Research Opportunities: UCB vs UCLA

vc08
Tue, 31 Mar 2009 04:19:08 +0000

Several of my friends at UCLA are already involved in research with profs, and they’re first-years. UCLA’s Ronald Reagan Med Center provides great opportunities for volunteering and research, as it’s located right on campus (a plus over Cal, where you have to travel by BART to get to the UCSF med center). There’s also a brain-mapping center, one of the top cancer treatment wards in the country, etc. I’m sure anon2528462 will come in here and refute the statement that UCLA is slightly stronger, and will probably say that there’s an slightly higher quantity of Cal students getting into med school than UCLA students, and also that because there are less pre-meds at Cal, the competition is less severe. But you know, f*** competition! You got into those schools because they believed you could succeed. You will find a myriad of research opportunities at either school, and they’re both world-class universities. I would go for fit, and just know that you made a great choice!

UCLA Health: Center for High Quality Health Care Services; (see interns link in text)
[Undergraduate Research Centers](UCLA Undergraduate Research)

Good luck!