Also, if you are targeting the UC schools, hoping to be able to transition to a UC medical school, it will not give you any advantage, preference, nor leeway and will not sway the needle because you’ve attended a UC school. (Everyone pays the same rate, so no state “discount”.)
UC medical schools don’t give preferences to UC students. They wipe the slate clean and tend to bring in students with undergrad experiences outside of the area. The administrators want to know what other schools are doing to prepare students for the medical field.
My daughter’s med class was 130, and besides my Davis daughter, there were only 3 other UC students- LA, SB, SC. There were a number of students from their in-state flagships, as well as LAC colleges, California privates, southern schools, NY privates and publics, etc.
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