Which UC is good at Biology major or related to it

College Search & Selection
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<p>Which U is good at biochemistry or molecular bio...something like that... in CA, particularly in the UC's system.</p>

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<p>umm, they are ALL good. Of course, the standard for "goodness" is really defined by the top 3: Cal, UCLA, and UCSD.</p>

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<p>Top three:
UCB, UCLA, UCSD</p>

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<p>All the UCs are strong in bio.</p>

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<p>Berkeley, UCLA and UCSD all have very good bio programs.</p>

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<p>UC San Diego in biotech; UC Santa Cruz in marine biology; UC Berkeley and UCLA in general; Uc Davis in biotech and agricultural biology</p>

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<p>NO UC schools are going to tech you industry schools for biotech. What they do teach you is a solid fundamental ACADEMIC science and because the top programs attract the best students, solid grades from a good university makes you stand out in your graduate school application since the "rigor" is not questioned.</p>

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<p>My husband (a doctor who attended UCDavis) says that UCD and UCSF are both very strong.</p>

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<p>The NCR ranking:</p>

<p>Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology
1. UCSF
2. MIT
2. Stanford
4. Berkeley
5. Harvard
6. Yale
7. Caltech
8. Wisconsin
9. UC San Diego
10. Johns Hopkins
10. Columbia</p>

<p>Basically, Berkeley or UCSD. UCSF is a grad school only. UCLA may have a good program, I dunno.</p>

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<p>NRC ranking*</p>

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<p>UCLA's program is good as well...top 15 or so. Don't discount UCSB, despite its "party" label.</p>

<p>UCSD has some excellent SD biotech ties, but I hear it's tough to get any substantive work in biotech without an advanced degree. I am willing to be corrected, of course...</p>

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<p>Oh, it's tough to get any substantive work in biology without an advanced degree.</p>

<p>As far as research jobs go, only technician jobs are available for people with a bachelor's only. To be a researcher, whether in academia, biotech, or pharmaceuticals, you pretty much need a PhD.</p>

<p>I visited both UCLA and UCB for grad school interviews last winter. UCLA has the advantage that there (at least seemed to be) more labs, which would probably make it easier to get an undergraduate research position. There were fewer labs at Berkeley, but they were larger.</p>