SysBio/CompBio Berkeley vs Columbia vs UCSF vs UChicago

[doerlbh]

Hi everyone,

I am mostly looking at four programs that accepted me in Computational Biology: Berkeley, UCSF, UChicago, Columbia

Never studied or interned at any of them before so I am hoping to know more about them outside the website~

I am most likely in academia, but I wonder for Computational Biology in general, which school might be a best fit, and what to avoid.

 

In general as far as I know:

Berkeley

great for bio and cs. young. in Bay. 

UCSF

top biomed. expensive but in Bay. less known in pan-science than biomed.

Columbia

young. great science. great city. not sure about biomed in general.

UChicago

great faculties and focus on edu. not sure about its biology within the country though.

 

Opinions? Thank you!