<p>I am having a very hard time deciding which of these schools I want to go to… I am planning on going to graduate school or possibly medical school. Which of these would be considered the best? </p>
<p>You might get better grades at Cal Poly SLO. The other 2 UCs are very hard for premeds.</p>
<p>First, I would question why anyone who wanted to go into medicine would subject themselves to the rigor of engineering as an UG. That’s a tough path.</p>
<p>Next, @DrGoogle, do you have any evidence to back up your claim? Does CP SLO have more grade inflation than the others? </p>
<p>There’s plenty of information to support the fact that this year Poly was a tougher admit for many engineering majors, especially BME and ME, than either UCSD or UCLA. There won’t be any shortage of competition at Poly.</p>
<p>eyemgh, I went to Cal Poly SLO engineering so I’m familiar with the school. Admission rate is not correlate to difficulty in grading. In general, the competition for premed is intense while for engineering there is less competition despite the fact that engineering school is hard. </p>
<p>^ Exactly. Schools set their own standards for rigor that are often completely independent of the incoming student body stats. That is why you see some engineering programs with mediocre admit stats and low graduation rates. The quality and rigor are there, but there are simply fewer students able to handle the intensity and workload.</p>
<p>Even before consider your choice of university, electrical engineering, any engineering for that matter, is far from the ideal choice as a premed major. To apply and be competitive for medical school, you will have to take a whole litany of bio, and chem/ochem on top of your already heavy engineering curriculum. </p>
<p>If you are serious about med school, choose a premed major like biochem, chem, or life sciences. </p>
<p>As for school choice, if you are just comparing engineering to engineering without regards to your med school plans, then you need to look more into which learning style suits you the best.</p>
<p>Are you a hands on kind of learner or are you more theory focused book learner? Because Cal Poly is the former and the aforementioned UCs are the latter.</p>
<p>Do you ever want to work a bit as an EE post graduation? If you do, Cal Poly might be a better choice. Conversely, if your goal is more focused on getting an engineering Phd then UCLA might be a superior choice.</p>
<p>All 3 of the schools stated have excellent undergrad EE programs. UCLA is the most recognized obviously, but Cal Poly also has an outstanding reputation, especially amongst the tech industry.</p>
<p>I think you need to sort out your med school ambition prior to figuring out the whole EE thing. </p>