<p>Hi</p>
<p>Does anyone have information regarding the biology departments at UCSD/UCLA/UCB? I'm a bio major at UCSD right now, but I've been accepted as a transfer student to UCLA and am waiting on UC Berkeley. Which school has the stronger biology department?</p>
<p>UCLA - College of Letters and Science
UCB - College of Natural Resources
UCSD - Uh, no mini college system like that :)</p>
<p>both are great but UC Berkeley is better</p>
<p>Whats your stats' ender?</p>
<p>Hm. I posted this on another thread, but here is what I wrote:</p>
<p>"You guys will be surprised. I applied with a 3.4 GPA, though there is a very, VERY distinct positive trend since my freshman year. I'm involved in various organizations on campus (mostly those that focus on getting into medical school), and I've had continuous research experience at a cancer center since my freshman year. I also participated in two quarter-long workshops aimed at building leadership, confidence, public speaking, etc. Though, I think that my essays were what got me in. I had my friend proof-read them and he was basically blown away.</p>
<p>Anyway, I just hope that I serve as some sort of an example to show that you don't need an insane GPA to get into UCLA! Show them that you're a hard worker, not only in academics but in extra curricular activities as well, be honest and open in your essays, and you'll get in."</p>
<p>What classes have you taken relating to your major?</p>
<p>I've taken three quarters of Math, three quarters of physics + physics lab, two quarters of biology, two quarters of ochem (will finish the last quarter of ochem this summer to make it three quarters total), one quarter of ochem lab, three quarters of general chem and one quarter of general chem lab.</p>
<p>we're ranked higher than ucla in bio, i'm not sure bout cal, but i know we're competitors with Johns hopkins for bio</p>
<p>Nice line-up. Did you take calc-based physics? You didn't have to take a lab for each chem course?</p>
<p>I took the 1 series at UCSD, which is physics for non-engineer majors. There's one quarter of physics lab per physics class that you take, so three quarters of physics + three separate quarters of physics lab. However, for chemistry, it's a bit different. There's only one lab for all three quarters of the general chem series, and one lab for the ochem series.</p>
<p>Interesting. Thanks.</p>
<p>I had to take a lab with every chem and bio class that I attended. = (</p>