<p>hi guys, im wondering if i do ucla pre-med......do i have a better chance of getting into ucla med school? or a worse chance?</p>
<p>Worse chance, UCLA takes their top ~5%. They favor students outa UCLA.</p>
<p>Actually, if you want to attend UCLA Med School, you have a better chance of getting in if you attend a different school for your undergrad years.</p>
<p>You know UCSF isn't a bad alternative either... :)</p>
<p>UCLA undergrad makes up the highest percentage of medical students at Geffen (UCLA's medical school) of any other undergrad college, so yes UCLA favors their own students if you look at it that way (ignoring the fact that it also receives the most applications from UCLA students). But the number of students accepted by any medical school in general is somewhere near 100 total per school per year (Geffen is around 120 I think), so you do the math. Getting into any California medical school is difficult, and you can have spectacular stats but you still will not be guaranteed anywhere. Someone on the myucla forum posted how a friend of his got a 3.9 gpa at UCLA but only received one interview and luckily got into USC.</p>
<p>The myth that Geffen discrimates against their own students is because so many UCLA students get rejected than those that get accepted, so all you hear is a one-sided story from the majority that are rejected. The reality is actually the opposite.</p>
<p>i see. how much harder is ucla pre-med than ucsd pre-med???</p>
<p>they are both comparable, if not equal in difficulty/rigor, and you will have essentially the same level of competition at both schools.</p>