<p>I applied for UC Berkeley, LA, SD, Irvine, and Davis last fall. I will be majoring in biological science/biochemistry for a bachelors degree, and then later heading to either a pharmacy or nursing school (haven't decided which path to take yet). I was wondering which UC, out of those 5, has the best department for such a major?</p>
<p>I know UCLA and UCI are highly respected, not sure about the rest.</p>
<p>SD has an amazing bio department</p>
<p>As an advice to you, go to the most “prestigious college” you can think of, not by the prestige of a specific major. Well, you are for bachelor’s degree. Unless the school imposes a highly restrictive requirement for admission, which is quite unlikely for bio major, what we think of the best college is represented by the quality of the people who would actually sit next to you. Note usually bio major is open to anyone within the college. Thus, prestige of the bio major = prestige of the school. Well, UCSD is known for “bioengineering” because it imposes a quite high cutoff GPA during the study. But UCSD is “not” known for bio… guess what kind of people takes bio in UCSD…</p>
<p>Since you want to go to professional school, choose the school you want to attend carefully. Admissions to professional schools depend largely on undergraduate course record (GPA). So, it definitely won’t help to go to a prestigious school and end up with a low GPA there. Many prehealth students at Berkeley and UCLA have low GPA’s, essentially barring them from getting into professional schools.</p>
<p>Getting to your inquiry, since there are no undergraduate rankings in biochemistry, here’s one of graduate rankings from US News.
[Biochemistry</a> - Chemistry - Best Graduate Schools - Education - US News and World Report](<a href=“http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/grad/che/biochemistry]Biochemistry”>http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/grad/che/biochemistry)</p>
<p>wait a second why do you wan to go to nursing school with a bio degree? </p>
<p>If you want to go to nursing school, get your RN licsence in CC then apply to RN program for BS … then maybe to graduate work in BIO. </p>
<p>Basically your path of nursing school doesnt match up with bio. It is sort of a different path. Great for pharm school though. </p>
<p>On to your question- all of them have excellent programs. You shouldnt choose based on quality because they are all good, instead choose which school you want to attend more based on non academic factors, where you see yourself being more succesfull and enjoying yourself the most.</p>