Independent research?

Jweinst1
Wed, 14 May 2014 02:02:29 +0000

@Lilliana330‌

You should choose the school where you feel most comfortable, and are most likely to succeed in academics, research, and overall enjoy your time there. This is up to you and no one can decide this but yourself.

Now if we are talking only based on prestige in terms of Chemistry, Cal beats USC hands down, there is not even a comparison. Berkeley discovered 14 of the elements on the periodic table, and discovered the covalent bond itself (Gilbert N. Lewis). In 1931, the cyclotron was discovered by Ernest O Lawrence, which produced the first way to produce very heavy elements, which lead to many discoveries in nuclear medicine etc. in the 1940’s Wendell M. Stanley at Berkeley developed the first flu vaccine. Also the atomic bomb was invented at Berkeley, along with the world’s first wet suit. And there are so many more discoveries in Chemistry

I am not saying Berkeley is better than USC, but in terms of Chemistry Berkeley has USC beat by a mile and a half. They are both very good schools overall though.