Boston college vs Wisconsin Madison

bluebayou
Sun, 01 Apr 2012 10:35:43 +0000

For engineering, Madison is a no-brainer since BC does not offer it. And bcos Madison has Engineering, it also does math physics extremely well. As a much larger college, Madison will just provide more opportunities in STEM. In the sciences, BC is strongest in chem, but has recently revamped its bio program which now offers opportunities for real research to underclassmen, which is excellent. Math is very good at BC; dunno about physics.

Boston is a great college town for internationals, since there are thousands of them around the numerous, local colleges.

Both have great academics and career/grad opportunities. One is a large, public Uni, and the other a medium-sized private Uni. For the same money, I almost always prefer private…but not of you really want engineering and the college does not offer it.

fwiw: Last year, a BC chem grad received numerous offers and is now in the PhD program at Stanford. Obviously, they thought highly enough of BC’s chem teachings. :)