<p>I’m not sure who you are helping. This thread is three years old.</p>
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<p>Yes, I’m often quite traumatized by the number of Asians and random in-class assaults at UCLA…</p>
<p>wow</p>
<p>I laughed so hard at “says that people in your class will tear up your notes and still your books to help the curve” hahahahaha. If this happened at UCLA I would probably be too busy laughing to get angry.</p>
<p>what the hell are you saying Erin’s Dad? His post actually helped me out to choose between UCLA and USC. I am a biochem major and I got accepted into both.</p>
<p>I am choosing USC because of the better chances to get into research with a professor (I don’t have to email 25-30 asking to take me like at UCLA)</p>
<p>also there is less shady people at USC as opposed to UCLA</p>
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While this is true, UCLA is still a significantly better university than USC in terms of getting into med school or receiving a PhD. UCLA is significantly better represented at top med schools compared to USC. </p>
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USC is located in the ghetto. There is potential for race riots and there are numerous accounts of people being mugged a block across the street. -.-</p>
<p>i don’t think UCLA’s great representation at top med schools has anything to do with the caliber of students or quality of education received. i think it has more to do with the fact that UCLA simply has many more students aspiring to become doctors. </p>
<p>also, your “potential for race riots” line made me lol. as far as i know the LA riots happened right next to USC and yet the campus was completely unharmed during the incident</p>
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This line of thinking is flawed. Why wouldn’t more talented students aspire for better degrees? Also, the gap between representation in the universities is so significant that I don’t think any amount of “career-oriented mentality” could explain the difference. The fact that this extends not only to top med schools but law schools and business schools as well points to the fact that UCLA as a school in general does things better.</p>
<p>Does what better? I’m not trying to answer the question as you frame me to be doing. I’m not asserting that UCLA necessarily provides a better education or has better students. Perhaps UCLA is more “prestigious” and the adcoms arbitrarily prefer its students? Perhaps UCLA bribes top schools? Who knows or cares? </p>
<p>However, the ends is more important than the means and the fact that UCLA students are more successful professional school candidates cannot be brushed aside.</p>