<p>How is Yale exactly not “top-notch” in your opinion? I must admit it’s not on the same level as MIT, Caltech, and Stanford in the sciences, but if you even quickly browse through the Graduate school rankings in the US News and World Report you’ll find that Yale does very well in the sciences there: </p>
<p>-Yale is ranked 7 in biology.
-Yale is 11 in physics.
-Yale is 7 in math.
-Yale is 15 in chemistry.</p>
<p>Almost all of Yale’s math and science programs are in the top 20, which is hardly considered weak. If so, then 99% of universities in the world would also be considered weak. And if you were an undergraduate at Yale studying a science, you’d get a lot more attention from your professors than if you had went to MIT, where practically everyone a science/math major competing for the professors’ attention.</p>