<p>any ideas?</p>
<p>studying: Biology/Genetics</p>
<p>As a, mol biologist, I’d say NYU and UVa have the best research programs, but at the undergrad level it probably depends on fit. Don’t know much about Case although I think they have a good program. I’m not terribly impressed by UConn’s research but there are clearly good people there. NYU and UVa are complete opposites in terms of campus and environment - city streets vs green lawns, huge city vs small town, etc. Depends on your preferences I think either would be a great choice academically. NYU would very likely cost more as everything in NYC is expensive.</p>
<p>UConn is well known for their science programs, especially in biology. NYU and UVa DO have better research, but not by much, and undergrads don’t do that much research anyway. Also, UConn is spending 2.1 billion dollars renovating their campus and building new buldings. In fact, they just build a brand new state of the art biology building with the latest equipment.</p>
<p>The most competitive undergrads will do research in Junior sometimes and esp Senior year. Buildings don’t make programs, faculty does. But usually a building program is accompanied by faculty developement money, so that is a positive. Just think reputation wise, U Conn is below NYU and UVA in bio.</p>
<p>New facilities attract top researchers…</p>
<p>Pick UVA unless you’re a hardcore nerd and don’t plan on getting out much. In that case, pick Case.</p>
<p>I can play baseball at CASE where as if I go to UVa, I play Club Baseball. I like smaller classes which would give CASE a boost. Now what?</p>
<p>How important is baseball? If you really want to stay with the game, by all means, choose CASE. </p>
<p>It really comes down to personal preference.</p>
<p>Good luck playing baseball at a high level and maintaining an average GPA in hardcore bio stuff.</p>
<p>^ Very true.</p>
<p>Why are UConn and NYU out of the race? I would take UVA out. I know this is the UVA thread…but it’s a very snobby school. The whole town of Charlottesville is quite snobby as well. (I used to live there…sadly…I was snobby too. Guess it just goes with the territory.)
As for Case, I heard it was a pretty bad school, and the Cleveland area is quite trashy. In fact, the student population was ranked nineteenth unhappiest in 2006 by the Princeton Review, despite the opening of a new residential village during the 2005-06 academic year. Case’s retention rate for 2004 was 91 percent, which is relatively low for a university of its standing.</p>
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Please explain. What evidence do you have to support such a broad, sweeping generalization?</p>
<p>This is a town where people fawn over an ex-bartender with no formal education the same way they fawn over the resident author who has written a bestselling book each year since 1988. This is a town where the farmer’s market is more popular than Whole Foods. A town where street vendors sell jewelry and clothes up and down the Downtown Mall, a few feet away from boutiques. </p>
<p>This is an eclectic town and summing it up as “snobby” isn’t accurate.</p>
<p>In the course of colleging with my D, we’ve been to Charlottesville several times. I would strongly disagree that C’ville is snobby. To the contrary, we found Charlottesville to be one of the nicest college towns. Folks are laid back, friendly and really down to earth. We really enjoyed our stroll along the Downtown Mall and chatted with town folks and merchants and some students there.</p>
<p>I think one of the positive things UVA has in its favor is Charlottesville itself. Try to compare it with other “college towns” such as Durham, Berkeley, College Park, Ithaca, or even Princeton.</p>
<p>I understand that the posters on this board have ties on the town, and I was just speaking from my 2 years of living in Charlottesville. I am originally from Cary, North Carolina, and I found that Cary residents were much nicer. The people of Charlottesville just had a certain attitude about them, but it could have just been my area (Lewis Mountain). We did encounter nice, helpful people every now and then, but it wasn’t too often. Also, as for saying the people of UVA were snobby, I may have gone overboard on that. Most of our experience with the University was the hospital, and there was an amazing doctor there by the name of Dr. Blanco. I still hold an unfavorable view of the city, but calling it snobby may have been the wrong word. For that, I apologize.</p>
<p>hey, UVA is the best place to be, any student here will tell you that, I marvel everyday at Mr. Jefferson’s University, and people who chose not to go to UVA and than visit me at UVA are so depressed b/c UVA is best and their school sucks…no discussion here</p>
<p>If you really wanna play ball, go to Case. Otherwise, come to a school that has competition, brilliant and hot people, and the most amazing experience (I know, I have lived in 6 states all across the U.S.–RI, NJ, CA, AZ, TX, and now VA)–I still love RI, but come on, we make Brown U look like the ghetto…jk love RI–hey, no more “Now what?” attitude, or go somewhere else (and thus lesser of a college). Here at UVa we like amazing.</p>
<p>Ehh I Disagree I just back from Charlottesville and it was my favorite college town I have visited (even more than Chapel Hill). I really liked UVA, but my school is better for undergrad :), perhaps UVA for grad school.</p>
<p>Not everyone appreciates Charlottesville. To some, it looks too much like any other suburb in the US. To others, it’s a great college town. It depends on what environment suits you best, There is no right or wrong on this issue… In regard to academics, one has to consider where he/she will excell and what opportunities would be available. Each school has its merits.</p>
<p>I have decided on UVa, I went to Days on the Lawn and was sold…granted, I knew what I was looking for</p>
<p>congrats, see you next year wahoo!</p>
<p>Good choice. Congratulations!</p>