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

DRab
Tue, 06 Jun 2006 07:56:15 +0000

Though it is true, that Berkeley professors do have more nobels than many Ivy League schools, such as Yale, and though some nobel-winners do teach undergrads, in general not many do.



How does this compare to other schools?



Some are great. Some are not so great. And it is difficult to switch out from the bad TA’s who determine your grade since so many classes at Berkeley are impacted.



I think in many cases it is quite easy to switch sections. Lower div labs can be hard to switch out of, and some humanities and social science courses can be hard to switch out of, but I think in many cases it is pretty easy, really, and many GSIs will work with you if you simply talk to them.



And classes are, in general, large so you may not notice much of a difference between a good TA and a bad one anyways.



I think that’s a dubious claim.