<p>I'm trying to choose 1 college among</p>
<p>Rutgers-New Brunswick
Purdue-West Lafayette
Indiana University-Bloomington</p>
<p>I want school that has strong science department(medicine/research field possibly.) I'm also considering pre-med. </p>
<p>Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>Indiana is more business oriented. Purdue is more engineering/computers oriented. </p>
<p>I'd probably go with Rutgers. The other two aren't necessarily any worse, they just have slightly more specific focuses.</p>
<p>Question: Indiana has medical school as a graduate school. Does this mean that this school has a good pre-med undergraduate department? (I know that pre-med is not a major.)</p>
<p>I would choose Purdue.</p>
<p>I would not choose Rutgers - they just have too many financial concerns right now - who wants to worry about Rutgers cancelling more classes, more buses or more sports?</p>
<p>Right now Purdue has a better reputation than IU, especially in the sciences. I also vote for Purdue
BTW, have you ever seen Rutgers? If not then I suggest that you make the trip.</p>
<p>No, it does not. Purdue is good in engineering which is not science, has an ugly campus, and is in an ugly town. IU is much better.</p>
<p>Indiana being business oriented has absolutely no effect on it's science department. In fact, Business is not the top department at IU, that recognition goes to the Music school, which ranks #1 in the country. The Journalism school also ranks in the top 5 in the country - ahead of the Business school. Indiana has a solid science department and has lots of pre-med students.</p>
<p>I would agree with barrons...</p>
<p>unless you like getting drunk at 8AM on Saturdays. </p>
<p>also, if you are in that general range, you could try and shoot for University of Washington.</p>
<p>Indiana University is BALLIN'</p>
<p>Choose IU!!!</p>
<p>Stereotypes probably true: Purdue for engineering, Indiana for music and languages, Rutgers for biology. Selman Waksman discovered streptomycin while teaching at Rutgers and all patent profits go to the biology department. Of course, as a native NJersean, I am biased. Come visit or check out website for Waksman Institute at Rutgers.</p>
<p>Indiana would be the clear choice. Great campus and quality of student life. Stronger in sciences than Purdue and Rutgers has too many financial issues. NJ is trying to figure out how to fund its state schools.
Go with IU.</p>
<p>I don't know much about Rutgers, so I won't comment. I'm biased towards Purdue. I'll try to be fair though.</p>
<p>For med, I'd definitely recommend IU for grad school rather than undergrad.</p>
<p>Purdue is best known for engineering/computer fields. You could definitely use one of these undergrad programs as a springboard into grad school.</p>
<p>IU is liberal; Purdue is conservative. That really sums up the attitudes of the school overall. To each his own. . . </p>
<p>To SoCal18: If Kelvin Sampson keeps up his repeated illegal recruiting classes, IU won't be "BALLIN'" for much longer. Purdue is quickly becoming a real national contender in NCAAMB - watch out the next few years!</p>
<p>To Seiken: Breakfast Club is an awesome tradition and fun just to watch. No one's forcing you take part however. Lighten up, Francis.</p>
<p>People seem to feel strongly about RU - either sing its praises or hate it. My kids refused to apply to NJ schools but that's because they wanted to go try something new. Most kids we know (and it was this way in my day) go off to NJ state schools and come home frequently, continue to hang out with HS friends and settle down after college in NJ. Interpret that how you will. THis is a good area for entry level jobs, etc but an expensive place to live (our taxes are about $10,000 on an old (falling apart) avg size house we bought when we married (definitely NOT a McMansion) and yet NJ still can't figure out how to fund its schools. I heard today that NJ state schools are hiking their fees (currently 2-3 thousand), because they can get around the limit on tuition increases that way. </p>
<p>My brother and his wife both attended RU NB and loved their time there - led to successful careers in large NY/NJ companies. The undergrad experience is a bit different from many schools so it is advisable to visit. Classes and housing is spread out among several campuses so you spend a lot of time taking buses from one location to another. It is certainly doable but I know kids who would be lost doing that at first and may not enjoy that lifestyle, even after they adapt. Others find it to be no problem. RU is a large school with lots of opportunities, including now football games. Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and numerous hospitals are nearby, so there are opportunities for volunteering, internships, etc.</p>
<p>NOt sure about the other two, but at RU you need to take the bus around- you really can't walk that campus.</p>
<p>Unlike some colleges where they have an intercollege system (like ucsd) where its just like separate housing, at RU NB there are actually separate zones, and i think 2 are separated from the other two by a highway....</p>
<p>Like i said, you cant walk the campus for the most part, and NJ weather is kind of crappy, so you end up taking the bus</p>
<p>Most people i talked too said the buses were GOOD, but also necessary, so if you like to bike/skate/walk, as i do, RU is not for U</p>
<p>Purdue has never won anything, ever. They will never be "contenders", they are just a pretending school. Go enjoy your men's golf championship that was back in the 60s, it's the only thing you've ever won as a school.</p>
<p>at least they have a decent football team</p>
<p>Hence "up and coming" . . .</p>
<p>You can't tell me that you enjoy your coach's multiple and repeated NCAA infractions (assuming you're an IU guy).</p>
<p>At most universities, there is little connection between the university's medical school and its undergraduate program. So don't base your choice of undergraduate program on whether or not a university operates a medical school. By the way UMDNJ is completely independent of Rutgers. The proposal to merge the two (and another school) to form the "U of New Jersey" went nowhere and died an unremarked upon death.</p>
<p>There are lots of states and schools between NJ and IN. Do you call one of these states home?</p>