Hello! I was wondering how the University of Rochester’s biology department compares to the departments of schools such as University of Washington or Urbana Champaign. I’m considering at animal sciences for my career and am looking at these schools for a general biology undergrad. Thanks!
All are great schools. For general biology I would say that UR is comparable to UW or UIUC, but more research opportunities because its’s a smaller school and seems to have a real commitment to undergrad research.
I’m not so sure about animal science, though. I went to UIUC; my daughter went to UR and majored in microbiology. For her as a microbiology/public health student, UR’s close proximity to URMC made it a better choice. But UIUC might have more research opportunities in your intended field.