<p>“My personal opinion is that you shouldn’t choose an undergrad school at this level on academics, but rather on feel.”</p>
<p>Quite right… People spending hours comparing specific departments at undergrad level are wasting their time. At this level it is far more important to have prof who are good teachers and are willing to spend time with you, than to have profs with the most amazing credentials. Obviously at Yale, they will have amazing credentials anyway, and you get the benefit of them spending more time with you than many profs do at other top schools.</p>
<p>The quote from YeloPen at the top is from me, and I really believe that the lack of masters/doctorate students in the sciences is a great plus for undergrads. We get the profs time and research positions…</p>