<p>Totally agree with warblers. To say that UCLA might not be as strong in biochem as UCSD is to totally misunderstand the undergraduate experience. That kind of thinking is totally appropriate for grad school where essentially 100% of your time is on biochemistry. As an undergrad you will only take about 25% of your courses in your major area, and for biochem that means freshman chem, organic chem and Pchem, different biology courses, and you might not get to a true biochem course until your junior year. This is all besides your english, math, history, etc, courses. The point is that as an undergrad, given all that , what does “not being as strong” in biochem even mean? Both schools have tons of opportunities for research at the undergrad level, and plenty of courses in the subject to prepare any undergrad for grad school.</p>