<p>Hey I was wondering about the neuroscience major at W&M, it is a good major to pick if I one day want to go to med school? Is this a really tough major?
o and also does W&M look at freshman year gpa? because without freshman year i would have like a 3.8 but with it i have like a 3.65ish, im instate btw.</p>
<p>im kindof new to cc but i guess i bump this? lol</p>
<p>It's not really necessary to bump a thread so soon after creating it.</p>
<p>WM does look at your GPA for all 4 years, but 3.65 is fine for in-state, and they do consider improvement.</p>
<p>The Neuroscience major here is pretty popular, especially among premeds. It requires way more credits than anything else (about 50) but that includes all the general prereqs for med school that you'd need to take anyway. </p>
<p>People often think of it as an easier alternative to the biology major, but that's not necessarily true. Depending on how you choose your electives for it, it can be moderately difficult or really tough.</p>
<p>Thank you Malvenuto, any other comments would also be appreciated</p>
<p>If you want to challenge yourself, just double major in Bio and Chem and forget Neuro.</p>
<p>haha inchoative proves malvenuto's point.</p>
<p>neuroscience is definitely a viable major for med school. I had nothing to do with science classes while I was at W&M, but I know there are neuroscience majors from W&M at top med schools.</p>
<p>as far as getting in, W&M will appreciate your improvement. If you don't get in, it won't be because of your GPA.</p>
<p>and yea... you don't need to bump so quickly. Especially on the W&M board, there are only a few active topics, so the posters who post here will see the new topics when they log in! =)</p>
<p>Yeah, you can make neuro as difficult as you want, but since that pretty much entails just taking a bunch of Bio and Chem as your electives, it doesn't really matter. Just don't major in it because you think "it sounds cool."</p>
<p>Thank you for your comments soccerguy and inchoative, ill take it into consideration when choosing my major. Any other comments?</p>
<p>My D, who may or may not officially declare neuroscience at the end of this, her soph year, would be taking a psych concentration rather than more chem. We've been told that the major was created because of the large number of students double majoring in bio and psych. It is like that double major, with a physics requirement thrown in.</p>
<p>I would rather pick one of the following for majors: (Would get you a decent GPA for med school)
Bio Major/Chem Minor
Bio Major/Physics Minor
Biochem Major/Physics Minor
Chem Major/Bio Minor</p>
<p>And if your up for it try: (Would get you a good MCAT score)
Bio Major/Chem Major
Bio Major/Physics Major</p>
<p>My son is a senior neuroscience major / art history minor & is applying to med school now. He is OOS & had about a 3.6-7 HS gpa with ~ 1400 SATs. He has maintained a 3.6 gpa at W&M, taking about 18 credits a semester. He could have graduated now , but chose to return for the spring semester & graduate in May with his class. My point is , although the neuroscience major is difficult, it is not impossible. He seemed to enjoy the psychology courses for the perspective they gave him & he also was able to devote time to his art history courses which took alot of time. He also had time to be an RA sophomore year & has lived in a frat house the last 2 years. It helps if you enjoy the subject matter of most of the courses & are not just looking to get into medical school. There are many other graduate fields of study you can pursue with a neuroscience degree. I'd say go for it & good luck!</p>
<p>Thanks for the comments smdur1970, plue00, and golferdad!</p>
<p>Neuroscience seems to be a very viable option for me as i am immensely interested in the brain through taking psych over the summer and participating in numerous brain bee contests. Good luck to ur daughter smdur1970 and ur son golferdad whom im sure will end up very successful in life. Thanks for the comments again and I could very well see myself in W&M hopefully in the near future (I am a junior btw).</p>
<p>We don't have a biochem major at WM.</p>
<p>Also, there are some challenging Neuroscience courses in the Applied Science department, in addition to the biology and chemistry courses.</p>