<p>hi, everyone,
I just start my college searching, and I have a question I'd like to ask. Which colleges have the best sicence departments in your opinion? except for MIT or Caltech? Thanks~</p>
<p>depends on what science</p>
<p>bio?chem?physics?engineering?</p>
<p>BIOLOGY
Group I:
California Institute of Technology
Cornell University
Harvard University
Johns Hopkins University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Stanford University
University of Califiornia-Berkeley
Yale University</p>
<p>Group II:
Columbia University
Duke University
Princeton University
University of California-San Diego
University of Chicago
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Washington University-St Louis</p>
<p>Group III:
Northwestern University
Vanderbilt University
University of California-Davis
University of California-Los Angeles
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
University of Pennsylvania
University of Washington</p>
<p>CHEMISTRY:
Group I:
California Institute of Technology
Harvard University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Stanford University
University of California-Berkeley</p>
<p>Group II:
Columbia University
Cornell Unibersity
Northwestern University
Princeton University
University of California-Los Angeles
University of Chicago
University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
University of Texas-Austin
Yale University</p>
<p>Group III:
Johns Hopkins University
Indiana University-Bloomington
Pennsylvania State University-University Park
Purdue University-West Lafayette
Rice University
Texas A&M University-College Station
University of California-Irvine
University of California-San Diego
University of Pennsylvania</p>
<p>MATHEMATICS:
Group I:
California Institute of Technology
Harvard University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
New York University
Princeton University
Stanford University
University of California-Berkeley
University of Chicago
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Yale University</p>
<p>Group II:
Brown University
Columbia University
Cornell University
University of California-Los Angeles
University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign
University of Pennsylvania
University of Texas-Austin
University of Wisconsin-Madison</p>
<p>Group III:
Duke University
Johns Hopkins University
Northwestern University
Rice University
University of California-San Diego
University of Maryland-College Park
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities</p>
<p>PHYSICS:
Group I:
California Institute of Technology
Cornell University
Harvard University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Princeton University
Stanford University
University of California-Berkeley
University of Chicago</p>
<p>Group II:
Columbia University
University of California-Los Angeles
University of California-Santa Barbara
University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
University of Pennsylvania
University of Texas-Austin
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Yale University</p>
<p>Group III:
Johns Hopkins University
Rice University
University of California-San Diego
University of Colorado-Boulder
University of Maryland-College Park
University of Washington</p>
<p>ENGINEERING:
Group I:
California Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Stanford University
University of California-Berkeley</p>
<p>Group II:
Carnegie Mellon University
Cornell University
Georgia Institute of Technology
Princeton University
University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor</p>
<p>Group III:
Northwestern University
Purdue University-West Lafayette
Rice University
Texas A&M University-College Station
University of Texas-Austin</p>
<p>i dont think engineering is considered a "science"</p>
<p>You can add the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to all those lists by the way.</p>
<p>Thanks a lot~ it really helps:)</p>
<p>Check out the RPI School of Science. It's particularly exciting that RPI is about to install the most powerful university based supercomputing center in the world. It will be based on the IBM Blue Gene system and
have about 70 teraFLOPS of power. Wow. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.rpi.edu/dept/science/index.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.rpi.edu/dept/science/index.html</a>
<a href="http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=1540%5B/url%5D">http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=1540</a></p>
<p>Every department in the school is world class.</p>
<p>What type of school is RPI, is it suppose to be focused on engineering like olin and cooper union?</p>
<p>Also, if you are into biology/biochem, check out Rensselaer's new Center for Biotechnology and Interdiscipinary Studies. Its 218,000 square feet and RPI just added an 800 MHz Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectrometer with is the most powerful in all of upstate NY. </p>
<p>What type of school is RPI? </p>
<p>Rensselaer is the oldest school of engineering AND science in the U.S.
It was founded in 1824. It's much more of a fully realized national/reasearch university than Olin or Cooper (although those schools are truly outstanding in what they focus on).</p>
<p>Alex--you forgot UW under Chemistry-#7 in the US. Also UW Engineering is at least good enough for group 3</p>
<p>UCLA and UCSD have better Biology departments than Berkeley.</p>
<p>Not according to the rankings (USNWR, NRC etc...).</p>
<p>If the OP was applying to graduate school, then USNWR and NRC would be applicable. My conclusion's based on undergraduate rankings (i.e. Ruggs, etc.).</p>
<p>Can you please send the link to undergrad ranking Fandango</p>
<p>Fandango, Rugg's does not rank. He recommends certain schools, not based on academic quality, but rather, based on undergraduate friendliness. Graduate rankings are usually very telling of undergraduate quality. the only exception to that rule are LACs (because they do not have graduate programs) and huge universities with no resources.</p>
<p>haha rico is obsessed w/ RPI</p>
<p>And I would put Case Western Before putting RPI (among others)</p>
<p>One question - why is the acceptance rate at case western so high!??!</p>
<p>The same reason the acceptance rate @ RPI is so high</p>
<p>I think it's because these are the safety schools for people applying to schools like Cornell, Columbia, Carnegie Mellon University, University of MichiganAnn Arbor, Washington University in St. Louis ("Students that applied here may also have applied to" USNEWS) and other top engineering programs, so basically they have a very qualified applicant pool. Also they look for many different kinds of people (many many criteria), you will find 2100+ SATs getting rejected and 1780s getting in.</p>
<p>It's not a bad thing that they're acceptance rate is around 71%, once you get in they give great financial aid. There are other threads on this topic you amy wanna check em' out.</p>
<p>Washington University in St. Louis has a top engineering program? I never knew >.<</p>