Thank you for the advice 
! I visited the campus and also checked out the amount of pre-med research opportunities and they didn’t fit in with what I had in mind, but I can see myself attending either UCI and UCSD. I also was encouraged by some recent pre-med graduates and current students and they’ve said the same. I heard UCSD may have better research opportunities and advising teams since the students are split into sub-colleges, but UCI would be more convenient in terms of cost (since I wouldn’t be dorming) and lifestyle (I’m more familiar with the hospitals and work opportunities in Orange County). Just curious if you happen to find any stats on the class data on admitted applicants to the UC med schools such as where the admitted applicants graduated from, I would greatly appreciate it 