<p>anyone currently choosing ucr for this reason? i think i will defer ucsb to go to ucr for this but i dont know.. any advice?</p>
<p>if you're talking about the tomas haider program. It is pretty much gone now that UCR is opening up its own medical school soon.</p>
<p>I disagree, UCR is still connected to UCLA for medical</p>
<p>UCR med center won't open for a long time yet.</p>
<p>imprettydumb, yeah I'm choosing it for the Thomas Haider Program. I don't think it's gone yet because admissions told me that it still exists. At this point, I'm choosing UCR over UCB because of the program.</p>
<p>yeah the same here… i called them to ask about it and they said its still good and everything. its such a great opportunity but i was afraid of choosing ucr over ucsb… i loved the feel of ucsb but the program… i just cant pass this up</p>
<p>You guys should know this program is HIGHLY competitive</p>
<p>like people stressing themselves over GPA and course-load competitive!</p>
<p>just called today. the program is only applicable to future mds.
i thought it was involving a lot more… pharmaceuticals is what i want to go into and its not for that… i guess my hopes were too high… 
ucsb has a pharmaceuticals undergrad major though! :]</p>
<p>wait, did you find out if the program was going to be gone once UCR starts its med school?</p>
<p>Because I’m going to college in 2010 and I might actually consider UCR for the program.</p>
<p>UCR is strcitly med program with UCLA</p>
<p>hey impretydumb</p>
<p>do u really wanna do pharmaceutical?</p>
<p>I’ve seen pharmaceutical kids who major and end up doing med school cause they get bored.</p>
<p>I called Haider and they said it still existed. Unlike previous years, however, they’re not sending out a preentrance form to high school seniors. You just apply as a UCR junior. I don’t know if my parents will let me do it anymore ):
haikumarukuchan: I’ve pretty much been accepted to Berkeley (they invited me for the Regents Scholarship), so I’m willing to take the risk that it’s really competitive. Bring it on, UCR! (:</p>
<p>As long as the program exists into 2014, I’ll actually be considering this school.</p>
<p>Same. (except 2013 for me). I don’t know the integrity of the program though: would they suddenly close it down on us? It’s kind of a small department.</p>
<p>Who knows, california is severely in debt, so I wouldn’t put so much confidence in it. It might actually stay alive if funding for UCR’s own medical school is pushed back later than the original 2012 opening.</p>
<p>UCR is still a decent school for pre-med.</p>
<p>Yeah, but I’d be really bummed if I passed on an undergrad education @ UCBerkeley or, say, USC (if they give me a really nice scholarship :P) because UCs don’t tend to give out too much financial aid, and then have the program close down on me. -__- I’d want to die or something. Hopefully the notification would come early enough that I would be able to transfer?</p>
<p>haikumarukuchan: well im choosing it really because i read the demand is going up something like 22-27% a year for pharmacists… and in this economy thats great… also its a lot shorter getting your degree than doing md…
but well see, ill probably change my mind in college. before i found out about thomas haider i wanted to be a english teacher lol</p>
<p>yeah, pharmacy has a great future. By the time you finish pharm school, all the middle-aged people now (45-55) will be 60+ and will be in need for prescription drugs, therefore, demand will explode.</p>
<p>exactly. disregard the boring side of the job, the demand and $$$ issss aallllll what its about. too bad no pharmaceuticals major at ucr. still will try at ucsd pharm school… really good.</p>
<p>Yeah, I have a friend whose parents both work at different pharmacy places and they both earn $150,000 a year. And they are in their mid 40’s, so they still have 10+ of work.</p>
<p>So anyone think the Thomas Haider Program will last into 2014 or so?</p>
<p>Has anybody here considered UCR’s Bioengineering program as an option for Medical School, I think that’s another great way for you to goto UCLA’s medical school. I was told someone has done that and got into UCLA with no problem. They even waived MCAT.</p>