<p>Yes you can. Students get into med school from CSU system. A strong med school app (i.e. competitive GPAs, MCAT, ECs, LORs, interviews) is a strong app. The name at top of your diploma will much carry less weight than other components (i.e, GPAs, MCAT etc). With the possible exception of research opportunities at UCs v CSUs, other med school app components (i.e, GPAs, MCAT, etc) are not so school dependent. But why not apply to a mix of both CSU/UCs and pick the school where you believe you can best fit in as you’re more likely to develop a strong app under such circumstances. Pick a major that actually interests you as you’re more likely to do well (aka high GPAs) if you actually like material. Depending on college acceptances, consider college where you can graduate from with as little debt as possible as the costs of med school tends to come from loans. Also realize that most CA students who start med school will attend med schools out of state, where if the med school is public, not private, as a non resident, med school costs (debt) will be that much higher, hence the importance of graduating from college with as little debt as possible. Good luck.</p>