<p>Hey guys (and ladies), I am really interested in pursuing neuroscience when I go to college. I have good grades, a lot of EC's that are medicine related (clubs, work, volunteer, intern), solid test scores, and my teacher recommendations will be great. I don't want to share all of my stats because that isn't what my post is about. I was wondering if the people on this forum could give me some advice as to schools I can apply to that have a good neuroscience program. I will probably be applying to around 7 colleges and the ones that I know of now are: Johns Hopkins (Probably ED here, kid can dream), Brown, Columbia, Umich, and Brandeis. Other than that though, I really don't know of any other universities which offer a really good neuroscience (or similar) program. What schools would you recommend?</p>
<p>Penn’s Biological Basis of Behavior Program, which offers a terrific combination of interdisciplinary curriculum, faculty, and undergraduate research:</p>
<p>[Biological</a> Basis of Behavior Program](<a href=“http://www.sas.upenn.edu/bbb/node/11]Biological”>http://www.sas.upenn.edu/bbb/node/11)</p>
<p>[BBB</a> Faculty and Staff | Biological Basis of Behavior Program](<a href=“http://www.sas.upenn.edu/bbb/about/people]BBB”>http://www.sas.upenn.edu/bbb/about/people)</p>
<p>All the ones you listed are great schools. There also USC, Penn, UCLA, Northwestern. I’m sure your research but here is a site: </p>
<p>[Best</a> Neuroscience Undergraduate Programs: List of Top Schools](<a href=“http://education-portal.com/articles/Best_Neuroscience_Undergraduate_Programs_List_of_Top_Schools.html]Best”>Best Neuroscience Undergraduate Programs: List of Top Schools)</p>
<p>We’re very good, but I’d imagine you wouldn’t really consider us. Anyway, it’s called the neuroscience and behavioral biology program and is very similar to the one that 45 Percenter is displaying. It’s very interdisciplinary (several courses, in neuroscience, anthropology, biology, and psychology). </p>
<p>[Emory</a> University | Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology](<a href=“http://www.nbb.emory.edu/]Emory”>http://www.nbb.emory.edu/)</p>
<p>We may have been one of the first of such programs, but I’m not sure. People generally love it though.
Wonder why ours didn’t make the list. Apparently it’s no good (at least w/respect to those schools, I guess, although I have no idea how they came about those rankings). People in it think otherwise though. Wonder what’s wrong with it.</p>
<p>Yeah, seems as if the site is only listing what “it” considers to be good programs w/o listing all of them. Yeah, I wouldn’t put much weight based upon it. Plus, it seems to be trying to promote online schools.</p>
<p>Princeton’s program is excellent and they are investing a huge amount of money in it right now. If you explore their website you should be able to find their description of the direction they are taking it in.</p>
<p>It’s Princeton, they do most things well at the UG level, and certainly have lots of money to invest in such programs. If only admissions into it wasn’t only vaguely possible (even for those w/good grades). Most of the schools the OP lists are doable. I wouldn’t put too many eggs in a basket for Princeton (or any top 10 Ivy, better yet, any Ivy period).</p>
<p>Pitt might be a good safety for you. They have a very well-known neuroscience program and offer generous merit aid to out-of-state students.</p>
<p>Thanks a lot for the great responses guys! It’s pretty cool having people actually take interest/help me out. I never researched penn but I will definitely check it out and maybe apply. Just so you know, when I was listing Johns Hopkins, Columbia, Brown and all of those schools I wasn’t saying that I expected an acceptance, those were just places I would absolutely love to go 
I don’t think anyone can say for certainty that they will be accepted to those schools. I will also look into Princeton, don’t they spend the most money per student of all universities? I think I heard some crazy statistic like that. Again though, Princeton is probably impossible for me, if only admissions were based on interest haha. You can check out my stats if you want to speculate on some of my other posts. And as for Pitt, I wouldn’t have known if not for your post but it’s great having schools that have what I need that will be easier to get into!</p>
<p>As a side note, what is the difference between a neuroscience major and concentration? Also what exactly is an interdisciplinary major (in Neuro)?</p>
<p>I would also peruse some of the top LACs. I believe Oberlin was one of the first colleges in America to offer neuro as an undergraduate major.</p>
<p>Definitely look into UVA as a high match and Duke as a reach. They are similar in atmosphere, so it may or may not be what you’re looking for. I’ll be a neuroscience major at UVA and they do offer a distinguished majors program which allows you to graduate with honors essentially and work on a senior research thesis prior to graduation.</p>
<p>To answer your question, OP, I’m not sure about the difference between major/concentration. Most likely it’s that different schools have different names for a specialization. Interdisciplinary majors in neuro are usually anchored in one department (usually psych or bio), but require courses from other departments, such as philosophy, computer science, linguistics, etc. This is different from some schools that have an entire neuroscience department. One is not necessarily better than the other, it definitely depends on the school.</p>