Life after Berkeley and Chance me?

alwaysleah
Tue, 05 Jun 2012 21:06:11 +0000

The caliber of Berkeley students really isn’t different than that of UCLA students. UCLA is certainly not a “small pond.”

OP, med schools really only care about GPA/MCAT/ECs. If you’re serious about premed, don’t major in engineering. First of all, it’s tough to get a high GPA and med schools won’t cut you slack because you majored in something difficult at a difficult school. Secondly, med schools will wonder why you’re not using that degree.

I wouldn’t go to Cal premed, but that’s a personal choice. I would choose somewhere like UCSB/D/I or St. Mary’s/Santa Clara, where you can probably get a lot of merit. But again, you can get to med school from Berkeley too. Pick where you would be comfortable.