Boston College vs. Northeastern

bluebayou
Sat, 29 Apr 2017 17:07:45 +0000

From what I’ve heard the Boston College Biology program is “a mess” and that the department does not do a great job giving their students opportunities to research.

I would submit that an up-and-coming strength of BC is its bio program, which was revamped a few years back. The new lab sequence is awesome and exposes students to a great deal that they would not receive at other colleges. For example, when my D participated in an Undergraduate Summer Research Program, she was running lab analyses for that Unis grad students bcos they did not know how.

That being said, as in every university, the vast majority of bio students are premed. And no surprise, they ALL want to get involved in research. Well sorry, not enough on campus spots for every Bio student. But again, that is true at every college. Premed math majors or chem majors have an easier time finding research opportunities.

But the great thing about Boston is that there are plenty of biotech and pharma companies nearby, all of which are looking to hire students.

If you like one school better than the other, go there. BC has a strong premed advising program, but if NEU is more to you liking…

Biology Major with job prospects afterwards.

Job prospects for bio majors are dismal everywhere. It may be the most common premed major, and if folks don’t get in, they are flooding the job market.