<p>I've been hearing that a lot of these schools have a strong humanities focus but what are some schools that have great science programs?</p>
<p>Loomis Chaffee definately has a great science program. It was good to begin with, but now they just finished construction on their new state of the art science building that they had been working on for…3 years?</p>
<p>^^ view above. :D</p>
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<li><p>Deerfield’s science building is… jaw-droppingly gorgeous. Their science program is also amazing, much like the rest of their programs… haha :P</p></li>
<li><p>Exeter. seriously. THEY HAVE A GODDAMN DNA SEQUENCER</p></li>
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<p>Hotchkiss also has a DNA Sequencer, although such an asset alone should not make it one of the best science BS’s.</p>
<p>^ okay so maybe i was going overboard there with exeter, but several current exeter students have told me that their science program was “very strong, very intense”.</p>
<p>If you would be interested in astronomy sometime down the line of your highschool career Deerfield is strong in that area, and so is SPS I beleive.</p>
<p>I have always thought of Exeter as a science-ey school. Don’t have concrete proof for it though, haha.</p>
<p>But Andover has the best physics program!</p>
<p>what about chem and bio?</p>
<p>Brooks has a good intern program which includes hospitals (biology)</p>
<p>Hey, this is HIGH SCHOOL. If you are coming in from a middle school with very accelerated science/math (certain foreign countries), then you look carefully at the classes available. But in general, if you love biology and want to be a biologist, then you’ll want to learn physics, chemistry, math, of course, but also English, writing skills, a foreign language, and other interesting things as well as biology. Most of the prep schools discussed here will have plenty to keep you busy. For particularly technical people who dream of going to schools like MIT/CalTech/Harvey Mudd, then I believe it’s especially important to get a good dose of humanities along the way (no disrespect meant to the humanities offerings at those places). I’m a biologist, so I’m happy to see people who are interested in science!</p>
<p>[[ Wow, I have a lemon-buddy! Just realized that! Sorry, just felt the need to point that out. 
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<p>You’re a biologist? Are you, perchance, a teacher at one of these schools? Or a parent?
May I ask what field of biology you specialize in?</p>
<p>Does anyone have any insight for someone who is interested in marine biology or neuroscience? (Which-school-wise or in general, haha.)</p>
<p>Hi Lemon-buddy, I’m a parent, and my biology is the biotech kind (understanding drug mechanisms).
Tabor is supposed to have some marine biology taking advantage of its location, perhaps someone who knows the school can comment. As for neurobiology, the best thing you can do in high school is to get some good fundamentals because it is a subject that integrates chemistry, biology, psychology, even physics.</p>