<p>SAT: 1840 (CR 560, M 630 W 650) I'll be retaking December with the goal of 1950+
SAT II: US History 530 i don't think i'll send this..
GPA: 3.75
Rank: top 10%
AP course load: 2 last year, 3 this year
Location: Washington state
EC: Varsity tennis for three years, typical volunteer work (+100 hours), after-school clubs, and few leadership positions that are mostly church-related</p>
<p>How do I compare with those who've already been accepted to the neurobiology major?</p>
<p>If I don't have a chance at neurobiology, then would I have a chance at regular biology?
Please do tell me what you think-especially current students! Thanks!!</p>
<p>Your acceptance into the neurobio major will depend on how well you do at UW; I don’t think they consider high school stuff beyond admission into the University. If you’re asking whether you’re capable enough to do it, then I’d say that it’s probably doable, but you’d need to step it up a bit. You’d be fine for regular bio, but neurobio is really competitive, so it’s hard to say…</p>
<p>Basically, there are some majors that you have to be admitted to after completing some prereqs and applying to the major. One of these majors is neurobiology.</p>
<p>"Once you are admitted to the University of Washington majors at the UW fall into three categories.</p>
<ol>
<li>Open Admission: May be declared at any time</li>
<li>Minimum Admission Requirements: Require certain prerequisites and/or a minimum GPA.</li>
<li>Competitive Admission: Require any of the following; Specific GPA, test scores, personal statement, relevant experience, writing sample, recommendations, portfolio, and/or separate applications."</li>
</ol>
<p>Minimum Admission isn’t really a big deal; it’s just stuff you do anyways in the process of doing the major (Bio, for example, requires you to do some intro bio courses with a min GPA of 2.5 or something, which is easy to get).</p>
<p>Competitive Admission is where a major has a lot of prereqs, and usually people apply at the end of sophomore year for these types of majors, though it really varies. Neurobiology is one of these majors.</p>
<p>Anyways, what you should get out of this is that: 1) Whatever you declare as your major on your UW application doesn’t matter, 2) Your performance in courses at UW will determine your acceptance into competitive majors such as neurobiology.</p>
<p>I am applying for the Neurobio major as a Junior this year(from an OOS university). It required a LOT of work. You need a 3.0+ in your pre-requisite coursework to have a chance (3.4 gives you a very good chance, 3.0-3.4 is a good chance, and 2.5-3.0 is nearly no chance). The hard thing is, you need 3 quarters of chemistry, 2 of Physics, 2 of calculus, 3 of biology… these are the same intro courses pre-med students take, and they are typically curved… so it’s rough. </p>
<p>However, the website says that they typically can accept 50% of students that apply. So I wouldn’t consider it super competitive, but it’s up there. Good luck. One thing that really helps is to volunteer to work in a lab.</p>
<p>Oh yeah, just so you know, physics at UW is a *****. The homework, labs, and tutorial are okay, but the exams are just ridiculous. Also, it doesn’t help that lectures don’t really go in-depth into what you need to know.</p>
I think physics is hard no matter where you take it. Unless it’s at a community college of course :P</p>