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1. I got pretty similar stats to you.
2. "'Ive heard from another postbac student that the stats are misleading and not everyone who does the ucsd postbac gets into med school or even neccesarily has an improved shot at california schools/UCSD."
I've heard nothing about the post bacc program's ability to increase your chances of CA schools. I've heard really varying things about the post bacc's ability to get you into UCSD. I've heard that 33% of post bacc students were able to matriculate into UCSD SOM. I've also heard 50% of post bacc students were able to matriculate into UCSD SOM. Both of these are of course from specific cohorts but I was given the impression that the # of matriculants from the post bacc program is rising. I've also heard that they don't tell you but that every post bacc member is granted an interview with UCSD SOM.
Of course I also asked the interviewer this very same question (i.e. will the post back help me enter UCSD SOM). She said that while there is of course no direct linkage, they seem to look favorably at its members.
My opinion is that the post bacc members have a higher chance of getting in than most applicants (which is not that high in the grand scheme but pretty good compared to others). The national acceptance rate for UCSD SOM at 3.4%, is one of the lowest in the country. I read it a few years back but I was also shocked at how few of its own undergraduates UCSD accepted.
This is all in light of the interview process at UCSD SOM supposedly being terrible. I read a particularly scathing reddit post about how UCSD SOM seemed very stuck up about its reputation and didn't care for its students on interview day. I had someone who recently interviewed there confirm almost the exact same experience; mind you it was this person's dream to attend UCSD SOM, as it probably is for many of you.
I figured something like that might be at play--you articulated it very well! Have you heard anything about whether other UCs in the postbac consortium communicate or are more likely to grant interviews to applicants which have graduated from the postbac program?