<p>S wants to do Bio-engineering and Econ. Has admissions from All top UCs (Cal/LA/SD) with scholarships. Admissions to Duke and Yale but no grants.</p>
<p>How to evaluate in terms of what are the strengths in each and what else to consider.</p>
<p>Any insights will be greatly appreciated.</p>
<p>Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>Berkeley or UCLA. Of course Yale but with no grants. I would say Cal.</p>
<p>No grants, bad economy. Go to a UC school!</p>
<p>Yale is great for so many things, but Bioengineering is not an area in which is stands apart. Here are the BioEngineering Ph.D. rankings… you’ll notice one of your options is #2 in the country, another is #4, and another #8. Fortunately, the cheapest option is also has the most prestigious faculty and the most extensive biomed industry cooperative programs…</p>
<p>NRC Rankings in Biomedical Eng </p>
<p>1 MIT 4.62
2 Cal San Diego 4.45
3 Washington 4.35
4 Duke 4.33
5 Penn 4.28
6 Johns Hopkins 4.25
7 Cal San Francisco 4.19
8 Cal Berkeley 4.08
9 Utah 3.97
10 Rice 3.94
11 Michigan 3.91
12 Stanford 3.86
13 Case Western 3.84
14 Northwestern 3.82
15 Rochester 3.67
16 Vanderbilt 3.65
17 North Carolina 3.49
18 Minnesota 3.49
19 Texas 3.48
20 Penn State 3.48
21 Virginia 3.44
22 Drexel 3.42
23 Cal Davis 3.37
24 Iowa 3.35
25 Alabama Birmingham 3.27
26 Ohio State 3.26
27 Rutgers 3.16
28 Texas Southwestern Med Ctr 3.13
29 RPI 2.97
30 Iowa State 2.92
31 North Carolina State 2.86
32 Dartmouth College 2.83
33 Clemson 2.74
34 Texas A&M 2.50
35 Illinois Chicago 2.41
36 Miami 2.11
37 Akron 1.92
38 Worcester Polytechnic Inst 1.72</p>
<p>I would say UC. As for which one, though rankings are tempting, I’d definitely visit all three first. They’re pretty different, so one should hopefully “click,” as it does with most. UCSD doesn’t have nearly the spirited atmosphere that Cal and UCLA have, but perhaps that doesn’t matter to your S.</p>
<p>As for Cal and UCLA, they’re both world-class research universities, and either one will bode well with future employers. Congrats, and good luck!</p>
<p>NRC Rankings in Economics </p>
<p>1 Harvard 4.95
2 Chicago 4.95
3 MIT 4.93
4 Stanford 4.92
5 Princeton 4.84
6 Yale 4.70
7 Cal Berkeley 4.55
8 Penn 4.43
9 Northwestern 4.39
10 Minnesota 4.22
11 UCLA 4.12
12 Columbia 4.07
13 Michigan 4.03
14 Rochester 4.01
15 Wisconsin 3.93
16 Cal San Diego 3.80
17 NYU 3.62
18 Cornell 3.56
19 Cal Tech 3.54
20 Maryland 3.46
21 Boston University 3.39
22 Duke 3.36
23 Brown 3.34
24 Virginia 3.20
25 North Carolina</p>
<p>There are other posts on cc: that talk about Yale’s program very new and hence not highly ranked. Yale’s name is so strong and it is so hard to get in, we want to make sure we look at all data. Also, what if S changes his mind and wants to do something other than Bioengineering?</p>
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<p>Then he should be absolutely fine at Cal.</p>
<p>UC Berkeley</p>
<p>I’d say Yale personally. I think it’s a once in a lifetime opportunity. Think about it, I’d say that virtually all Yale admits from California got into Berkeley and the vast majority of them end up at Yale. Granted, I’m assuming these people aren’t engineering majors-but if your son is studying BioE I am guessing he doesn’t want to be a traditional engineer, ultimately.</p>
<p>Morsmordre : That is true. He doesn’t want to do hardcore engineering but wants to do research in that field. He also wants to do business/economics. double major if possible.</p>
<p>I’d pick Cal.</p>
<p>It’s weird but Yale is your worst option here. Go to UCB or Duke.</p>
<p>Yale is great, but Bio-Engg & Econ at Berkeley with scholarship? that’s hard to beat. So, Berkeley is the obvious best choice here.</p>