I'm not just drifting through college

Sometimes I may look or act like I'm just another mindless fish in the pond. Walking around campus every day, I really do look like I'm just swimming in circles with no real sense of direction. However, in contrast to how the situation appears, I have already declared a major, and I really do have an idea of where I want to end up after school. I don't call myself a pre-med student just to be cool; I do plan on attending medical school after college. Currently, I am technically a Psychobiology major, but I plan on switching to Biology soon. The idea of psychobiology sounded quite interesting when I first heard about it; the field was a combination of psychology and biology and was supposed to resemble neuroscience. After I learned more about the major, though, I decided that there were too many courses to take to obtain a degree. Assuming that my college degree won't really matter after medical school (Wouldn't patients rather be looking at a doctor's medical degree?), it would probably be better to declare a major with a lighter course load. After all, medical school is basically four more years of science classes. With biology as a major, I would be able to complete a minor and take other interesting classes. Aside from what majors and minors I decide to complete, I plan on graduating in the spring of 2007 and hopefully attending a medical school the following fall.

Which medical school I decide to attend, unfortunately, isn't as easy as choosing a major because I won't be in a position to choose. Originally, UCLA's medical school was my first choice, but after going through the rigors of pre-med and taking the MCAT, and upon hearing about the competitive admission standards, I would be quite happy studying at any California medical school. Why California? I have lived in California all my life and couldn't imagine studying medicine anywhere else. The environment in California isn't my only reason for studying here; medical education in California can be considered the best in the nation. One doesn't even have to look at a school's curriculum, rather, the competition to just enter a California medical school can be indicative of the level of education one would receive in California. In addition, being in California for medical school would show me a preview of what it would be like to complete my residency and eventually practice here, too. It might be too early to be completely sure what I want to specialize in and where I want to practice. Although if I were to work in a hospital instead of opening a private practice, I would want to be employed in one of the more preeminent medical centers, such as Geffen Medical Center or Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. However, seeing as how I hate the traffic situation and pollution in Los Angeles, I might just settle down in Northern California. I'll just hope that in ten years Nothern California won't end up like Southern California.