<p>While I agree that UCSD isn't as social as UCLA or UCSB, I don't necessarily see it as a bad thing. You talk of THKs bitter about not making it to Cal and such but keep in mind that had they gotten into Cal, they would still be working just as hard. I'm sure I would be considered a THK per your determination but I'm motivated by the prospect of law school after graduation, not by being rejected from Cal. UCSD might be number three, but it is still a great school for people who actually want to learn.</p>
<p>As others have said, college is what you make of it, wherever you go. If you're paying $24,000 a year to get drunk, get high, and get laid, I'm sure you'll find a way. I find the time to go cycling almost everyday and will most probably be racing this year. Its all about what you value in your college experience.</p>
<p>There are too many people out there who expect to go to college expecting parties to flow in on them and have no restrictions. Well its like High school in a way, if you want something go get it. Its just easier in college but don't sit in the dorm and complain about a college being boring if you aren't going to get out and do stuff. </p>
<p>Personally, alcohol and partying isn't new to me at all in college so I see myself paying my tuition solemnly for a good education with a pre-med degree and go onto a good med school. </p>
<p>Also, Its not like there is ZERO everything at UCSD. That's just irrationalities and BS talking. Most of those stories will come from people in denial academically and actually set other things ABOVE academics while attending, what's considered, a more academic based school than a party school.</p>
<p>you should be calling BE:PM a bioengineering degree because of its significant overlap with the other BE majors, as well as to make note of the hosting department. a "premedical" degree on its own doesn't mean much; if you end up graduating with a BS in "premedicine" (which I've never heard of), what's the use if you don't go to med school? likewise, can a person with a BA in art history call his/her major a premedical degree if it allows him/her to get to med school? </p>
<p>also, fulfilling the requirements of the BE:PM degree alone isn't sufficient for many medical schools' prerequisites. check some out if you don't know what i'm referring to.</p>
<p>Doesn't UCSD not offer anything in terms of the Human Anatomy Lab requirement? A lot of my friends have had to go to Mesa, SDCC, etc. to fulfill this.</p>
<p>why does everyone hate on the bioeng: pmed major so much? So what if people call it the premed major? People in bioinformatics and biotech don't say they're just bioengineer majors, so what makes premed any different?..Anyways, I agree. lol, the premed major is pretty useless. it can't even satisfy what its focus is, and it's not abet accredited. So much work for nothing...</p>
<p>I just think you shouldn't call it only a "pre-med" degree or major, because that implies that the only required classes are the ones that you need for med school. Of course, you need to take much more than that, and as astrina said it doesn't even satisfy all the pre-reqs for many med schools.<br>
I wouldn't really call it "useless" at all either....if you get a lot of good research or internship experience in bioengineering, then you still have a decent shot at getting hired by bioeng. companies even though the degree is not ABET accredited. And grad schools don't even care about ABET accreditation, so you can still get a grad degree in bioengineering if you like. And if you go to med school, I'm sure it wouldn't hurt at all to have a good understanding about how medical devices work, and have a good background in the quantitative sciences in general. Overall, I think it's a good option if you are interested in bioengineering, but don't want to take as many engineering classes.</p>
<p>And Oyama, human anatomy lab isn't a requirement for med school, though I believe it is for other "health" schools...physical therapy comes to mind.</p>
<p>I have to agree with the people who say UCSD is pretty damn boring.
Although I personally feel that it depends on the person, I my self felt that UCSD was not the right fit for me (I could kick myself for turning down Cal)
Anyways...La Jolla is not very college friendly at all...and UCSD is virtually a ghost town on the weekends (starting Friday afternoon to early Sunday evening). The only fun part about going to UCSD is the beach (at least in my opinion.)
Best of luck to all those that end up going there...it really isnt that bad of a school...just make sure it feels like the right "fit" for you...you don't want to have to transfer out...it kinda sucks :-/</p>
<p>Yeah, you guys are right about the premed "degrees", I was just emphasizing my general path. I'm aware that I need to do some manual scheduling to fit premed requirements... Like take chem140C i assume?</p>
<p>You guys picked the wrong university system with the exception of UCSB and UCSC if you were looking more forward to fun and party than academics and study.</p>
<p>And suddenly the quotes "you should take a tour of the university on a typical day before deciding to go there" and "you should look past a school's academic rankings and take into consideration the university environment/social life" start to make sense.</p>