<p>I want to major in biochem or biomed and genetics. It has always been a dream of mine to attend an ivy league, but I am wondering which one of them has the best programs for these two?</p>
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I want to major in biochem or biomed and genetics. It has always been a dream of mine to attend an ivy league, but I am wondering which one of them has the best programs for these two?<a href=“1”>/quote</a> There is only one “Ivy league,” and it’s composed of eight colleges. You want to attend an Ivy or an Ivy league college.</p>
<p>(2) Unless you have an aversion to athletic scholarships or colleges outside the Northeast, it’s silly to put eight schools on a pedestal. What makes Brown more special than Johns Hopkins or Columbia than Chicago?</p>
<p>(3) As top universities, all of the Ivies are strong in the biological sciences and would be able to get you where you need to go. </p>
<p>Focusing on academic differences between, say, Columbia and Dartmouth and ignoring the huge differences they have (LAC-like vs. university, urban vs. rural, Greek vs. not, quarter vs. semester system, etc.) is like picking a poison dart frog over a banana because it’s slightly darker yellow.</p>
<p>Cornell, hands down for this one because it offers much greater breadth in the biological sciences than do any of the other Ivy League institutions.</p>
<p>I have to go with warblersrule on this one: my friend is the same way. Even though Brown has a good name (granted, it’ll win you some brownie points with family members at reunions), there are other really good schools out there. Johns Hopkins, according to a few rankings, is the best school for med out there. Don’t limit yourself to Ivies–there’s more to a college than a name.</p>
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