Recent content by Cambrian

Go to any med school during exam time and all of the students will look like "zombies and suicidal". Yes, you have to study hard at UCSD but you also have to study hard at any med school. I mean med school is not a place you can coast through. People keep mentioning the hardcore curriculum...

Oops, I should address you as DoctorKevin. Why the name change? I have been reading your posts from time to time and I think that I have made an accurate psychological profile of you. You, my friend, belong at UCSD ;)

Eraserhead, We have the same MCAT scores! I mean exactly down to the subsections. I'm biased here because I am a UCSD med student. But I'll tell you that you should go to UCSD. There was probably some truth to the notorious UCSD rumor YEARS ago. But it is not so now. My classmates are...

Oh boy, here goes the Stanford rejection thread. If you do a search, there is a thread from last summer that has people with great stats who got rejected. I applied two summers ago and was rejected so fast !!!. I turned my AMCAS on early July of 2001 and got rejected within that week I think...

There's a new "study" published by the Hartford Courant that ranks med schools based on the percentage of med school graduates who later received disciplinary actions. Now, note that I put quotation marks on the word study because I believe that this is not a real study. It fails to account...

Greg Focker: Gaylord is my legal name. Nobody's called me by it since third grade. Denny Byrnes: Wait a minute, so your name is Gay Focker? =========================================== Jack Byrnes: I understand you may have had sexual relations with my daughter before, but under our roof...

are you a pothead, Focker?

California medical students and college students have always enjoyed a superb education from the University of California at a cheap tuition. But recently, the state's $38 billion deficit has forced the state government to impose drastic budget cuts at the expense of the UC's quality of...

Hey CalBear, I didn't know you were an MSI at UCSD? I am too. I think I used to remember who CalBear was. Anyway, I will PM you and we'll figure it all out. Jalby, Most of your claims about UCSD are hearsay. I am a first year med student, just like CalBear. I have to say that the...

It is true that Salk, Scripps (the biomedical institute, not the oceanography one) and Burnham are separate entities from UCSD. However, there is a lot of faculty crossover between Salk, Burnham, and UCSD. Many Salk and Burnham researchers also hold appointments in the UCSD faculty. So if...

Hi Bounty, I haven't talked to you since the hosting at UCSD. I hope you'll get off the waitlist so that you can join our school. We'd be honored and happy to have you as our fellow classmate. I wish there's something I can do to convince the adcom that you are fantastic! I wish I can...

-There's no "graded system" at UCSD. It's only P/F/Honors. But if you consider the honors a step closer to graded then I suppose it is graded. But, really, all medical schools have some sort of system to distinguish between the "pass" people and the "top of the class" people; whether it is by...

No offense but I'm going to give you a balance input because the two previous posts were written by USC alumni ;) There are a few things to consider: 1. Location: UCSD is in La Jolla, which is a great place to live. La Jolla is safe, fun, and full of beaches. I've never been to the...

Sam, I am a first-year medical student at UCSD and I can give you a sincere opinion. You have undoubtedly heard of the cut-throat, competitive student body and the grueling curriculum. I have no way of proving or disproving this myth because I have no reference to compare UCSD with. But I...

I agree with you. Well said.