<p>Berkeley’s med school admit rate was around 70% last time I checked. That’s pretty good considering Berkeley does not have a pre-med committee and considering Berkeley is composed of 90% California residents. Being a California resident pre-med is a disadvantage because California’s public medical schools (UCSF, UCLA, UCSD, UCD, UCI) are all ultra-competitive. So while most of the pre-meds at say, Northwestern, have the advantage of applying to private med schools as well as to less selective home state med schools as backup, most Berkeley pre-meds don’t have this luxury as their state med schools are HARDER to get into than the vast majority of private med schools!</p>
<p>Stanford University is composed of 50% California residents. Perhaps this explains why Stanford’s 75% pre-med acceptance rate is lower than you’d expect from a school of Stanford’s reputation.</p>