<p>how good is the neruoscience department? I found that they have the neuroscience major that you have to apply for and yadda yadda yadda, but i'm interested so i was just looking for some input. thanks!</p>
<p>Paging Neurotic. Is Neurotic on CollegeConfidential? (He'll be able to tell you.)</p>
<p>ok, thank you! :)</p>
<p>Hi there!</p>
<p>Umm, lessee. </p>
<p>First, a question: Are you planning on doing neuroscience for grad school? If so, know this: This will give you a great head start. You will be able to take classes that no one else (well, pretty much, except for those damned echols kids, bleh (-: ) can take. You'll get first dibs at upper-level neuroscience courses. You will be introduced to concepts, labs, and procedures that will set you apart from plain-jane bio or chem or psych folks looking to do grad work.</p>
<p>Professors at UVA include:
David Hill <a href="http://faculty.virginia.edu/hilllab/hill.html%5B/url%5D">http://faculty.virginia.edu/hilllab/hill.html</a>
Masashi Kawasaki <a href="http://www.people.virginia.edu/%7Emk3u/mk_lab/index.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.people.virginia.edu/~mk3u/mk_lab/index.htm</a>
Otto Friesen <a href="http://minerva.acc.virginia.edu/biology/Fac/Friesen.html%5B/url%5D">http://minerva.acc.virginia.edu/biology/Fac/Friesen.html</a>
DeForest Mellon <a href="http://minerva.acc.virginia.edu/biology/Fac/Mellon.html%5B/url%5D">http://minerva.acc.virginia.edu/biology/Fac/Mellon.html</a>
Iggy Provencio <a href="http://minerva.acc.virginia.edu/biology/Fac/Provencio.html%5B/url%5D">http://minerva.acc.virginia.edu/biology/Fac/Provencio.html</a></p>
<p>Check them out. Also, check out the Neuroscience home page.</p>
<p>Here's the thing: A neuroscience undergraduate program is pretty unususal. It is great for getting a good grounding in neuro-specific information. However, if you have other interests, you might want to combine it with another major, since it is really specific.</p>
<p>Is it good? Seems good to me. I haven't seen rankings or anything, but the profs are good, labs do interesting work.</p>
<p>thank you so much! that really really helps, you have no idea. :) i really love neuroscience and i was so excited to find out UVA had a department. just a few more questions if you don't mind: I know that only 25 kids are selected for it but i was wondering how many actually apply, are there only somewhere around 25 or are there a lot more? Also, how "hard" is it to double major with neruo? I do have other interests but i think that neuro is where i'm headed as far as grad school and all that goes; however, i also know that it is a pretty narrow subject base. Do many neuro majors typically double major or something along those lines? once again, thank you very very much!</p>
<p>Most people don't double major. I know one girl who does, who has more energy than 3 average people. :) Besides double majoring, you could minor in something else, or use your electives to explore other stuff. </p>
<p>Neuroscience is a pretty hard major--up there with physics, math, chemistry, cognitive science, that sort of thing. You will need to know a lot of raw information, and even more concepts. Some concepts are pretty tricky--not intuitive.</p>
<p>As far as applicants, I have no idea how many people apply. I will tell you that just about any time anyone asks me what my major is and I say "Cognitive Science/Neuroscience" I get a really funny look of bewilderment. So I don't think there are too many--but it is rumored to be hard to get into nonetheless. One tip: if you don't have every singlelast prerequisite, Dr. Hill (who is a really great guy) will let you take them at the same time as the Major. (You know, if you have the wrong Calculus, or no Chemistry or something like that.)</p>
<p>thank you SO much for answering all my questions, really, you're a lifesaver! ;) i looked into some of the stuff you said to and i'm very excited now. i seriously doubt i will try to double major, but i'll come to UVA next year with, provided what they say is right, somewhere in the 50s of credits so i have some hope that they will help me with majors/ minors, but i figured neuro (if i can get into it) would be pretty darn demanding. THANK YOU again and again!</p>
<p>You're welcome. Good luck! :-)</p>