<p>I have searched everywhere on the internet for a ranking, but couldn't seem to find any rankings, aside from the graduate program. Do any of you know a certain rankings for a biological sciences undergrad program?</p>
<p>There are maybe some rankings. But if you are planning on Medical School, do not waste your time searching for the wrong thing. Just attend the UG that fits you the best and having it very cheap of tuition free is a great bonus. Med. Schools are expansive and the free options are very rare.</p>
<p>Undergraduate biology is the same no matter where you go (assuming we’re talking about research universities). Even if such a ranking existed–and maybe it does, I don’t know–it would be serve no relevant purpose.</p>
<p>Biology depts are staples at universities. It’s not difficult for an established univ to have a good bio program.</p>
<p>And for a premed, that is all that’s necessary. </p>
<p>But why major in bio? </p>
<p>Right, why Bio? Even MCAT is changing emphasis to Biochem.</p>
<p>So you guys are saying that taking a biology course in, for example, UCLA is the same as university of Connecticut? (Random examples)
And thanks! </p>
<p>It is not the same for a certain person. While this person may love one school, he may feel opposite about other place. So, just choose where you belong, being happy is important for success.</p>
<p><a href=“Equipped with stethoscopes, medical students start journey | News Center | Stanford Medicine”>http://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2014/08/equipped-with-stethoscopes--medical-students-start-journey.html</a></p>
<p>People who go to University of Connecticut can end up at Stanford medical school. If they don’t teach biology all that well, then I am guessing it is not a possibility.</p>
<p>“So you guys are saying that taking a biology course in, for example, UCLA is the same as university of Connecticut? (Random examples)”</p>
<p>No, it will never be the same. At best it’s going to be same church, different pew kind of scenario. There are just too many bio courses being offered at every university using different textbooks taught by different profs covering material at different paces with different students in each course asking different questions taking classes off on different tangents to say that a bio course at UCLA is same as at UConn or wherever.</p>
<p>@Jugulator20</p>
<p>What we meant (at least, what I meant) was that biology programs at the undergraduate level are, for all intents and purposes, the same–not that literally every exam, question, book, professor, etc. are the same. No matter where you go, you will learn the same things about cell theory, Mendel’s plants, natural selection. Cell division and chromosomal replication don’t change because you take the course at a different institution. Whether you take introductory biology at UConn or UCLA, mitosis and meiosis are the same. Plant cell walls are the same no matter where you take a course on plant biology. Cladograms and evolutionary trees don’t change just because you take a course somewhere else. The pituitary gland produces the same hormones regardless of which professor is teaching the course. The material is essentially the same, and one particular biology undergraduate program is not appreciably different from any other in this regard.</p>
<p>I agree which brings me back to OP’s original/follow up questions about trying to rank/compare undergrad bio programs/courses. Trying to do so is useless. </p>
<p>Thanks guys! All your responses really helped me! </p>
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<p>Essentially, yes…and they likely use the same textbook.</p>
<p>But, literally, no. After all, even at the SAME school, one bio class won’t be the same as another. One Bio prof AT THE SAME SCHOOL, will be a BETTER bio prof at the SAME SCHOOL. So, you can have two bio students at UCLA, one who got the better prof, and one who got the lazy jerk. Same for UConn.</p>
<p>I remember my sister being very glad that her son got the “good ochem prof” at Vandy, while his roomie got the “bad ochem prof”. </p>
<p>I hear students saying they will take a class in a different quarter or semester for this reason, i.e., the person teaching now is considered bad. Sometimes they attend a class for a week or two and decide the prof is not right for them too and find another class to take.</p>