Johns Hopkins vs UCLA

ucbalumnus
Thu, 24 Mar 2016 02:58:34 +0000

It is very difficult to switch into the engineering division at UCLA. Need a 3.500 college GPA just to be eligible to apply, but the process is competitive with no guarantee of admission.
http://www.seasoasa.ucla.edu/com-faq/

Also, it can be difficult to fit the extra pre-med courses into a mechanical engineering curriculum at any school.

For pre-med, the $214,000 difference over four years could pay for a lot of medical school (or avoid that much extra debt by the time you finish your MD).