How hard is it to get matched somewhere in California?

My goal is to get matched somewhere in CA, which is where I'm from and where all my family is. As a reminder, we are talking: UCLA USC UCI Cedars Sinai Loma Linda UCI UC Davis UCSD Stanford Most of these places are pretty competitive, right? How worried should I be worried as a current M2 about getting honors in pre-clinical and clerkships, my class ranking, publishing research, etc? My Step 1 score will be pass/fail as well, so I am not sure how... Read more
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