<p>Well, to be honest, I don’t really feel qualified to exhort one school over the other for graduate work. After all, I’m only applying to other schools for my PhD because the MIT biology department won’t accept MIT biology undergrads for biology PhDs.</p>
<p>I’m pretty much applying to the biology programs to which I’m applying because they have highly-ranked programs with faculty who are doing research I have an interest in… I’ll worry about the finer points of fit when/if I get interviews and acceptances!</p>