What do you think of these schools for pre-med? We live in California

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<p>Suggest looking at University of Pacific in Stockton. It’s a private school with small classes and a pre-med program. Beautiful campus that has been used in lots of movies.
<a href=“http://www.pacific.edu/About-Pacific/Newsroom/2010-2011-Enrollment-.html[/url]”>http://www.pacific.edu/About-Pacific/Newsroom/2010-2011-Enrollment-.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Trying the ACT is an excellent idea.</p>

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<p>Really? Why would you think kids ‘hate’ nearly everything else but ONE subect strand, i.e., their major? By definition, to get into selective schools, they had to do well in every subject, which includes math, science, literature, humanities and even foreign language. If they hated the subject in HS, it would have been hard to do well. Many subjects are intertwined, so it is not difficult to mosey on over to an easier major track. </p>

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<p>Outside of Econ (which is a proxy for pre-biz at schools without undergrad biz), there are not many liberal arts degrees – as opposed to vocational degrees – that you can do much with. (A little secret that the career center glosses over.) Lit majors can get a job in retail? Bio/chem majors can get a job as a lab rat?</p>

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<p>*Suggest looking at University of Pacific in Stockton. *</p>

<p>I think nearly all privates are out. The OP says that they don’t qualify for aid and want some money help (merit). They clearly do not want to pay the $55k per year at a private. </p>

<p>Publics and some OOS publics may be their only affordable choice…From posts it looks like their budget is $30k COA or less. </p>

<p>Can’t think of any privates that would give a 1500 SAT substantial merit. There was that San Diego mom in another CC forum that was searching all over the country for a good amount of merit for her son with similar stats. Good GPA but very modest test scores just don’t get much/any merit these days. When schools see this, they assume grade inflation at the school or a less-challenging curriculum was taken. </p>

<p>The problem is that if you go down the ranking ladder too far to get merit (like 4th tier or unranked), you will likely be at a school that isn’t going to have decent science courses or decent facilities. </p>

<p>This student would be better off at either an OOS public flagship that would accept her stats or a low tier UC (and deal with the harsh pre-reqs grading at the UCs).</p>