<p>Brown
Duke
UChicago
Northwestern
Cornell
UCSD
UCLA
UCBerk
UPenn
Dartmouth</p>
<p>Of these, which one has, IYO, the best biology/chemistry department/program?</p>
<p>UCBerk likely have the best graduate ranking in both. But whether graduate ranking = undergrad education is debatable, especially for huge schools like UCBerk. </p>
<p>Northwestern's chemistry = 9th in graduate ranking.</p>
<p>Duke/UPenn should have pretty good bio.</p>
<p>Almost every college I can name has a great bio and a great chem department. With any research university a well-developed bio and chem dept. are pretty much standard. While some universities are stronger on a graduate level, you shouldn't concern yourself with that because that is irrelevant to your undergraduate experience. I would say all the colleges on your list have great bio and great chem. departments, so you should be comparing other factors.</p>
<p>Overall department, undergrad and grad, I'd say Berkeley. For undergrad, Chicago. For grad, Berkeley. These are by pure numbers, but I agree with js416256 -- most, if not all, of the top colleges will have great bio/chem departments.</p>