Rank the California Medical Schools!

[Cyberdyne 101]

Everyone's favorite state for med school admissions!
Use YOUR own personal criteria!

1. UCLA, UCSF, and Stanford
(Do I even need to elaborate?!)

2.USC (LA County hospital!!)

3. UCSD (med school in La Jolla!)

4. UCI (simply breathtaking!)

5. UC-Davis (higher chance of running into E-40!)

6.UC-Riverside (making life that much better for CA applicants!)

7. Loma Linda (hey, it's still California!)

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[mcloaf]

1. UCSF. It's in the bay.

Are there other schools in California?

 

[Dr. Retractor]

As a non-Californian:

1. UCLA, UCSF, Stanford
(I've heard of them)

2. I thought that was it.

 

[Cyberdyne 101]

1. UCSF. It's in the bay.

Are there other schools in California?

Stanford is in the Bay too!

 

[Cyberdyne 101]

As a non-Californian:

1. UCLA, UCSF, Stanford
(I've heard of them)

2. I thought that was it.

Lol-it ain't that bad for CA applicants.

 

[mcloaf]

Stanford is in the Bay too!

Not the part of the Bay in which I'd want to live.

 

[Sean Lee]

As an OOS applicant with many friends/family acquaintances studying at CA medical schools, here's my personal list.

1) Stanford/UCSF
2) UCLA/UCSD/USC
3) UCI/UCD/Loma Linda
4) UCR (because it is so new)

 

[FutureOncologist]

Stanford put me on the waitlist, so screw them.

UCSF screened me out pre-secondary, so they can die in a lake of fire.

 

[hoihaie]

1. SF
2. SD
3. Stanford
4. LA (down here bc I do not like the traffic)
5. Davis/Irvine
6. Loma Linda
7. Riverside - very regional based

 

[ftp902]

UCSF/Stanford/UCLA
UCSD
USC
UCI/UCD
UCR/Loma Linda

 

[WaterPog]

1) *

End of list

 

[peyton91]

Last: Loma Linda


(I love beer)

 

[quicheduty]

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[RogueUnicorn]

1. Hollywood Upstairs Medical College
2. Everyone Else
3. Loma Linda

 

[On Eagle's Wings]

1. Loma Linda (Great mission statement, great campus, love it)
2. UCI
3. UCSD
4. UCD
5. UCR
6. UCLA
7. UCSF
8. USC
9. Stanford

 

[iluvbeingpremed]

Out of curiosity, which ones are easiest to get into OOS?

 

[ems2doc]

1. Stanford
2. UCSF
3. UCLA
4. The rest are good too, but I really don't care.

 

[dbeast]

Tufts

 

[BamaNicole]

Stanford is in the Bay too!

wrong part of the bay

 

[L. Beethoven]

Out of curiosity, which ones are easiest to get into OOS?

Loma Linda is the "easiest" to get in OOS - if you line up with LLU's mission. Aside from there, many, even UC schools specifically state on their websites that they have no in-state preference. There's just so many top applicants IS that most students come from California.

 

[Aerus]

Out of curiosity, which ones are easiest to get into OOS?

The one that's the least competitive to get into. It's not that most of the California schools have strong in-state biases that make it difficult for out of state applicants to get in, but it's that you will be competing with all the exceptionally well qualified applicants in California who also want to stay in-state.

 

[Cyberdyne 101]

Not the part of the Bay in which I'd want to live.

wrong part of the bay

I currently live in the wrong part of the country, so Palo Alto (although not quite San Francisco) sounds just fine to me.

 

[BamaNicole]

I currently live in the wrong part of the country, so Palo Alto (although not quite San Francisco) sounds just fine to me.

Should you come....you will know the difference. I wouldn't even go as far as calling Palo Alto "the bay."

 

[Abstractions]

1. Any CA medical school that accepts me
2. Everyone else

 

[Cyberdyne 101]

Should you come....you will know the difference. I wouldn't even go as far as calling Palo Alto "the bay."

If I'm that fortunate, I'll immediately report my assessment to you.