<p>i chose biology as my major..i was wondering what reputation it has at umich (rankings, student opinions, etc.)if anyone knows..thanks in advance</p>
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<p>At Michigan, Biology and Chemistry are generally the stepping stone many students use to get into Medical school. Biology is highly regarded (top 15 nationally), but most students majoring in Biology have no intention of studying it at the next level.</p>
<p>If you are interested in Biology, you may wanna consider U-M's Life Science. Take a look at this interdisciplinary program (and the Life Science Institute) on U-M's website.</p>
<p>thanks for your imput guys...and goblue...i couldn't find life science on the website..do you mind describing it ? is it a major? is it like pre-med? do many students take it? what is the different between ls and bio? thanks</p>
<p>On the Michigan home page, under the "Michigan Focus" header, you will find "Life Sciences" right after "U-M Budget Update" (yellow box).</p>
<p>thanks goblue..the site doesn't make it clear whether it is a major or..like a research type project?</p>
<p>Michigan is just trying to catch-up to Wisconsin in biosciences as that's where the $$$ is these days. Bunch of bandwagon jumpers.;-)</p>
<p>Wisconsin is always slightly better rated in pure science. Michigan's strength is in its medical school and related disciplines. There are a lot of multi-disciplinary research projects/programs. Michigan is investing a lot of money on new facilities and programs on Life Sciences, and the medical centre is a corner stone in that.</p>
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U-M's Life Sciences is not a major. It's more like an initiative and is rather new. Michigan is investing a lot of money for new facilities and multi-disciplinary programs... "a campus-wide effort to expand its research and teaching in all the fields of the life sciences".</p>
<p>There are already a few new interdisplinary courses offered...and I'm sure there will be more coming. More importantly, there are already an impressive line-up of multidisciplinary research programs.</p>
<p>As a biological science major, there are lots of opportunities for you to participate and benefit from the Life Sciences initiative/programs. Check out some of the facilities (Life Science Institute, Undergrad Science Bldg, Biomedical Science Research Bldg, etc), and programs (
<a href="http://www.lifesciences.umich.edu/lifesciences/programs.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.lifesciences.umich.edu/lifesciences/programs.html</a>).</p>
<p>Michigan has known for its undergrad research. Check out UROP and I'd recommend that you take advantage of that.</p>
<p>National Research Council has them ranked 23rd for the bio program offered by their med school and 26th for the bio program offered by LSA. These were both ranked on the same rankings for every national university.</p>
<p>Where can I find this NRC ranking? Is this the recent ranking that we've been hearing about?</p>
<p>NRC is the older ranking from 1993. They are updating but it won't be until 2007 or so.</p>
<p>I consider it the most "recent" or at least reputable ranking because it's the ranking I see universities use for themselves. If they want to report a department's ranking in a brochure or somethin, they will use NRC's numbers. And despite what barrons says, im pretty sure they update it annually, though I could be wrong. <a href="http://www.jajnsn.com/vanguarduniversities/signin.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.jajnsn.com/vanguarduniversities/signin.html</a>, that's the website, though you have to pay.</p>
<p>Vanguard reprocesses the NRC and they have not been updated since 1993.</p>
<p>From the COHE
The first National Research Council survey was published in 1982, and the second in 1995. The council had hoped to produce the survey at least every 10 years, but those plans have not panned out. The next edition, which was set for release in 2005, then delayed a year, has now been stalled until at least September 2007,</p>