UCLA!</p>