jessica, you're right, california state univ., hayward. (CSUH) sorry for the late response.
forensic chick-
FYI, you can not only get into a US med school coming from csuh, you can get into top ranked schools. one of my o-chem classmates at csuh will be attending ucsf as well. another former csuh student is bound for mayo this year. (talk to Dr. D) i was interviewed at 4 of the 5 UCs and was accepted at ucd, ucsd, and ucsf, as well as multiple out-of-state schools. don't sell yourself or your school short. there is more to the med school application process than gpa, mcat and undergrad institution.
i will admit that you are slightly disadvantaged coming out of the gate, and that i experienced some elitism, especially from some of the private schools. however, if you nail the mcat, have a solid gpa and a good life story, despite graduating from a non-powerhouse school, you will occupy a chair in the lecture halls of a med school somewhere in the US.
there are several positive aspects of csuh including class size and virtually unlimited access to your professors. my largest class had 136 students in it (physics) and average class size was in the 30-40 range. some schools have 1000+ in such classes and you only get access to TAs (not knocking them though). for the most part, there are only a handful of text books used nation wide for each core subject. i firmly believe you can learn as much at csuh as you can anywhere. you get out what you put in. most of the learning occurs outside the lecture hall anyway. (at home, a coffee shop, a library or wherever you choose to study)
