UCD VS. UCLA for life science/pre-health?

hermanliu320
Sun, 28 Mar 2010 15:40:37 +0000

I don’t know actual statistics of the school… but from people I have met… If you meet like 10 students, probably about 3 of them would be pre-health/med. Maybe about half of them are studying sciences. Few of them should be engineers. and others… doing other things. Most people I meet are science majors.
There are a lot of people who want to go to medical school. So its a lot of competition. (Much of the campus is asian… if that says anything.) But the thing about that is, A lot of people just say they are pre-med but many of them also have Cs in chemistry or some science… so… to me… I pretty much judge them as not even competition anymore (Oh im so mean). Seeing that you are UCLA tier, I think you should do fine at UCD, assuming you also work hard.
Its nice to see people like you who look more into schools than just the prestigiousness of the University. Most people would just be too carried away w their happiness and just SIR to UCLA lol.
Also, I think being one of the top students at UCD is going to be better than just… a regular student at UCLA. And at UCD, when you are doing well, they somewhat award you… in a way… I think… I’m a 3.95 cumulative student, and last quarter I got invited to a luncheon… got a dean’s letter… and recently got an email to a job opportunity as a tutor… with pretty good pay. Hope this helps!

I tried to help, Good luck with your choice. Definitely one of the hardest decisions you are going to have to make in life.