<p>University of Pittsburg
Stanford
UCLA
Duke
Vanderbilt
U of I (only applying because it's in-state)
Claremont McKenna
University of Michigan
UPenn
UC berkely
Johns Hopkins
USC
WashU
Emory
Baylor
Brandeis
Amherst
UCSD
Brown
Dartmouth</p>
<p>Its better if you would ask the question after being admitted. Apparently, right now you are applying to all.</p>
<p>Your list is top-heavy with very selective schools.
Even with excellent stats, you’re unlikely to be admitted to more than a few.
If all of them have neuroscience programs, then it would make sense to choose based on net cost (after aid) or personal preferences for location, campus atmosphere, etc. Neuroscience is such a broad, interdisciplinary field that it would be hard to distinguish them clearly based only on academic quality.</p>
<p>You could have a look at this ranking of graduate programs in “neoroscience and neurobiology”:
[NRC</a> Rankings Overview: Neuroscience and Neurobiology - Faculty - The Chronicle of Higher Education](<a href=“NRC Rankings Overview: Neuroscience and Neurobiology”>NRC Rankings Overview: Neuroscience and Neurobiology)</p>
<p>However, I wouldn’t pick Brandeis over Yale just because it’s a little higher on this list; nor would I necessarily rule out Amherst just because it isn’t on the list at all.</p>
<p>I suggest you try to narrow down your schools based on possible fit rather than simply looking at which ones have great neuroscience departments (which Emory does btw). After all, you have Brandeis and Baylor on the same list. Their only similarities are that both are private schools which start with a B.</p>
<p>Also, what do you know about neuroscience beyond simply, ooh the brain?</p>