UCSB vs. UCI for med school?

blessingh
Mon, 01 Jun 2020 02:49:53 +0000

hello! yes i did seek help from HPAC (the director of the program) and my own psych counselor and they were overall very discouraging and unable to help me get into classes. they said that i would have to wait until my sophomore year to start general chem, and i did that, but that puts me about a year behind. my psych counselor told me i would graduate a year early but HPAC told me i should do a post-bacc.
i didn’t look into the early assurance program because i looked at some of their restrictions they have and i didn’t think it was right for me.
yeah my main concern with SB was that there isn’t a medical school/hospital associated with it. but i’m not really looking for an advantage to get into med school, i’m just looking for a place where i can do psych + pre-med courses with an easier pathway, if that makes sense!! thank you