<p>Okay, it's a tough decision. I got accepted from both University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and University of Minnesota Twin-Cities (and also purdue, though) for BS in Biochemistry. UIUC sounds more reputable than UofM but it's only in the engineering program and maybe business school, isn't it? Does anyone know the reputation of UofM Biochemistry/ Biological Science since i only know they are pretty well known for the ChemE program. The thing is I am an international student, the OOS tuition of UofM is way much cheaper than UIUC, so where should I go for? And I am aiming for graduate school, so the opportunities of doing research is also important.:(
Any thoughts? comments?
Thank you guys !</p>
<p>There are abundant amount of research opportunities at UIUC as a biochemistry major, with new facility opened during 2007. However, since your aiming for grad school, and Minnesota is cheaper, I’d go with Minnesota.</p>
<p>I’d say UMInn might be better in biosciences than UI.</p>
<p>Thanks for your comments 
Yes I think the biological science program is pretty good in minnesota, so choosing uofm is not a bad choice at all i think.
Anymore thoughts from people? :)</p>
<p>Minnesota has a great bioscience reputation and there is so much to do in the Twin Cities. :)</p>
<p>Urbana/Champaign sucks, but UI is the better University and you’ll make friends easier there.</p>
<p>Neither of these universities are going to be a bad choice for biochem. US News ranks them for biological sciences at 29th for UIUC and 34th for UMinn. [Search</a> - Biological Sciences - Graduate Schools - Education - US News and World Report](<a href=“http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/grad/bio/search]Search”>http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/grad/bio/search)</p>
<p>The biochem department at UIUC attracts 6.3 million a year for 17 research grants where as UMinn’s biochem dept attracts 10.3 million a year for 37 research grants [NIH</a> Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tool (RePORT)](<a href=“http://report.nih.gov/award/trends/FindOrg_Detail.cfm?OrgID=1450402]NIH”>http://report.nih.gov/award/trends/FindOrg_Detail.cfm?OrgID=1450402)</p>
<p>The University of Minnesota has a 5 related departments (plant path, plant bio, entomology, epidemiology, microbiology) that are among the top ten in faculty productivity whereas UIUC has 3 (plant bio, entomology, bioinformatics). <a href=“http://chronicle.com/stats/productivity/[/url]”>http://chronicle.com/stats/productivity/</a></p>
<p>Both universities have especially large faculties in biochem with an impressive diversities of coursework and research offerings. I think either way, you will end up at a good place.</p>
<p>Thanks for taking time to answer my question:) I think i will be going to UMinn :)</p>
<p>belevitt-cool site (NIH data).</p>