UCLA vs Texas for Pre-med?

confused_senior2
Sat, 19 Apr 2008 11:49:49 +0000

Hi,

I want to start off as a pre-med in college to see if I like it, and I was wondering if UCLA or Texas would have a better pre-med program in terms of this:

-Ability to do research/get internships at the medical school (huge factor for me)
-Which one is less competitive/easier to get grades at…I know it’s hard everywhere, but if someone has any idea about this, please comment. I heard that UCLA is cutthroat for pre-med, so I am somewhat worried about that.
-How many grads get into the top med schools (i.e. Stanford, HMS, etc.)
-Which is better for business and engineering since there’s a decent chance I won’t do medicine?
-Non academic factors such as social life, college town, etc.