Choosing the best undergraduate program for a community college transfer student aiming for medical school

So I misunderstood. The premise is that you want to get her into a school that will provide the best chance for a direct acceptance to a medical school program? Is that correct?

The best chance of acceptance to med school is to target out of state programs after undergrad. There are just too many bio and “premed” students at the UC‘s.

Most of the UC medical school programs wipe the slate clean. By that, I mean they know what each of the UC’s are providing for training. So they seek a variety of students from differing educational systems.

My daughter had never heard of some of the schools where some of her classmates had received their undergrads. One of her classmates was from Siena college. My daughter thought she meant Sierra And asked me, “Mom have you heard of a College in the Sierras?”

The majority of my daughter’s classmates at UCSF were from everywhere. They had amazing volunteer experiences. They were from almost every state. Our daughter was lucky because she had a strong background in Spanish and had an “internship” in Spain Learning about their medical system.

With medical schools there are no guarantees and it is so competitive that a number of students are not accepted into medical school straight out of undergrad.

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