<p>So I'm a high school senior trying to decide which university to attend, and UCSB has been on my mind. Though it's the least prestigious school I was accepted to, I was awarded a scholarship, so it would be my least expensive option. However, I'm concerned that I may not get into my dream medical school, Stanford, without a degree from a very prestigious school. Do my question is: what are my chances of getting into Stanford Medical School with a degree from UCSB?</p>
<p>Admission to med school is very numbers based. If you do very well at UCSB and get a high MCAT score, you have a chance at all med schools.</p>
<p>Law school is numbers-based. Med school? Numbers still carry some weight but interviews and ECs in college matter, more so than with law school.</p>
<p>If you want to attend Stanford for med school, you need a 3.8+ GPA (please choose your social science/humanities courses carefully since the MCAT you will be taking will be laden with sociology, psychology, as well as humanities) and a 35+ MCAT, plus make sure you can have as close to an even spread as possible on the MCAT. Alternatively, you can load yourself with physics courses and use medical physics as a backup for med school.</p>