uci and med. school

<p>I'm an incoming UCI freshman; I have a 3.7 GPA, 1230 SAT, and 600 (more or less) on all the SAT IIs I took, I've gotten 3s on AP exams. I'm wondering how good my chances are to get into med. school from UCI? Would the UCI med. school be more lenient?</p>

<p>You can't know your chances for med school coming from high school. And no, the UCI med school isn't going to be more lenient to you and it will be very difficult for just about everybody to get in.</p>

<p>Yeah, once you're in college, throw your high school stats out the window. Med schools don't care. You start with a clean slate in college, so you'll have to get the job done at UCI. Statistically, over 90% of the students who apply to med school from UCI that have a 3.7 or higher (in college) and a 30 or higher on the MCAT will get in to medical school. </p>

<p>Like YY said, I don't think UCI would be more "lenient" when it comes to grades, but at the same time, you may have a bit of an advantage coming from UCI because you might have done research with colleagues of the people on the admissions board. When everyone is so competitive, it's little things like that that will make a difference.</p>

<p>So here's how to get into med school in seven easy steps</p>

<ol>
<li> Get a good GPA</li>
<li> Score high on the MCAT</li>
<li> Get involved in research</li>
<li> Form good relationships with professors that you sustain throughout college</li>
<li> Get involved in extracurricular activities</li>
<li> Assume leadership roles on campus</li>
<li> Volunteer at a hospital</li>
</ol>

<p>If you can do those things, and do them well, you'll have a good shot at med school. But don't forget to enjoy college at the same time!</p>

<p>I'm thinking about going to UC Riverside and trying to get into the UCR/UCLA 7-year program... I'm really torn between UCR and UCI. UCR has that program... but UCI has the better reputation/prestige. Would I have a better chance to get into medical school via UCR or UCI?</p>

<p>Well, the problem with the UCR program is that they accept a bunch more people than they have space for at UCLA. So basically if you don't get one of those spots, then you're back at square one at the end of college.</p>

<p>What do you mean? Couldn't I apply like regular applicants after four years if I don't get into the program??</p>

<p>Yeah, but you'll have a degree from Riverside, whereas you could have had one from a more prestigious school instead.</p>

<p>UCI and UCR have about the same relative presige. By that i mean people out of California will not know so much about you either way. Also, even if you are not one of the top spots in UCR's biomed program, you can still apply to med schools like any other person can, you just aren't guarenteed to spot for the top 20? 24? whatever positions.</p>