good bio schools

College Search & Selection
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<p>well, im hoping that one day ill go into the medical field so i was thinking that biological sciences were a good place to start. Can you guys suggest other majors which are good prerequisites to a med school? Also, can you rank these schools from best bio program and down?</p>

<p>UCLA
UCSD
UCB
UCI
UCD
Stanford</p>

<p>thanks!</p>

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<p>For graduate work it goes. Standford, UCB, UCSD, UCLA, UCD, then UCI however the difference between UCSD, UCLA, and UCD in Biological Sciences is very small.</p>

<p>On a side note Davis has just compleated a brand new Life Science lecuture hall and lab building.</p>

<p>A nice thing about Cal is that is close ties to UCSF. You have a good shot at doing some research during your undergrad year at uCSF if you go to Cal, this should help if you apply to med school.</p>

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<p>thanks a lot. however, maybe i should have said im an incomfing freshman for undergraduate studies. sorry!</p>

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<p>I realized that, sorry I wasn't clear. I showed you the graduate ranking, since I assume thats a good way to also judge the undergrad ranking.</p>

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<p>Neuroscience, biochemistry, physics.</p>

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<p>thanks, any more guys?</p>

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<p>For pre-med, I think UCSD and UCI are the best. Davis is also very good, and of course UCLA and Berkeley have the big names so you'll do well there.</p>

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<p>I disagree about UCI being the best for Pre-Med, since Davis has a much better Biology program than UCI, and a better Medical School than Irvine.</p>

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<p>UCI students have higher MCAT scores than Davis students from a study I saw.</p>

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<p>I have seen study that stated that Davis is a better at preparing students for medschool than UCI.</p>

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<p>Anyone know any good bio schools in the northeast?</p>

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<p>Well Harvard is a good Bio School since it is harvard. Also for the OP if you think you have a shot at Standford you should think about CalTech, they also have an excellent Biology program.</p>

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<p>ha ha well yes, I think everyone knows that all those schools are great for just about anything. Anyone know of anything a little lower in admissions selectivity?</p>

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<p>Keep in mind you can major in anything and go to med school - just need to take the requirements.</p>

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<p>Most of the "tech" schools are pretty good for biology and other sciences. Virginia Tech, Georgia Tech, MIT, etc.</p>