<p>And I will let you know how med school apps go for my DD who is at Berkeley and did not plan to be pre-med when she started and has had virtually no Berkeley advising, at least any worth taking 
Thank you, CC, BDM, NorcalGuy, etc for being here!</p>
<p>I can say that I do not think my Dd would have done any better at any lesser UC. Her grades get better and better as she moved higher, finds her niche, finds profs & classes she loves, etc. The more inspired she is by higher level teaching, the better she does, so a ‘lesser’ UC may not have motivated that!!!</p>
<p>Everyone is talking about northeastern med schools looking down on UCs.
I’m not particularly aiming for those schools. I simply want to get into a medical school in this country, and if it’s in California (where they do know about UCs), that’s great too.
So is it really true (this is what I’m getting from the posts) that no one from UCI or UCLA gets into a med school and becomes a doctor?</p>
<p>Its not true, what they are saying is you get lost in the crowd. The student to teacher ratio in UC’s is twice what it is in a private university.</p>
<p>John Hopkins will be competitive, so is life, but there will be good academic adviser and such. The close relations may counterbalance (somewhat) the academic pressure. If I could steal you admission by murdering you, I would. Lets leave it at that.</p>
<p>that is why premeds scare people</p>
<p>O dear, this thread has really gotten out of control.<br>
you must have misread what people have wrote on this board</p>
<p>**First, please for goodness sake visit each school you got admitted. ** You dont want to end up at school where you feel you dont fit in. For ex: if you went to a school where you ended up being the only guy studying while everyone is partying day and night, how would you feel about it?
**Second, take some time to introspect ** and think about how competitive you will be relative to your peers. You dont want to end up as last place at a super competitive place.
if you just want to be a doctor and dont care where, i think any of those schools will be fine. Obviously each of us have our own preferences, but as long as you stay above the curve, score MCAT well, and like the place you are at, you should get into a medical school.</p>
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<p>Nobody has said this. Don’t set up a straw man.</p>
<p>“if you just want to be a doctor and dont care where, i think any of those schools will be fine. Obviously each of us have our own preferences, but as long as you stay above the curve, score MCAT well, and like the place you are at, you should get into a medical school.”</p>
<p>THANK YOU!!! That’s all I wanted to hear but everyone was contradicting each other about how much your school’s name matters.</p>
<p>Well just when I was becoming more sure of UCLA, I got into Dartmouth.</p>
<p>Based on what I know it has a great environment for me. The housing is great, the students are easy to get along with, the food is perfect. But it is in the middle of nowhere and hard to get to, unlike LA.
I don’t know many specifics about the academics particularly premed.</p>
<p>School’s name doesn’t matter very much. The schools themselves, however, can sometimes matter a great deal.</p>
<p>Actually UCR is ranked higher than UCI and Its really improving now. Plus They’ll have a school of Medicine by 2013 and have a joint program with UCLA</p>
<p>Just curious, who is now ranking UCR above UCI- I have never seen that any where</p>