If you're in the US, I'd suggest going to a smaller school for undergrad where they will take care of you.  If you go to a big school like Berkeley, Ohio State, or any of the big 10 really, you'll be screwed out of a decent education because you're just a number.  I speak from experience.  For grad school the big schools are much better because they're focused on research and graduate students, so you'll get what you need.  But for undergrad, I'd stay away from the big schools.  Also, choose a school in a place you like.  Location is really a huge factor.  You have to know yourself for this--if you don't like big cities, stay away from schools there no matter what their education offers.  If you don't like tiny towns, stay away from them.  if you hate the east coast, don't go there.  It's more important than you would think.

Wow, sounds like you guys have quite a choice when it comes to university (is this the same as college) over there in the US. Here in Australia we don't have quite so many Universities (not as many people either, only about 20million, what is the population of the US?). The choice is pretty easy here then, I just went to the University in my city, there are about 2million people in my city and 3 universities, they all offer chemistry.

So if you're interested you should all come and study in Australia, wouldn't that be great?

300 milion people! wow that is big!

Well I don't think our laws would be more restrictive than the US, if anything I think it would be the other way around.

Oh, and we drive on the left side of the road (we think this is the correct side of the road you know ) but our cars are right-hand drive.

This may be off topic, but it is interesting, and useful for the education of chemists around the world.

Man, I'm on a 6-week teaching practice in high school (I need to do it so I get my credit points) and I f*****g hate it.

Is it still necesarry? Sh*.*... To say the truth that was one of the reasons I did not graduated. Not that I don't like teaching - 1k posts here is not from nothing, I like to help and to explain things to others. But I hate stupidity in every form (especially crystalic) and "Chemical education" was - for personal reasons - out of my reach. My laziness was not helpfull either but I was able to mobilize myself for every other lab and for every exam. Not for this one

Borek, so I presume you encountered a person named dr Galska-Krajewska. You might want to know, that she is still there and teaching methods straight from the 70's.

No names please. But she was there, even if I am not connecting face with the name at the moment.

People who don't do it, have problems with running all around Warsaw looking for mysteriously named classes at riddiculous hours, that might just give you the credits you need (or not.. the mess in our department should be the 8th wonder of the world)

Junior is studying physics, so I have similar reports at home. Although it seems his problems lie not within Physics Faculty itself but somewhere in the interface between faculties.

Maybe New Zealand is the place to be I hear they drive on the right side of the road. Do they have laws that discourage chemistry by the individual? I wonder if they have colleges with good science departments (chemistry).

I am fairly sure the drive on the left side of the road in New Zealand. New Zealand is very similar to Australia

I would say it is completely different. They have kiwis instead of kangaroos and they don't have a desert in the interrior. Not to mention lack af great barrier reef. And they don't have a problem whether they live on the smallest continent or the largest island.

The only thing you have in coomon is that you are walking upside down