Answered by clareapparent
I'd say it would depend largely on what you want. From your list, Brandeis has the best "name." They are all smaller schools, except for Northeastern and BU. Obviously NE & BU are very urban, in the fantastic city of Boston. I am limited in my knowledge of the chemistry programs at the above schools, but I know about BU. I had a friend who was a chem major, actually, and he loved it. He would nerd-out over organic chemistry, and seemed to find the entire program challenging and rewarding. He got into a MA program at the University of Wisconsin, where he is now. My other friends from the science program are all at various prestigious grad schools. I certainly think our science/chem program is strong, if that's what you're interested in. You'd need to do specific research on the chemistry departments of all your other listed schools. Generally, I found BU academically challenging, and felt I got an amazing education. The price tag is high, but if you can get an academic scholarship (BU offers a lot), it's an AMAZING education to get for free. Two of the science kids I knew were on half or full scholarship. Ultimately, you may need to let the location and price tag do the deciding for you, since those are all good schools. Oh, and I found, despite the size, it was very easy to get personal attention at BU. Each undergrad class has about 4,500 students, but they're spread out among many colleges, and only my large lecture classes had 50+ kids. My average class had 12-24 students. Your labs would likely be about that size.