“I may not be good enough…”
Well, then UCR is fine for you.
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Like I've taken 10 AP classes in HS and practically got straight A's throughout. If i go to UCR, I would be going to the same school that all my friends who took no AP classes and got poor grades.
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??? People with poor grades can’t get into UCs. Anyone with below a 3.0 is auto-rejected.
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live in the Irvine area,
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Ok…so I’m betting that many of those lower-achieving students will not be going to UCR. Many parents won’t pay $35k per year for their lower-achieving kids to go to college. Many of those will probably be going to a CSU or a CC.
I’ll be frank with you…you have a much higher chance of getting weeded out of premed prereqs at UWash than you do at UCR.
Fast forward into the future…which would you rather be…the UW student who gets weeded out…or…The UCR premed who gets into med school?
Which one would you rather be???
Your odds of getting into med school are much higher from UCR than from UW. Basically, for a good shot at med school you need to be top 10% at your university, since you’ll have to rank in the top 10% for all classes you take (top 20% for a couple). At UCR, top 10% among admits means having 700+ in math and 650 in EBR; 94% students are top 10% in their school. UCR is a medical-related campus with lots of health programs.
You could deposit at UCR and apply to a few universities fro the NACAC list.
Pride and prejudice steering you away from UCR, but UCR IS more friendly to pre-med than any other schools including UCI. If you do well with UCR, you can bypass the MCAT and directly enter UCR med school, as an CA resident and UCR graduate. That is a huge advantage to YOU, YOU probably don’t even realize that.
Just came back from accepted students day. Was told that students from CA has 1/2 of 1% of accepted to medical school there. Hope that help answer your question.
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Was told that students from CA has 1/2 of 1% of accepted to medical school there. Hope that help answer your question.
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Wow…and that’s probably if they’re MD/PhD…where residency doesn’t matter.