VERY confused about Berkeley or UCI

bluedevilmike
Sat, 08 Apr 2006 23:30:50 +0000

if you put in the effort

For premeds like me, this can be a big deal. :)

I’m teasing.

Certainly I’d agree with sakky that it’s not a deal-breaker. But I’d argue that all things being equal - and with Princeton and LACs, they aren’t - it’s better to have access to an academic medical center, with the research projects and faculty mentoring/letter writing that that provides.

Of course, you always have summer internships, etc, etc, so it’s definitely not a deal-breaker.

But in my opinion, it helps you get to know why you want to be a premed.