<p>Which one is better for me if i want to go to medical school? How are their bio programs in comparison with each other? Please help!</p>
<p>both have pretty good programs. cornell is about as hard and competitive as berkeley so if you're instate then pick cal
you should also base it on the environment you like</p>
<p>how is it possible that you could still be deciding?</p>
<p>I'm just curious :). Anyone else? thx najmsh</p>
<p>I heard Cornell is HARD to get out. Very HARD to get out.</p>
<p>wat do u mean by very hard to get out?</p>
<p>the environment should play a huge factor. i heard cornell has some crappy weather, with one of the highest suicide rates... correct me if i'm mistaken.</p>
<p>berkeley should have a more pleasant climate.</p>
<p>Definitely. Some people go there because they like the cold. But after 3 straight months of not being able to go outside, I'm sure they feel a little down.</p>
<p>you havent heard of the saying before?
out of all the ivy's..
"cornell is the easiest to get into, but the hardest to get out of"</p>
<p>DNA must have decided to go to Cornell. Cornell has some special things though. One of them is Nano-Engineering. It's one of the most promising engineering major.
I never knew Ithaca's weather was that bad, Whewwww.</p>
<p>Berkeley MCB and Chemistry is ranked number one. It is a very respected undergraduate major.</p>
<p>I imagine the curve to be similiar at both Cornell and Berkeley. Both will be tough. I have known 2.8 GPA majors in MCB get into top Biology PhD programs. For med school, both schools will have very tough curves. I would imagine that Berkeley would be a less depressing experience though.</p>
<p>DNA, you say you want to get into med-school. Then you should be considering the success rates of the premeds at both schools.</p>
<p>59% of Berkeley premeds who apply to med-school get in somewhere. Hence, 41% get rejected at all med schools they apply to.</p>
<p>77% of Cornell premeds who apply to med-school get in somewhere. Hence, 23% get rejected at all medschools they apply to.</p>
<p><a href="http://career.berkeley.edu/MedStats/19992003seniors.stm%5B/url%5D">http://career.berkeley.edu/MedStats/19992003seniors.stm</a>
<a href="http://www.career.cornell.edu/downloads/Health/accapp04.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://www.career.cornell.edu/downloads/Health/accapp04.pdf</a></p>
<p>Cornell's suicide rate is below the national average. I'm correcting you, ccmadforever.</p>
<p>Dude, why would anyone EVER go to Cornell, med or otherwise? Even those poor bastards at U Chicago seem less insipid...</p>
<p>Does Cornell do the MIT thing where they take 1 day off a month because there are statistically fewer suicides? Ex boyfriend went to MIT...yeah, thought I wanted to go there at one point...changed my mind. I'm independent (in the sense that I prefer Cal over Stanford) but not soulless.</p>
<p>If you do well at either school, getting into a top med-school should not be a problem. I think the structure and curriculum at both schools are similar. The students bodies are very different...Berkeley being very progressive (a microcosm of california as a whole) while Cornell, while still progressive by most people standards, is somewhat more conservative and very "New York", i.e. the student body follows trends, fads etc. that most californians scoff at...As a californian at Cornell, it was a bit of a shock at first, but I liked being put out of my comfort level...it made me try new things and I ended up loving Cornell (at least academically and the friends I made). One major thing to consider...if you're into the urban scene, enjoy being indipendent, big cities, culture etc...then you can't beat Berkeley...Cornell, while an incredible research university, is simply too isolated to have the culturual offerings of Berkeley and the Bay Area...so if you like a more isolated, idylic setting where the culture of the college is focused around the campus, then Cornell...if you're the opposite and are dying to escape the dorm scene for the city on the weekends...then perhaps Berkeley...I don't think you can go wrong here...they are both absolutely fantastic universities that will completely change your life.</p>
<p>cheers,
CUgrad</p>