<p>I'm trying to decide between Dartmouth, Cornell, and Northwestern. I'll most likely be majoring in Biology, so how does Northwestern's biology department/curriculum compare to other that of other prestigious schools?</p>
<p>Choose Northwestern!! It’s a much more well-rounded environment and not the manic-depressive towns of Hanover and Ithaca.</p>
<p>Seconded…</p>
<p>I think, for science, Cornell may be better than the other two. In my opinion NU is best in Journalism and Engineering, not Biological science. Dart seems to be famous for its humanities rather than science. </p>
<p>Only personal opinions though.</p>
<p>NO, Cornell is better in Engineering. I would say choose that if it were engineering. But since its science…choose NU. It’s probably one the best in the nation at undergraduate research. Many graduates can back this up…</p>
<p>Having completed my chemistry degree at Northwestern, I’ve had my fair share of interaction with NU’s Biology majors (pre-med or not). To be completely honest, I was not very impressed by Biology department–professors, grad students and undergrads–with one and only one exception being perhaps the most caring, knowledgeable, and helpful professor I’ve had at NU. Compared to the chemistry curriculum, biology at Northwestern is a joke. Take that, however, with a grain of salt: at least 8 of my friends from high school are chemistry majors at different universities and NONE have as broad or as strong of a chemistry education as I have received at Northwestern; I speak only to the strength of NU’s chemistry department compared to other schools, not the comparative weakness of biology.</p>