<p>I'm posting this for my friend and she wants to be a neuro surgon. Here are her stats as I know them:</p>
<p>GPA: 4.0
Class Rank: Top 10
Courses: All accelerated
EC's: National Honor Society, Relay For Life, Youth Court, Key Club, Speech and Debate
SAT I: From what she told me 2100
SAT II: From what she told me: World History: 800; Chemistry: 760</p>
<p>So what she wants to know are what are some schools that have good Nueroscience programs.</p>
<p>Johns Hopkins, Tulane, Michigan, Lawrence (WI), Bucknell, Union (NY) and Ct. College are some to possibly look at.</p>
<p>This seems to be a trendy field of study. I noticed that in one college catalog that the major was heavy on psych.</p>
<p>Brown is good for neuroscience.</p>
<p>Wesleyan also has a pretty good nero program.</p>
<p>Do you know anything else about what your friend may want in a school? Size, urban/rural, part of the country, preppy/not, greek scene/not, etc? That might help us come up with the most appropriate suggestions.</p>
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<p>It's "trendy" because it is an EXPLODING field making incredible discoveries on a daily basis. I can't think of a more exciting, cutting-edge field of study.</p>
<p>As far as I know she wants a school in the northeast/midwest, urban/rural doesn't matter, greek scene is a plus but not a requirement, preppy/not doesn't matter, and school size: medium to large.</p>
<p>Brown arguably has the best neuro program in the country
JHU is also good, but I would not enjoy that school. </p>
<p>you also don't need to study neuroscience to be a neurosurgeon. you just need to be premed. what does she want to STUDY for undergrad?</p>
<p>also pomona and u oregon</p>
<p>she told me for undergrad she wanted to study neuroscience for undergrad then go to med school to become a neuro surgeon. However after I show her this thread she may decide to study chemistry or biology for undergrad.</p>
<p>Emory would be a good choice.</p>
<p>UCSD.
UCLA.
Brandeis.
University of Rochester.
USC.</p>
<p>(Of these, only Brandeis and Rochester and in the northeast, but the others are still worth looking at.)</p>
<p>Also, if she wants a medium-to-large school, you could probably eliminate the super-tiny ones (like Pomona, Connecticut College, and Lawrence - all of which are under 2000).</p>
<p>I also majored in Neuroscience as an undergrad, went to medical school, and am now a neurosurgeon. I actually found it helpful to have majored in neuroscience...it certainly helped in medical school, it helped with my research, and it helped during neurosurgery training and board exams. Is it mandatory?...NO. Your friend could probably go anywhere, and there are many good schools in the Northeast. </p>
<p>I went to Penn for both undergrad and medical school, partly because of the neuroscience program. As an undergrad, it is technically called "Biological Basis of Behavior", Neural Systems. At Penn, you can also take undergraduate courses in Wharton (or a combined degree in Wharton), engineering (including bioengineering), and extensive offerings in the College of Arts and Sciences. There is a tremendous amount of research being done at Penn in this field, which makes it easy to become involved in research, and extremely rewarding. Check out this link: Institute</a> of Neurological Sciences</p>
<p>I agree that Hopkins and Brown are also excellent....there are quite a few programs that are very good...have her look through some web sites of places she may be interested in.</p>
<p>Some other schools are Colgate and UMiami.</p>
<p>Does anybody have any idea of the neuroscience programmes in Wash U and MIT? I'm particularly interested in those two because they combine neuroscience and psychology (and philosophy for Wash U) together - basically every aspect of the brain.</p>
<p>The MIT undergrad program (Brain and Cognitive Sciences) is great -- every undergraduate in the department does research, the program is very flexible and you can tailor your course selection to your interests, and classes tend to be small because the department is small.</p>
<p>I graduated from the department in 2006, and another CC user, jessiehl, graduated in 2007. I took mostly cellular and molecular neurobiology courses, and she took more systems neuro/AI courses. Both of us are happy to answer questions.</p>
<p>Johns Hopkins, Brown</p>
<p>I had a friend applied early to Hopkins for the neuroscience program. It was his first choice. Had he been rejected, with his stats, intellect, brain power, and smarts, he could have easily gone to Stanford for neuroscience.</p>
<p>I have another two friends who is majoring in neuroscience at Hopkins. Probably by far the second or third most popular major after BME or Public Health or Economics. Hopkins has an exceptional neuroscience program, among the top 2 or 3 in the country. I have two friends on at Hopkins who wants to become a neurosurgeon too. Dr. Ben Carson, recent recipient of the White House Medal of Freedom is a world renown pediatric neurosurgeon, he works at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. This man is legendary. He conducted so many risky and never before done procedures like separation of siamese conjoint twins at the head and removing half a brain.</p>
<p>Very similar thread here.</p>
<p>Walter Dandy is my hero... he is the father of pediatric neurosurgery and behind the whole idea of Walker-Dandy syndrome ( a form of hydrocephalus) and was also behind the idea of aneurysm clippings as well in youths....</p>
<p>Dr. Ben Carson is my role model... quite an extraordinary man... he still got it... Current Department Head of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital... MAN i wish i could work there... first thing is first... undergrad+MD... then ill think of residency opportunities.</p>
<p>As for Neurosci...</p>
<p>yah id agree to what everyone said in this thread...</p>
<p>Brown, Stanford, Johns Hopkins, Weyslan, UPenn, MIT, UCSD (they got a good one)...</p>
<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/251198-neuroscience-programs.html%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/251198-neuroscience-programs.html</a> is informative. I want to do cognitive neuroscience (not med school, as of now, but who knows?) and I'm trying to finalize my list.</p>