Which One is better UCSB , UCI or UCSD for Medical Majors

Transfer Students
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Hello Community, I got accepted into those schools and I am majoring in the Biology/Chemistry field and I am having hard time trying to decide which school to accept. Can you please tell me which one is better, and why. To add, the 3 locations are perfectly find for me

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You want to attend a school where you have the best chance for a High GPA, access to Medically related EC’s, good Pre-Med advising, low cost for Undergrad since Medical school is expensive and has your major.

All these schools will give meet these requirements. How you do academically and what you do with the resources available, are up to you.

No bad choice from the above schools, but also make sure you have a backup plan since 60% of “pre-med” students never make to the application round.

Not to be more gloom and doom but just information so you know what you are up against.

CA is one of the worst states for a pre-med to be a resident of. Large population; not enough med school seats.

CA produced over 6200 med school applicants in the last cycle. Only 16% of the those 6200+ matriculated at a CA med school (public or private). Another 25% matriculated at an OOS med school, but most CA applicants (59% or 3652) were not accepted into ANY med school.

Nationally, less than 40% of med school applicants are accepted into any medical school in any given year. The odds for MD/PhDs are even poorer–238 applied; 88 matriculated.
https://www.aamc.org/download/321466/data/factstablea5.pdf
https://www.aamc.org/download/321542/data/factstableb7.pdf

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While being a pre-med is competitive everywhere, there is no universally accepted definition of “pre-med” so this statement is not supported by any data, and it’s entirely unclear why it keeps getting repeated on CC:

“No bad choice from the above schools, but also make sure you have a backup plan since 60% of “pre-med” students never make to the application round.”

Nobody anywhere keeps these numbers, so don’t consider them. Instead, keep in mind that all pre-meds are intelligent, driven, and goal directed, so pre-med will be a challenge everywhere.