<p>UCSD's bio program is definately in the top ten in the nation. Even some Ivy schools are ranked lower for bio. So when i go and apply for a grad school, and lets say its in the bio/medical field, would it help me to go to UCSD or to a prestigious private or Ivy (provided i make it in).</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>Are you a California resident?</p>
<p>If you are, I would go to Berkeley, UCLA or UCSD over every school except
HYPSMC... and then I still might choose the UC's. The public universities in California are amazing schools... and it makes little sense to pay much much more for a private school unless it was one of the elite of the elite.</p>
<p>Regarding UCSD in particular, they are very well known and very well respected in anything bio related.</p>
<p>"If you are, I would go to Berkeley, UCLA or UCSD over every school except
HYPSMC... "</p>
<p>You have to take into other considerations, like what the individual wants out of their education, Berk and LA are more geared toward research and graduates than undergraduates imo.</p>
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<p>How exactly do you know the OP would be paying "much much" more? Many of the top privates outside of HYPSMC have robust financial aid. Don't get me wrong, the UC's are a sweet deal for many, but short of applying... or at the very least using an EFC calculator, the "sweetness" of that deal is hard to determine.</p>
<p>i was going to say something... but never mind.
uvajoe and themegastud make good points.</p>
<p>thanks guys</p>
<p>btw yes i am a cali resident</p>
<p>another question: would UCSD be harder to make it into this year since it was in USNEWS and rated a top bio school?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>That probably will push up applicaitons, but the magnitude is definatley unclear. UCSD already receives more than 40,000 applications a year. The only school in the US (I believe) to receive more is UCLA. Its pretty wild. Anyway, I don't know how many more they will get. It also might change the applicaiton pool. Those that wanted to go for science might increase, while those who were looking at UCSD for other programs might think that its better to go somewhere else. So there might be a shift that way. Again the magnitude is unclear.</p>
<p>The one good note though for this years applicants is that UCSD is still growing. That means there are more spots now then there used to be. Here is the problem however, the undergrad programs will stop gowing very shortly. Maybe by say 2009, 2010. There might be real shock to the admissions system then. All of a sudden the University's growth will be capped and the California state population won't be. You might start really seeing acceptence numbers like some of other UC's at full buildout like UCB and UCLA. (Maybe lower if UCSD still has hottest school articles are what not.)</p>
<p>Is there an article on USNEWS featuring UCSD with a top bio program? I might have missed that article as I only get the online version.</p>
<p>It isn't obvious from the ranking as UCSD's (grad) biology program is ranked #14. And if you are referring to UCSD's biomedical engineering, that program is ranked #3 ... but it has been highly rated at least for the last few years.</p>
<p>I think you can get a brief overview of the article by going to:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.ucsd.edu%5B/url%5D">www.ucsd.edu</a></p>
<p>Thanks GradStudent. So UCSD made it as one of the Newsweek/Kaplan's 25 Hot Schools of the Year.</p>
<p>I see that three of my favorite schools ... Indiana, W&M and Wheaton ... also made it too.</p>
<p>thanks - hope i can make it to UCSD its my no. 1 pick over berk and LA</p>
<p>Yeah Goblue,</p>
<p>I have a couple of great friends from W&M. My friend from W&M designed his own major from scratch which I thought was really cool. Though I dont know much about Indiana universities, I met this girl from Indiana U-Bloomington who was a Rhodes Scholar and it seems like she really took advantage of alot of opportunities there.</p>