Is UCSC a good option?

ap7125
Tue, 08 Dec 2020 22:30:24 +0000

When I was looking at colleges online, specifically the UC system, the campus of UCSC called to me. I fell in love with everything about this university. I’m planning to major in engineering (hopefully biomedical engineering) and go on the pre-med track.
UCSC has really good research opportunities, but from talking to people who currently go to UCSC, they mentioned that you can get little to none volunteering or research or clinical experience unless you have a car because the campus is so isolated. I have no means of bringing a car freshman year to any university. Coming from a family that is going to struggle to send me to both undergrad and medical school, a car is not an option.
Would it be a good idea for me to go to UCSC?