Which university should I attend?

ucbalumnus
Tue, 02 Apr 2013 00:35:32 +0000

ClassicRockerDad:

I know Berkeley is a large impersonal public school with outstanding students. But you can go to Northwestern or USC, both having more resources for you than Berkeley.



Berkeley has enormous biology departments with a very wide range of offerings.

[General Catalog - Molecular and Cell Biology Courses](http://general-catalog.berkeley.edu/catalog/gcc_list_crse_req?p_dept_name=Molecular+and+Cell+Biology&p_dept_cd=MCELLBI)
[General Catalog - Integrative Biology Courses](http://general-catalog.berkeley.edu/catalog/gcc_list_crse_req?p_dept_name=Integrative+Biology&p_dept_cd=INTEGBI)

However, biology also has a huge number of students (probably about 900 per year), so expect to see some very large classes, particularly in lower division prerequisites.

On the other hand, some of USC’s biology courses are also large (as in ~200 students), presumably reflecting the popularity of biology.

Berkeley and USC list capacity and enrollment in their on-line schedules. Northwestern does not.