<p>Anyone know which schools are the best for undergraduate chemistry majors?<br>
Chemistry seems like a rather broad field; are colleges with strong engineering/medical departments also strong in chem?</p>
<p>Right now, I'm looking at Dartmouth, Harvard, Brown, Yale, Washington (St. Louis), and Johns Hopkins. How would you rank their chem programs?</p>
<ol>
<li>Harvard</li>
<li>Yale </li>
<li>Johns Hopkins</li>
<li>Washington (St. Louis)</li>
<li>Dartmouth</li>
<li>Brown
Harvard, Johns Hopkins, and Washington have exceptionally strong pre-med programs and thus have great chem departments.
Other schools to consider: Cornell, MIT, Columbia, Chicago, UNC, Princeton, Stanford, Berkeley, Caltech</li>
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<p>Strong pre-med programs = great chemistry dept? How'd you figure that? All the chemistry you need for pre-med are general chem, organic and quantitative analysis...strictly elementary stuffs. And that makes a great chemistry department?</p>
<p>True, a strong pre-med program does not always mean great bio/chem programs. However, Harvard, Hopkins, and Washington do have great chem departments. Note that colleges with weaker pre-med programs like Berkeley, MIT, Caltech,etc. have much better chem departments than Hopkins or Washington.</p>
<p>That's what I meant. Btw, where is Wisconsin?</p>
<p>Wisconsin is around #10 for chemistry. Very good and the chemistry building has been completely updated and expanded in the last year or two.</p>
<p>Wow, I didn't know Brown was so weak in Chemistry. It was my 2nd choice school too... should I reconsider?</p>
<p>It doesn't matter where you go.
They are all top schools where you'll get a great education in chemistry.
The ranks will probably differ, but the actual qualities are almost identical.</p>