<p>Okay, so I was accepted by Cornell Cals back in March for biological sciences, and I was recentley accepted by Duke as well (as a neuro major). I am interested in neuroscience/ pre-med and I am having a hard time choosing between these two schools.
With Cornell, I was selected as a Tradition Fellow, which I heard is a good program for extracorriculars and community service, etc. I am also a NYS resident, so my tuition would be about 14,000 less than it would be at duke.
However, Duke has a specific neuroscience major, and great research opportunities from what I hear, as well as great weather!
I am looking to continue science research I pursued in high school (intel level work), involving cell bio/ neurobiology.
Which school do you think would better suit my needs?</p>
<p>any thoughts?</p>
<p>Do your parents let you keep the 14k a year they would have spent on tuition otherwise?</p>
<p>i like the more specific neuro major at duke…</p>
<p>i would check out your biological sciences major’s curriculum and see if you cant do the same classes that you would at duke but at cornell…</p>
<p>at Cornell the neurobio and behavior program of study (within biological sciences) is pretty popular. it has the most students of any program of study, and also the most premeds. I know that all bio majors are encouraged to do research here, so I imagine there will be a lot of support for finding neurobio positions. I felt like when I went to research info sessions a lot of the speakers were giving tips with neurobio people in mind.</p>
<p>I have to make this decision too! Is there a difference in career placement between the two schools?</p>
<p>in terms of career placement, cornell leads US universities in terms of natural sciences Phds and students going to med school. I think in terms of neuro classes, cornell will have all the bio classes duke has plus more. Furthermore, u might be able to explore some other interests in bio and other areas due to the large number of courses at cornell. One possible downside might be that weill cornell (the med school) is in NYC, not on campus. However, I dont think that will affect u much at the undergraduate level. Cornell’s Ag and Vet programs will provide u with a ton of opportunities. I also checked out the Duke website and there isn’t a major but a concentration in neurobio. I believe it is the same at cornell. All this said, I believe that in the end the differences between the 2 schools are fairly small. But i think the 14k swings the decision toward cornell.</p>
<p>go to cornell. Save your money for medical school or grad school.</p>
<p>Keep in mind too, and not that this is a big issue, but at Duke, I am pretty sure you have to live on campus all four years, only grad students can live off campus. Maybe seniors too.</p>
<p>Also Durham is not a great place. I mean the Duke campus is awesome, but outside of campus is downright dangerous.</p>
<p>thanks - all of this input is very helpful!</p>
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<p>If you’re interested in Cell Bio, there is also the Weill Institute at Cornell:</p>
<p>[Weill</a> Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology](<a href=“http://www.icmb.cornell.edu/about/index.html]Weill”>http://www.icmb.cornell.edu/about/index.html)</p>
<p>thanks 
10 char</p>