UCSD vs. UCSC vs. UCD

<p>Hello, I honestly don't know which school I want to go to. I got into UCSD, UCSC, and UCD... I visited all the campuses but I live in San Diego and I am getting heavily pressured by my family to go to UCSD, but to be honest, I want to get out of here! I am majoring in Biology/Biological Sciences so, obviously, UCSD is my better bet, however I intend to go to medical school and you need a really high GPA, so UCSD is likely to be more competitive and as much as I hate saying this word, but harder... UCSC is a beautiful campus, and I feel like I fit in more because of the environment and the "hippies", but I feel as if it's not prestigious enough, and that I worked too hard to end up in an "easy" school, yet they have the Academic Excellence program- in which I can get smaller classes, better access to professors, and help if I need it. Besides that, they are offering me a $6,000 scholarship so I would only have to take out a $4,000 loan. UCD is cool too, I like how there's a football team and all and it's a beautiful campus and has a medical program, but isn't as "hard" as UCSD, it's still prestigious, but I hate how it's in Dullsville. Can someone please kinda help me out?!</p>

<p>Also would it look better to have a 3.8 in one school compared to a 3.5 in another?</p>

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