How hard is it to get into UCSF med school from Berkeley?

DlOGENES
Thu, 08 Jun 2006 03:07:39 +0000

Though CalX is right that many of the metrics USNews uses seem a little archaic, many are things people want out of college.

Alumni Contributions is a good proxy of how strong the alumni network is and the ease with which you can get a job through networking alone.

The quality of your peers and selectivity of your institution do increase the overall quality of your experience because people learn mostly through socialization.

These are 2 areas which Berkeley is very weak in, and I think its spot at around 20 is still quite an accomplishment with these handicaps.

But there are still failings, and one shouldn’t discount them as some sort of USNews methodology nonsense.