<p>I have been accepted as a transfer student at both Williams College and Cornell University. Both have offered me a full ride. At Williams I will be in the biochemistry program, at Cornell I will be at the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences majoring in Biology and Society. I want to go to medical school and Weill Medical College seems a very good choice for me and I have heard that is very hard for Cornellians to get accepted there. Nevertheless, I do not really care the medical school I get in as long as it has a good program. I do not not know how good the Williams' biochemistry program is. Does anyone can help me making up my mind?</p>
<p>I had a similar choice, except it was cornell ilr and williams. If your main concern is med school then i would go with williams because it has great grad school acceptance rates. I dont know much about williams biochemistry but i know that williams is strong in the sciences. As far as nonacademic stuff i would argue that williams has the edge because one can no longer bring up location as an issue-since both schools are equally isolated. I personally picked williams because i really disliked the environment at Cornell and i really did not get a sense of community when i visited. With that said they are both great schools and u can't really go wrong.</p>
<p>Not just for the sake of grad acceptance rates, but Williams and Cornell differ greatly. Even if you major in Biochem at Williams, you can get to take a drawing class or many more classes outside your field. In fact, you will have to fulfill divisional requirements, etc. But I'm not sure if you can do that at Cornell.</p>
<p>But if you love the huge community at Cornell, the theme-housing system, and the academic life, great!</p>
<p>I don't know how good the biochem program here is, but the bio, chem and biochem majors I've spoken to seem to be happy here. There are ample opportunities for research - this summer, some are off to Pton, and others to hospitals, etc...and they are also encouraged to study/research abroad. Some have gone to Argentina, Madagascar, etc...and they're into a lot of other non-sciency stuff e.g French [or other foreign language, which is useful for bio], singing, English, etc. There is just so much freedom to choose because you can only take so many biochem classes.</p>
<p>But I'm sure the program here at Williams is pretty solid though, no doubt the academics are super intense - I know a premed guy who went for less than 3hrs of sleep for a period of 6 days during finals week, studying for four finals. And during the semester, written lab reports could be up to 40 pages long...</p>