<p>I have been accepted to WashU, UC Berkeley, UCLA, and UCSD. </p>
<p>Planned Majors:
Washu: I plan on doing pre-med and possibly majoring in Biology.
Berkeley: Undeclared Engineering
UCLA: Undeclared Engineering
UCSD: Jacob's Scholarship + Regents Scholarship (Nanoengineering/Might try to switch majors)</p>
<p>I heard that WashU premed is really tough, but if you read the textbook and attend the lectures, will you do well? Or is it one of those "no matter how much you study you will still fail" things? I come from an extremely competitive high school (#36 in the nation) so I think I can handle a lot of coursework. However, I'm worried about how I will do in the premed courses. </p>
<p>If I go to a UC, I will probably major in some sort of engineering. I might try EECS at Berkeley, because I can go into any engineering major as my accepted major is Undeclared Engineering. UCSD is giving me a full ride but I may be stuck in Nanoengineering, which I heard doesn't have a lot of job opportunities.</p>
<p>Any feedback would help me decide! Thanks in advance!</p>
<p>Current Student
My advice: #1 decision maker should be financial. Ie. can you afford all the schools on your list? If one gives you more than another, is the difference small, or large? </p>
<h1>2 If financials fit, these are all excellent choices for a premed. I’d say Wustl and Berkely are close, though (biased as I am) objectively I’d consider Wustl a bit better than Berkely. I’d say here, fit will decide. One potential benefit of Wustl is that I hear (can’t confirm) that UC premeds tend to be on the cutthroat side, whilst Wustl students aren’t (but don’t know for sure about the UC students). I personally like SF/LA better than St. Louis, but you might be different. Good luck. I wouldn’t be so worried about failing.</h1>
<p>//I heard that WashU premed is really tough, but if you read the textbook and attend the lectures, will you do well? Or is it one of those “no matter how much you study you will still fail” things?//</p>
<p>The students are very cooperative (not cut-throat at all), and there are so many resources such as tutoring from Cornerstone and PLTL that IF you have the motivation to take advantage of the resources available to you, you should do fine. Grain of salt, I’m not a premed, but know quite a few.</p>
<p>Thanks for your input guys! I have a couple more concerns: Is WashU worth it if you’re not doing premed? WashU’s other schools, such as Olin Business School, are not well known throughout the nation. Is it worth it to pay the high tuition to go to WashU if you flunk out of premed and have to do something else? If I can’t handle premed at WashU, I would most likely try pre-law or business. Are those programs good at WashU? Berkeley obviously wins in terms of prestige (Haas Business School), but I’m still confused 
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<p>Also, I have heard that a business/law undergrad degree is worthless, and that grad schools like students who have majored in a hard science such as chemistry or phsyics? Do you know if thats true?</p>
<p>Anyway, I really appreciate all of your feedback! This is a really stressful time for me right now :[</p>
<p>Is WashU worth it if you’re not doing premed? <– Stupid Question
WashU’s other schools, such as Olin Business School, are not well known throughout the nation. <–Wrong
Is it worth it to pay the high tuition to go to WashU if you flunk out of premed and have to do something else? <–Stupid Question, but depends on what you want to do</p>
<p>Also, I have heard that a business/law undergrad degree is worthless, and that grad schools like students who have majored in a hard science such as chemistry or phsyics? <–Wash U doesn’t have a law undergrad degree. And some schools like hard sciences as it shows good analytical and quantitative skills, others don’t care what you major in.</p>
<p>Anyways…for undergrad choose the school that you see yourself fitting into. You don’t want to be unhappy for the next four years of your life. Academically, you will do better if you are happy in the environment. People change their majors, change what they want to do, etc. You have grad school to specialize in a particular field. Go somewhere where you can actually see yourself, let the rest fall into place.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t have used such harsh phrasing, but the ideas are right on point. Unless you’re going into something like investment banking or you plan to run for president, it really doesn’t make any difference if you went to UPenn, WashU, or USC. When you’ve reached a certain caliber, it just matters where you’re happiest and do your best.</p>
<p>Reading some of the questions on this forum really makes me wonder where some people get their information. Where do people “hear” this stuff about Wash U? It utterly boggles my mind.</p>