<p>I decided from the beginning I wasn’t going to join the med school race (too long a pay off for me! I’m all about instant gratification baby!), but even with that, I had great opportunities at UCLA to be involved in research (bioengineering professors who sat on the adcom boards wanted you to have published before you applied if possible), watch open heart surgeries, catheter lab procedures, laparascopic robotic surgery, beyond other things. I’ve also talked to friends at Cal who are looking very hot for UCSF since they were lucky enough to be lab assistants under surgeons or MDs at UCSF high on the food chain and performed well. </p>
<p>From what I read regarding the thread - she should go where she wants to end up and from what I’ve heard described so far, if she continues to work at the same clip she’ll be a-okay when it comes time to go to med school. Best of luck!</p>