Bowdoin vs. Washington University in St. Louis vs. Claremont Mckenna

Colleges and Universities A-Z Bowdoin College
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<p>What do you guys think? I know they are very different options but I really need some guidance on this. please! I want to study Biochemisty and be very involved in research and also really involved with clubs and organizations on campus.</p>

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<p>I don’t know much about Claremont, but I think hands down Wash U over Bowdoin. Wash U is known for its terrific research opportunities and it is wonderful in the sciences. Bowdoin in a very good school but it’s a LAC… not a research institution. It therefore is greatly limited in what opportunities it can offer.</p>

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<p>The timing of this seems to be kinda funny. There was a thread the other day about top Biochem programs.</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/539327-top-biochemistry-schools-anyone.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/539327-top-biochemistry-schools-anyone.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>In one of the statistics that is listed in this thread it mentions that Bowdoin is one of the top producers, per capita, or students who go on to earn PhDs in Chem and Biochem. Washington isnt even on the list.
There are lots of research opportunities at Bowdoin btw and it is much easier for students to land research jobs because they aren’t fighting with graduate students for the positions.
I would go to Bowdoin…I am going to Bowdoin and I am considering Biochem/Bio as something I might want to study.
Claremont might be a good option though…because of the consortium it has the resources and stuff shared with Harvey Mudd which is a fantastic chem school./</p>

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<p>Is location a consideration? WUSTL is a very fine school but it’s in Missouri…</p>

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<p>Also, the notion that LACs don’t do research is not accurate at all. I’m not a science person but I do know that many of the cutting edge research is done by faculties in these small LACs. And I’ve heard many students from small LACs say that they were really doing advanced research as undergrads with their professors, which make their study in grad school all the more easier.</p>