These here colleges excel in the sCiEnCeS!!

College Search & Selection
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<p>What colleges excel in the sciences, med school prep, and research opportunities? I would like to know all the top knotch schools with bio programs, but also other options because my stats aren't exactly stellar.
Link to Stats: <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=84916%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=84916&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>All the Ivies, Stanford, Duke, Johns Hopkins, Northwestern, Williams, Amherst, Swarthmore, and other LAC's that I don't know much about (particularly about research).</p>

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<p>These are colleges I'm planning on Applying to:
Duke, JHU -Reach
UCSD, UNC, Emory-Slight Reach
UT Austin- Match
Baylor and A&M- Safties</p>

<p>Can anyone suggest some more matches for me with excellent science program..UT doesn't exactly have an excellent science program, but I live in Texas.</p>

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<p>Here are some articles about changes in biology education
<a href="http://www.hhmi.org/BeyondBio101/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.hhmi.org/BeyondBio101/&lt;/a>
from the Howard Hughes medical institute</p>

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<p>I don't think Carolina has that strong of a science dept. It's mainly a liberal arts type university(with a strong undergrad business school also).</p>

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<p>crazyscientist, your stats are very good and could get you into many places. If you're considering going to a UC, check out UC Berkeley as well; I know its chemistry department is top-noch, but I'm not sure about bio. Even though you're out of state, I'd move UCSD into the match category (it'd be a match/safety if you lived in CA). Also, you might want to consider Rice, I've heard good things about their science departments.</p>

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<p>Really UNC Chapel Hill doesn't have a good science department? I'm specifically thinking biology as a major then med school.</p>

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<p>Well, im not completely sure, but for example their biomedical engineering program(only 3 eng. majors, and all in the college of arts and sciences) is a joint program with NC state(engineering) and the unc's medical school.</p>

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<p>A not often heard of but EXCELLENT science school is Harvey Mudd College.</p>

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<p>HMC is really good at sciences, but too different from mainstream colleges for me ha</p>

<p>Its really small though</p>

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<p>Michigan-Ann Arbor fits your description pretty closely.</p>

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<p>Duke, Hopkins, and Tufts.</p>

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<p>i don't think the ivies necessarily excel in the sciences. many of them have crap engineering programs.</p>

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<p>oh yeah, good list but it won't hurt to have more slight reaches.</p>

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<p>How about URochester? They have a good rep in the sciences. We just visited there a while ago, and had the chance to talk with a number of students who are biology majors. Their workload wasn't light but they had positive things to say about the school.</p>

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<p>Ooh - nice Emerald! </p>

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Liberal arts colleges accounted for only 8 percent of the undergraduates in four-year colleges and universities but for nearly twice as many of the eventual Ph.D.s.

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How about Haverford? Or maybe Reed? (I'm not sure about Reed and medical school but they are reputable for biology and other subjects.)</p>

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<p>Not to mention Swarthmore, Carleton, and Williams. All have very strong undergraduate science programs.</p>