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Old 04-20-2008, 11:21 AM   #1
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caltech vs. ucsd medical scholars program

awww, i can't decide!!

i think in the future i want to go to medical school, but i really love caltech...here are some of the factors:

Positives
caltech: love the campus and student community, great professors, many research opportunities, nice town
ucsd: guaranteed admission into ucsd medical school, no mcat, no medical school interviews, only 12 out of 200 applied were accepted

negatives
caltech: too narrow?, gpa will probably drop, have to go through medical applicaitons
ucsd: not the best undergrad study, huge campus, many people

does anyone have any advice?

thanks!
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Old 04-20-2008, 11:43 AM   #2
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take the med program!
because I have talked to soo many caltech people doing premed and they said that it is very very hard to get into a med schooo, especially as good as UCSD

and personally, I am turning down caltech for a med program as well
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Old 04-20-2008, 06:54 PM   #3
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congrats to both of you! which med program, tealover?

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Old 04-20-2008, 09:38 PM   #4
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haha kinda ironic

im in the caltech-ucsd med scholars program. maybe im just weird.. but sometimes i really wish i could go to ucsd. i guess i will get to enjoy ucsd for med school...

i personally really love caltech and ucsd. both have pretty interesting undergraduate environments. i think that because ucsd does a combined program w/ caltech, at least from talking to dr. kelly, they seem to be very understanding that caltech is much harder than most universities and the gpas will be slightly lower. also, because u were already accepted there.. im guessing ull prob be able to be accepted again. i think that you'll still have an interview for med school w/ dr. kelly if she doesnt leave. so she already has a good impression of you and wants u at the med school. i duno why they wouldnt accept u again.

also, because there is the caltech-ucsd med scholars.. maybe consider asking dr. kelly if u could do that track instead? i noe she offered to let me go to ucsd for undergrad and still get my spot in the med school. since u already got the spot.. see if she'll guarantee it for you even if you go to caltech. its possible i think.

good luck. either way i think ill be seeing you in the future
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Old 05-01-2008, 06:24 PM   #5
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Coming out of Caltech you could go to a much better med school than UCSD
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Old 05-02-2008, 10:48 PM   #6
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yeah, i guess...but that would be a pretty big risk to take, right? and a lot of stress?

but i have already chosen ucsd, so i can't really change anything
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