How competitive is UCSD (vs. UCB)

HumptyDumpty
Fri, 22 Apr 2005 21:59:47 +0000

I think (although it doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s true!) that UCSD while not as competitive as Berkeley in most areas especially non-scientific areas, is pretty competitive in bioengineering. Probably more than Berkeley. Most of my friends who are majoring in bioengineering, are heading to UCSD despite the fact that they got into all the UCs. UCSD bioengineering is ranked third in the country, so if you want a good bioengineering education, SD is a good place to get it.

Premed itself is pretty harsh too. UCSD has for UCs, the highest percent of undergrads that went off to med school. It’s 17% if I remember correctly.