<p>Hi all,</p>
<p>This may seem a bit out of the blue but I am currently looking to choose some UCs/California universities to apply to as a transfer student coming from the Northern Virginia Community College in Virginia. I am a Virginia resident. I'm attempting to form a list of institutions to apply to that are good public universities, strong in sciences and which have a strong Pre-Medical track. I am currently a Biology major and I plan to follow the Pre-Med route once I transfer.</p>
<p>If anyone can suggest UCs that seem a viable choice for me, please post them!
I'm also willing to give my stats if necessary.<br>
In addition, I'd like to know if the UCs are more difficult to get into as a CC student/OOS CC student, and maybe what my chances would look like. </p>
<p>Thanks people!</p>
<p>I guess you didn’t do your research correctly… UC’s have a low med school admit rate 40-59% compared to 80-90% for private schools.
UC’s don’t have a strong pre-med program nor any of that sort, because they don’t have one…
If you want to go on to medical school, go to a private because public universities don’t fare well as well as privates do.</p>
<p>Other than that, OOS CC transfers are hard. 20% compared to 30% in state- even international gets around 21-22%.
If you really want to go to a UC, move to California and attend CC here and do 30 semester hours here and transfer as instate- alot of people do that.</p>
<p>^ UCLA med school is top 15, isn’t it?</p>
<p>I think if I recall correctly it was ranked #3 in the nation by U.S. News…</p>
<p>I think he was saying premed not med school.
UCLA med school is no way close to being in the top 10.</p>
<p>[UCLA</a> ranks 11th among U.S. medical schools in annual survey / UCLA Newsroom](<a href=“http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-ranks-in-top-20-among-u-s-89487.aspx]UCLA”>Newsroom | UCLA)</p>
<p>Pwnt.</p>
<p>UCLA med school ranked in research based and primary care. There are way more competitive multifaceted medical schools that are top of the line. </p>
<p>However, UC’s have a lower med school admit rate compared to private schools. Sure, UC’s are strong in science but UC’s don’t have premed programs that will help you get into med schools.</p>
<p>whats wrong with virginia?</p>
<p>Edm can you pm me private schools that you think are good for research an a high medical school admission rate. You could check out my stats from a topic I started. The only changes to my stats are that my gpa unweighted now is 3.86 and weighted is 4.23 ( uc gpa) and that my sat range is 1900-2050 now.</p>
<p>bruaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh</p>
<p>pwnt?</p>
<p>galbitang needs to read…</p>
<p>UC’s have a low med school admit rate 40-59% compared to 80-90% for private schools.</p>
<p>= </p>
<p>The amount of uc students accepted into medical programs is lower than the amount of students accepted who applied from private universities. </p>
<p>percents are hard!</p>
<p>When I started this thread, I had some firm idea that I would apply to a UC or 2 based on the things I was looking for. Now, I’m not sure I will be applying seeing that it may not be worthwhile (supposed low acceptance scores, I’m an OOS) and in VA I think there are enough good institutions for me to go to. It’s also far more economical, which is a big factor for me, and I already have a very good chance of transferring to UVA (my top VA public university choice, ranked #26 best public university by US News I think).
I will look into these differences in acceptance rates between public and private universities, since that could be helpful in choosing the rest of my unis. Thanks to the guy who brought that up!</p>
<p>I know I may have made it sound as though I’m not interested in transferring to UCs by now, but that’s mainly because many of the points made so far are pretty discouraging.
As a student in VA, maybe the better question here is if it is worthwhile to try transferring to UCs for what I want as a premed student?</p>
<p>You need good letters of recommendations when you apply to med/grad schools. If you go to a heavily populated public school such as a UC, you will have a tough time getting one because the student to teacher ratio is bad. Of course, Berkeley has strong science departments which means that courses will be difficult and challenging thus meaning that your GPA might take heavy leg humping.
Plan for your future not the present.</p>
<p>Are you in a Mccloud clan?</p>