<p>I am a student at uc berkeley and i recently decided that i wanted to pursue a career in dentistry but berkeley does not have a dental school. i just finished my first year here at berkeley. i dont know if i should take the courses required for dental school here at berkeley and then apply to dental schools or transfer to a college with a dental school (ucla would be my first choice)? is it easier to get into college's dental school if you are from that college?</p>
<p>I know a lot of grad schools favor their own undergrads but I don’t believe this to be true of UCLA.</p>
<p>Basically, they see if you have a local med school in your town. If you don’t, they consider you. If you do, they don’t. As UCSF’s med school is near UCB, UCLA usually won’t consider people applying from berkeley, but of course that doesn’t mean you can’t get accepted.</p>
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What? This is literally nonsensical.</p>
<p>@GTFOTU, ■■■■… Stop making people freak out with misconstrued information about med school admissions.</p>
<p>I’m not considering med school. I want to go to dental school.</p>
<p>^I’d think the School of Dentistry would have similar admissions policy as Geffen; but, admittedly, they’re not the same.</p>
<p>But how many students can say they’re from the UCLA School of Dentistry? The entire school only enrolls 88 freshman a year! If you think the UCLA School of Dentistry favors UCLA undergrads, suit yourself. There aren’t really that many people out there with an informed opinion that can prove you wrong (or right).</p>
<p>one of the students at the school of dentistry was joking that all the people at DG think they’re ■■■■■■■ (then she also went to admit that they think that because it’s mostly true)</p>
<p>The dentist i have working on me there went to UCSD, and he majored in philosophy, so i don’t think it matters where you go or what you major in.</p>
<p>^Thanks for the info.</p>