UC Berkeley on the East coast/midwest

SWHarborfan
Sat, 27 Mar 2010 03:19:01 +0000

My Berkeley degree (and GPA/MCATS) got me in to the top medical schools, on the East Coast. In fact, my GPA was commented upon–because of Cal’s grade deflation–during more than one medical school interview.

As well, it wasn’t just the academic rigor of Cal, which was reknown, of course, but several of the med school admissions’ interviewers seemed to think we were such interesting creatures, coming from Berkeley.

So, yes, a lot of cache, but, even better, it’s a wonderful school in a very exciting and beautiful area.