<p>Give your opinions evry1.</p>
<p>I have written before about how I think this whole departmental breakdown is pretty stupid at the undergraduate level… at most only 1/4 of your classes will be in your prospective major and the quality differences between any of the top universities are relatively indistinguishable.</p>
<p>Rather than just picking biology, I would encourage you to use a more macro attempt to distinguish Yale vs. Williams. I.e. Yale will have larger classes because it is a university not a liberal arts college, Yale may or may not have higher med school placement (look it up on your own), both will have some great teachers and some less good teachers, Yale will have more facilities and more research opportunities because it is larger, etc.</p>
<p>I encourage you to apply to both and then decide. Yale probably has more opportunity in the sciences because it is a large university, has more money, and the sciences are a huge current focus of the university, but I really think that this is a silly way to decide.</p>
<p>Apply to both, see where you get in, and decide based on fit!</p>
<p>I totally agree. If you get into both, then you have a decision. It should be based on which choice you prefer, not whether in someone else’s opinion x is better than y. (Who is this other person? Why do you listen? What does it matter?) The schools are very, very different. They differ substantially in location, in overall size, in diversity. One may fit you better than the other and that’s what counts. But first you have to get in and that is not easy.</p>