<p>OK, I mainly apply to UCs as a backup…</p>
<p>Out of all the schools on this list, which ones are cutthroat (especially premed programs), in your opinion?</p>
<p>USC
UCLA
UCSD
UCI
WUSTL
JHU
UChicago
Brown
UPenn
Columbia
Cornell
Dartmouth
Duke
MIT
CalTech
Northwestern
Rice
Vanderbilt
University of Notre Dame
Georgetown
Carnegie Mellon University</p>