<p>Right now I'm looking at Harvard and Princeton.</p>
<p>Which Ivy League(s) have a reputation for good undergrad science?</p>
<p>My intended major is biochem / biophysics.</p>
<p>All of them.</p>
<p>Harvard, Columbia, Penn, Cornell however, have much stronger graduate science programs than the rest. If you accept that there may indeed be a trickle-down to undergrads, these you should consider too. But basically, don't go to Brown and you'll be fine. Yale is relatively weak in the sciences too.</p>
<p>none of the Ivies are known for science except perhaps Cornell.
Ivies are more of a social science & humanities school.</p>
<p>Except that Penn and Harvard happen to be attached to two of the finest medical schools on the planet, which = huge plus for anything related to life sciences.</p>
<p>Further cheering on Penn (as Harvard is certainly in no need of more boosting), Philadelphia is a great city for bioengineering (admittedly for reasons beyond my comprehension).</p>
<p>Princeton for Math and Physics.</p>
<p>Cornell first, Princeton next. In engineering, the same. Agree Brown is weakest, then Dartmouth. Penn is making efforts to catch up to the leaders. H and Y not as strong as Cornell and Princeton, but certainly excellent and of course attract terrific, very competitive students.</p>
<p>There seems to be no consensus so far except that Cornell's on top and Brown's on bottom. What's so good about Cornell?</p>
<p>^ Cornell's engineering reputation elevates it in the science/math categories.</p>
<p>Cornell has traditionally had a great reputation in the sciences. Grad departments in Physics, Astronomy, Chemistry and Biology are all outstanding. Physics gets additional synergy from the engineering school. Biology gets additional synergy from the College of Agriculture. There is also the Vet school on campus, and there is active exchange with the med school in NYC I believe.</p>
<p>I don't specifically know about biophysics and biochemistry though. Or any other college, really.</p>
<p>If you research the schools, you will find that practically all of them, Brown included, provide great undergraduate coursework and opportunities for students pursuing degrees in the natural sciences. In your case, if you are set on finding a good program in biochemistry and/or biophysics, you should probably find a school that offers a degree in that area. </p>
<p>You should probably know that Princeton does not have a biochemistry or biophysics major, but it does have a program in biophysics which you can complete along with your major requirements. biophysics</a> - Home
Most people who enter this program are either molecular biology or physics majors, which makes sense. </p>
<p>Schools that do have undergraduate majors in biochemistry/biophysics and their various permutations. </p>
<p>Harvard
Yale
Cornell
Dartmouth
University of Pennsylvania</p>
<p>Thought this might help,</p>
<p>Tokyo</p>
<p>Duke and Stanford have great science facilities and adjacent top-ranked med schools.</p>
<p>tokyo, don't forget that Columbia offers undergraduate majors in both biophysics and biochemistry.</p>
<p>Though Columbia and its Core has a reputation for a liberal-arts curriculum, both Columbia College and SEAS have a great reputation for the sciences.</p>
<p>Dan, I don't believe you are correct. Neither Columbia College nor the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science appear to offer a biophysics or biochemistry major for undergraduates. I checked the website. </p>
<p>Their department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics is a graduate program only according to their information here: Department</a> of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics</p>
<p>Here's the department list for Columbia College... Columbia</a> College Bulletin</p>
<p>...and Fu Foundation SEAS
Columbia</a> Engineering :: Departments</p>
<p>I didn't see biochemistry/biophysics anywhere on either page. Please correct me if I'm mistaken.</p>
<p>I love Tokyo.</p>
<p>The city, not the poster...but the poster ain't too bad either.</p>
<p>Glad to have you around too ilovebagels, no really, I love bagels, especially poppy-seed ones. They do get stuck in your teeth....</p>
<p>That'll teach you to make ambiguous posts.</p>
<p>Columbia DOES have biochemistry. I myself know a student who is majoring in it - perhaps the website is just out of date.</p>
<p>lville you're absolutely right. It seems Columbia U doesn't make it very easy to find. </p>
<p>Apparently the Dept. of Biological Sciences offers five different majors (very confusing): biology, biochemistry, biophysics, neuroscience and behavior, and environmental biology, as seen on their website:
[url=<a href="http://www.columbia.edu/cu/biology/pages/undergrad/cur/majors/index.html%5DMajors%5B/url">http://www.columbia.edu/cu/biology/pages/undergrad/cur/majors/index.html]Majors[/url</a>] </p>
<p>That confuses me even more because the Dept. of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology also offers a major in environmental biology, which means two different departments offer the same major. Tell your friend to explain how Columbia works because I don't get it.</p>
<p>I wouldn't call Brown 'weak' in the sciences...</p>
<p>You underestimate my ability to avoid learning from my mistakes, mr. tokyo.</p>
<p>tokyo, are you sure princeton doesn't offer biochem either? I was under the impression that it was some sort of certificate/specialization under the general biology/chemistry majors.</p>