Biology/ Biochemistry Major

College Search & Selection
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<p>Hi,</p>

<p>I've been researching through several resources only based upon the major, but then I realized that I was going to spend at least 4 years in that place.</p>

<p>So the factors that I'm looking for are...</p>

<p>DECENT / OKAY / FANTASTIC WEATHER (not rainy or snowy or too cold. hot is aite)
Beautiful campus
Decent diversity
Great biochemistry / bio;chem engineering fields. </p>

<p>I came up with a list of schools before thinking about the above categories, so here is my initial list:</p>

<p>Stanford (EA)
Cornell
Dartmouth
Duke
Johns Hopkins
NYU
Pomona
Rice
Wash U. St Louis
Harvey Mudd
Princeton
Columbia Engineering
UIUC
USC
Emory
Reed
Yale
Vanderbilt
Swarthmore
UNC Chapel Hill
Haverford
Amherst
Brown
UC B, SD</p>

<p>I know it's a very long list, so I'm willing to narrow down. What colleges could I add or remove or consider? Any suggestions would be very very helpful to me. I'm literally swimming in a pool of chaos right now. Thanks!</p>

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<p>Think about this:</p>

<p>Do you want a larger university setting or a smaller liberal arts college setting?</p>

<p>Separate them based on what you would prefer.</p>

<p>What state are you located?</p>

<p>You have a very wide variety of colleges on your list. Do some research on each, because it doesn't seem like you've vetted your list to match your preferences.</p>

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<p>Reed:</p>

<p>Plus: Beautiful campus, 31% students of color (this freshman class), #1 in the country by percentage for future PhDs in bio, #2 in chem (if you're not interested in research, this may be no biggie). </p>

<p>Minus: No engineering, is rainy.</p>

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<p>You are right, the list is just an amalgam of different colleges.
I made the list before I did any research about colleges.</p>

<p>I honestly do not have any preference to the size of university setting.. small or large. I am an international applicant outside US (us citizen). I guess the relatively-narrowed down list is </p>

<p>UCB, SD
Rice
Wash U. St Louis
Harvey Mudd
Pomona
NYU
Johns Hopkins
Duke
Columbia Engineering
UIUC
USC
Haverford
UNC Chapel Hill
Cornell.</p>

<p>Does it seem better?</p>

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<p>^ I'd drop NYU.</p>

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<p>Yes, actually a representative from Reed came to our school two weeks ago, but I couldn't attend the fair. It seems like a very attractive and academic school, but.. does it rain that much? :(</p>

7

<p>Thank you UCBChemEGrad, and I just realized that you are a UCB Chem Engineering grad...haha</p>

8

<p>Portland is indeed considered rainy (averaging 36.3 inches per year), but some students say it helps them study!</p>

9

<p>While two of my favorites, Dartmouth and Cornell are hardly not snowy or cold.</p>

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<p>I don't think UIUC or UNC are particularly strong for bio/biochem. Wisconsin is similar and better in those fields.</p>