Cornell or UCLA for pre-med?

collegemom3717
Sat, 04 Apr 2020 19:30:28 +0000

UCLA might be “easier”.

ahahahahahahaa

dk where you heard that. Some of the CA posters will set you straight pretty fast I’m sure

do you think the name of an Ivy with a let’s say an average GPA can get me into a great medical school better than a very good GPA from UCLA?

Nope

Fwiw, you will have to work your backside off at either place to get the grades you need for med school. In some ways UCLA will be worse, b/c the grade expectations will be just as high but you may have more trouble getting the classes you need when you need them.

For med school it’s GPA + MCAT, then everything else.

Honestly, if you. are concerned about not working too hard you are in for a surprise: even at your safety you will have to work hard to get med school qualifying marks. And I don’t even know what your safety is!