UC undergrads

[LuciusVorenus]

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Does being a UC undergrad increase or decrease your chances of getting into a UC medical school? (assuming your stats are identical to somone who is not a UC undergrad of course) Or does it not matter at all.
I've heard UC's like "diversity" in their medical school classes, so do they hate taking their own then?

 

[DarknightX]

I'm at a UC and I can say that over 2/3rds of our class went to a UC for undergrad....more than half our class went to either UCLA or Cal.

 

[JJMrK]

I'm at a UC and I can say that over 2/3rds of our class went to a UC for undergrad....more than half our class went to either UCLA or Cal.

I'm guessing you're at either UCI, UCD, or UCSD. Yeah?

 

[Lukkie]

I'm guessing you're at either UCI, UCD, or UCSD. Yeah?

yeah probably... cause if it was LA or Berk that would mean 600+ people from each school went to a UC

 

[LuciusVorenus]

ah!
great news

 

[Tots]

ah!
great news
I go to UCI right now and getting into UCI's medical school would be a dream come true. 😀

Im with you on that one, but I got awhile before I apply
Goodluck!

 

[Appless]

UCI takes more of their own, but its more a function of the fact that there are 19023891 pre meds at UCI and we all apply to UCI praying (I know im one of them). Going to a UC isnt going to really make or break you getting in. A lot of UC med schools have UC undergrads just for the simple reason that often the more driven and competitive students go there. Think about it. To get into UCI, UCSD, UCLA, etc often you need close to a 4.0 and a good SAT score out of HS. Now these top students who enter college who want to be a MD are either going to choose a good UC school, or some ****ty cal state....obviously they go to the UC. UCs generally get more competitive and "smarter" kids then the cal states so of course more get into med school. Just my 2 cents.

 

[creativekat]

UCSD takes 10% of its undergrad who apply. Supposedly. And takes 13% of Stanford applicants, 6-8% of Berk and UCLA applicants. I don't remember where I heard this from, sorry.

But like ^^ said, everyone at UCSD ends up applying to the med school hoping for some lucky break. But the SOM has also made presentations saying they're aware of how tough the science classes are at UCSD (and which are honors courses, which are challenging courses, etc.) and are much more favorable to a UCSD student's 3.8 GPA compared to RandomCollege student's 3.8 GPA, so UCSD students get a slight advantage there...

 

[BlueElmo]

I'm at a UC and I can say that over 2/3rds of our class went to a UC for undergrad....more than half our class went to either UCLA or Cal.

Excellent. This gives me some hope.

 

[talbo]

UCSD takes 10% of its undergrad who apply. Supposedly. And takes 13% of Stanford applicants, 6-8% of Berk and UCLA applicants. I don't remember where I heard this from, sorry.

But like ^^ said, everyone at UCSD ends up applying to the med school hoping for some lucky break. But the SOM has also made presentations saying they're aware of how tough the science classes are at UCSD (and which are honors courses, which are challenging courses, etc.) and are much more favorable to a UCSD student's 3.8 GPA compared to RandomCollege student's 3.8 GPA, so UCSD students get a slight advantage there...

I think most UC med schools slightly favor their undergrad for two reasons.

1. they know their school's premed curriculum better and it's toughness, ie. if some ucla kid has a good gpa, the med school knows it's not bogus or nething

2. the letters of rec come from the school's faculty and are usually taken with more weight, by weight i mean they are familiar with some of these faculty thru collaborations etc

 

[talbo]

Excellent. This gives me some hope.

It's not suprising that most of the students at the UCs are from the UCs. For one

UCLA ~770 applicants
UCSD and UCB each has ~700 applicants

that alone can fill all the UCs and you still have the rest of the UCR, UCI, UCD, UCSB, UCSC, etc

There are plenty of bright students at the Cal States, but I would think from an admissions stand point, UC schools are generally classified as harder than Cal States, etc and have a lot of smart kids.

 

[LuciusVorenus]

I think most UC med schools slightly favor their undergrad for two reasons.

1. they know their school's premed curriculum better and it's toughness, ie. if some ucla kid has a good gpa, the med school knows it's not bogus or nething

2. the letters of rec come from the school's faculty and are usually taken with more weight, by weight i mean they are familiar with some of these faculty thru collaborations etc

The second probably being the reason why UC kids scramble to get research or work with an MD from their respective UC medical center ^_^

 

[Lukkie]

The second probably being the reason why UC kids scramble to get research or work with an MD from their respective UC medical center ^_^

or better yet, find out which MDs are on the adcomm and get in good with them early 👍

 

[BlauMac]

I know you're UCI, but for other UC students I've heard from quite a few people that those from UC undergrad with a Med School (UCLA, UCD, UCI) are given more weight than those without a Med School (UCR, UCM).

Berkeley as always is just different. 😛