@Sand12 . . .
Here’s the [url= https://www.scu.edu/pre-health/admission-statistics/]link[/url] to a very well done study of SCU’s placement into MD and OD programs.
Here’s a quote from the site:
Click on the link to see where 328 students from 2002-2018 matriculated, 19.2 students/year; I don’t know if this is all inclusive of all who were accepted. The aamc.org website states that 73 SCU grads applied to med school in the 2018-19 cycle, and this would indeed be the fully unfiltered number. The site uses 40% as the rate of acceptance for all applicants, which figures to 29 acceptances during that time.
Additionally, both SCU and UCLA are on the quarter (trimester) system, which will allow you to have a fallback minor or even attach another major in case the coursework in bio isn’t going to allow you to maintain ≥ 3.5 gpa, other than switching out of the major hopefully early on.
This is a bit off-topic, but here’s a [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CLhqjOzoyE]link[/url] to a gentleman by the name of Dr. Michael Burry (edited name) who gave the keynote speech at UCLA Economics Graduation in 2012, who was an econ graduate who attended medical school to show that UCLA and SCU would be flexible enough for an aspirant as yourself to major in something besides the life sciences, but taking the med-school core courses (premed) concurrently. His speech is about finding himself and his calling, which was in hedge funds, even armed with a Vanderbilt medical degree. It’s about 21 minutes, so if it’s too much, then feel free to pass.
SCU would also be excellent, so don’t feel that UCLA would be the only road to med school for you. All the Best…