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If you go to Bay Area and want med school, if you already have a degree, and going back for the prereqs, you have about a 1% chance of getting into UCSF or Stanford. they are both top 10 med schools.
You might want to look more at LA Area... it gives you UCLA, USC, UC Irvine right there... And if you want to move a tad, you still have UCSD... All of which are easier to get into than Stanford or UCSF. UCSF competing with Harvard/Johns Hopkins/Columbia as the 4/5th ranked med school in the U.S. and Stanford with Cornell/Yale... certainly no slouch.
Your best chance of getting in anywhere is USC as they are private and would love to take your $, might favor more life exp, more so than the UC's which are extremely competitive and more egalitarian, better have a 3.9/4.0 GPA. If you want to go the UC route your best shot is probably Irvine.
I'm not in NYC currently.
I am not opposed to relocating again for medical school if necessary. I'd apply broadly.
I am not opposed to relocating again for medical school if necessary. I'd apply broadly.
Well if you aren't in NYC, then you might want to recheck the costs of SF... as NYC is the only other area more expensive. Housing costs will be about double what you were used to in Chicago. I.E. expect studio to be in the 1000-1500 range and the 1br to be in the 1500-2000 range, 2br's probably 2500-3500 range. and I am not talking about nice ones in hot neighborhoods, I am talking just finding anything...
also your requirement:
-not too liberal (I'm a big fan of voting in my tax bracket) --- Is going to kill it for you...
i.e. heres closer to downtown for an OK jr 1 bedroom 450sq feet
I'm pretty sure I know how much it costs to live where I'm living, but thanks for your input. I even double-checked it against Moderator cut: link removed, linking to competitor sites is not allowed to compare SF to my current location.
I'm pretty sure I know how much it costs to live where I'm living, but thanks for your input. I even double-checked it against Moderator cut: link removed, linking to competitor sites is not allowed to compare SF to my current location.
OK you seem to know what you are doing and more than people who have lived there, good luck
-not too liberal (I'm a big fan of voting in my tax bracket) --- Is going to kill it for you...
i.e. heres closer to downtown for an OK jr 1 bedroom 450sq feet
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-Is what going to kill it for me? Not living in a relatively conservative place? Maybe. Not interested in living in Berkeley if it's anything like Oak Park IL if that makes any sense (seeing as you're in Chicago). I'm going to have to visit and see if it's my kind of place, I think, to answer that question.
-Regarding your link, yes, I see it, and yes, housing is cheaper in SF than in my current location. Which is not NYC. The end.
have you thought about DC? I think it has everything to offer that you are looking for, possibly with the exception of warm winters...but the winters here aren't as bad as Chicago's
-Is what going to kill it for me? Not living in a relatively conservative place? Maybe. Not interested in living in Berkeley if it's anything like Oak Park IL if that makes any sense (seeing as you're in Chicago). I'm going to have to visit and see if it's my kind of place, I think, to answer that question.
-Regarding your link, yes, I see it, and yes, housing is cheaper in SF than in my current location. Which is not NYC. The end.
Oak Park? LoL Oak Park isn't even on the radar compared to Bay Area... How much time have you spent in the Bay Area? Chicago is a pretty down the middle city being less liberal than Boston/LA/NYC.
SF/Berkeley is far left and in your face as it goes in terms of North America. Less than a 10% R voting base. I don't particularly mind it, but I know people who would go crazy and be in a bit of culture shock...
My gf is from the Bay Area and she thinks Chicago is conservative/vanilla for the most part in comparison.
Oak Park? LoL Oak Park isn't even on the radar compared to Bay Area... How much time have you spent in the Bay Area? Chicago is a pretty down the middle city being less liberal than Boston/LA/NYC.
SF/Berkeley is far left and in your face as it goes in terms of North America. Less than a 10% R voting base. I don't particularly mind it, but I know people who would go crazy and be in a bit of culture shock...
My gf is from the Bay Area and she thinks Chicago is conservative/vanilla for the most part in comparison.
I think I'm going to have to visit for a little while first. That's part of why I'm also considering TX. I'm not super conservative but definitely much more conservative than most people my age it seems.
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you seem to know what you are doing and more than people who have lived there, good luck 
