<p>Hi,</p>
<p>Right now I don't know what I really want as a career, but I am certain that it will be in biology. The problem right now is I'm not really familiar with many schools that are known for their bio department. I will be applying to Stanford, Cornell, johns hopkins, but I am looking for something a little selective just in case. I've looked into Emory and it seems great--anything else ??</p>
<p>Sounds like you are mainly interested in smaller universities. If so, check out the U of Rochester, Tufts, Brandeis, U of Chicago, Wake Forest, Case Western Reserve, Tulane, Bucknell, Lehigh, Washington U in St. Louis, Vanderbilt, and possibly the U of Miami and the U of Pittsburgh.</p>
<p>If you're open to liberal arts colleges with strong bio programs, check out Reed, Bowdoin, Dickinson, Davidson, Colgate, Franklin & Marshall, Furman, Hamilton, Bates and Oberlin. Swarthmore, Williams and Amherst are also great for bio --- but hardly a "little less selective."</p>
<p>I actually prefer larger universities that are not liberal arts colleges.</p>
<p>Thanks for your reccomendations</p>
<p>The grad programs in biology at Wisconsin, Michigan, and UCSD are well-ranked, so I think those would be good bets too.</p>
<p>I'd say Wisconsin and UCSD.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.news.wisc.edu/packages/biotech/%5B/url%5D">http://www.news.wisc.edu/packages/biotech/</a></p>
<p>I'll second Tufts, Brandeis, and Case</p>
<p>I know you prefer larger universities, but at least consider Harvey Mudd College. Although HMC itself is small, the combination of the other 5C's makes it about a 4500 student community (still not too big, but it's worth a look at least).</p>