No, CA is the #1 producer of pre-meds in the entire country. Last year over 360 students from USC applied to med school.* That’s huge number! So it’s not terribly surprising that 30 or so of them ended up at Keck since CA students try hard to stay in-state. I bet there are tons from UCB, UCLA and UCSD too.
*USC uses a health professions committee letter to pre-screen med school applicants. Only those students the HP committee thinks have a very strong chance of gaining a med school admission are offered letters of recommendation. Without the HP committee’s endorsement, a student either cannot apply or will be applying with HUGE red flag on their application.
I have no preference either way–this is your decision.