<p>Cal can’t claim UCSF anymore than it can claim UCLA as a ‘satellite campus.’ UCSF is a distinct university with its own Chancellor and funding.</p>
<p>And although UCSF has a better medical school, UCLA has the better hospital. It’s the best in the west coast and top five in the nation, as you can see here:</p>
<p>[U.S</a>. News Best Hospitals 2012-13: the Honor Roll - US News and World Report](<a href=“http://health.usnews.com/health-news/best-hospitals/articles/2012/07/16/best-hospitals-2012-13-the-honor-roll]U.S”>http://health.usnews.com/health-news/best-hospitals/articles/2012/07/16/best-hospitals-2012-13-the-honor-roll)</p>
<p>And if you want to talk about medical schools, ours just received a 100m donation:</p>
<p>[David</a> Geffen gives $100 million to create scholarship fund that will expand opportunities for top UCLA medical students / UCLA Newsroom](<a href=“http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/100-million-david-geffen-scholarship-241543.aspx]David”>David Geffen gives $100 million to create scholarship fund that will expand opportunities for top UCLA medical students | UCLA)</p>
<p>It’s also interesting that you noted Cal’s T-14, and UCLA’s lack of one. Especially considering that the median mid-career salary of a UCLA graduate is nearly 10k higher than that of a Cal graduate:</p>
<p>[In</a> Pictures: The Best Law Schools For Getting Rich - 1. Stanford Law School - Forbes.com](<a href=“http://www.forbes.com/2011/03/07/rich-law-school-grads-salaries-leadership-careers-education_slide_2.html]In”>In Pictures: The Best Law Schools For Getting Rich)</p>
<p>And since we’re on the subject of Forbes, you should know that it lists UCLA as a ‘power factory’ for producing the world’s most powerful people (it doesn’t list Cal.)</p>
<p>[Power</a> Factories - Forbes](<a href=“http://www.forbes.com/special-report/2012/1205_power-factories.html]Power”>Power Factories - Forbes)</p>
<p>And lastly, overall, the differences in subject rankings manifest themselves in the skills of the researchers (and probably better letters of rec.) but not in the quality of the classes. I don’t think Cal students are getting a significantly better education than UCLA students in their premed classes.</p>
<p>Look, we can do this all day. They’re both very fine universities. And like i noted in my earlier post, although you make these 10+ ranking differences seem significant, it doesn’t ultimately manifest itself to large differences in rankings of the institutions as a whole:</p>
<p>USNWR: Cal: 21; UCLA: 24
THE World Ranking: Cal: 9; UCLA 13
THE Reputation Ranking: Cal: 5; UCLA: 8</p>