<p>Which would you choose, pre-med at U chicago or the Neuroscience Undergrad major at U miami. Please post reasons why, thx!</p>
<p>UMiami may have a neuroscience major, but it isn’t exactly associated with cutting-edge research in that field. And it’s not like you’ll be short of neuroscience opportunities at Chicago–you can do biology w/ a specialization in neuroscience, and a computational neuroscience minor if you’d like. Reasons to pick UMiami would be 1) if you really like the life of the school better, or 2) if they gave you a lot of money, but not because Chicago is lacking a neuroscience major. </p>
<p>I’m not sure how relevant this is, but here’s an NRC ranking for neuroscience graduate programs: "<a href="http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~pomeran/nrcrankings.html">http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~pomeran/nrcrankings.html</a>"
As you can see, Chicago is at 22 while Miami is at 76. </p>
<p>I have a similar dilemma to yours–pre-med/neuro at Duke (which just created a neuroscience major) vs. biology at Chicago. I’m 90% sure I’m choosing Chicago just because I like the atmosphere better. Just have to visit again.</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice, But I feel I have a little more to add. My reasons for picking Miami are because I personally dont like the weather in chicago. My concern however, is that I will be passing up top notch education for “fun” (I define the comfort of warmth as fun). My question is, would I be at a slight disadvantage being at U miami then at U chicago?</p>
<p>you will get used to chicago weather, dont worry.</p>
<p>recent uchicago grad here- bio major (neuroscience concentration) with a second unrelated major thrown in as well</p>
<p>first thing to note: uchicago doesnt have “pre-med” in a traditional sense. there is no “pre-med” major. in fact, many people who go to med school don’t even major in biology- they take the required med school classes (ochem, biology core, a year of “english” or what we call humanities).</p>
<p>that being said, the biology program, and the research especially, is excellent at uchicago. it is easy to get a research job, there are plenty of interesting bio / neuro classes, and you can take grad classes as well.</p>
<p>second thing, and perhaps this is a bit harsh, but if you are even contemplating giving up chicago in favor of umiami because of something as trivial as the weather, you probably don’t belong at uchicago (this is coming from someone who hated the weather and moved to cali upon graduation). you go to uchicago because it is the best undergrad education in the country, in spite of the drawbacks like the weather and poor social life. if education isnt your top priority, then you should not be there. </p>
<p>lest i dissuade you from taking the amazing opportunity to attend the u of c, i’ll leave you with one final thought: you won’t experience the bad weather, as you’ll be in the library the majority of your time! (something that u of c students actually find enjoyable)</p>
<p>I can imagine making a pick like Stanford over Chicago for the weather (and a choice I would perhaps make if I went back in time!), but Chicago vs. UMiami? The educations are pretty much incomparable. You’d really be sacrificing an outstanding education for about 5 months a year of bad weather for 4 years.</p>
<p>what a coincidence- stanford is where i’m in grad school 
though i dont think i’d pick stanford over uchicago for undergrad</p>
<p>You guys are right, I guess Il be going to U chicago then instead of miami, hehe ty for the advice</p>
<p>It does not matter where you go for UG education; what matters is if you get a residency and/or acceptance into a graduate program (even those are arent that important, considering the top-tier grad. education available at second-tier schools [go UMBC!]).</p>