<p>I am EE student from europe. I want to make research about brain-like info. proc, brain inspired electronics, neuro engineering more cs and ee related than biology. I consider
1-Harvard
2-MIT
3-Stanford
4-Yale
5-John Hopkins
6-Georgia Tech
7-University of Illinois
9-cornell
10-Carneige Mellon </p>
<p>to apply. Is there any other uni. you would recommend to add or remove? What is the number of int'l students these universities accept w/funding(like very few,few,moderate) ?Is there any profile for accepted int'l? What do they mostly look at admissions? I need to narrow my app. since it becomes so expensive.</p>
<p>how did you find out “brain-like info” research is going on in THOSE. let me guess: you do not know at all. sighhhhhhh. Where’d get that list from? Come to real world! forget the lists and start looking for the schools that have researchers in those area. I can’t help you and chances are that no one on this forum can help you. I can only suggest you try to find “research papers” on Internet in those areas and check the schools of the authors of the papers and then check the references of the papers and find other papers in that area and check the schools of authors of those papers too, and repeat it in upward direction: citing documents, instead of references. that’s one way to do it!</p>
<p>narrow areas of research are “personal” stuff, like your birth day&place. you share that with a fraction of a fraction of minority of people, AND that’s the JOY of it!</p>
<p>If you are applying to PhD programs in the US, you should get fully funded – tuition, fees, and a stipend. Unless you aren’t fully qualified, you don’t not have to get a master’s degree before entering a PhD program. </p>
<p>International students do gain admittance into top programs. You will have to do the research yourself to see what the individual program policies and requirements are.</p>
<p>It’s a little difficult to understand exactly what you are looking for, so forgive me if I’ve incorrectly interpreted your interests. If you are interested in computer applications for neuroscience, you may want to put Carnegie Mellon at the top of your list. Check out the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition, a joint program with the University of Pittsburgh. There is a computer science and engineering track:</p>
<p>I’m mostly familiar with neuroscience programs and computer science programs, but usually not the two combined, so I can’t offer any more insight about good programs. I’m suspect that Harvard and Yale will not be as strong as the others in what I understand to be your interests. Both are strong in neuroscience, but not necessarily in neuroengineering. You might also want to look at Duke and UPenn.</p>
<p>@Momwaitingfornew - I am new in this forum, this is my first post. You said you are familiar with Neuroscience programs? Would you be able to help me choose schools to apply to? I am an international student, and here are my stats (let me know if you need more info):</p>
<p>GPA-3.6, science GPA-3.7
GRE - 550 verbal, 690 quantitative
Research exp - 1 academic yr + 1 summer while in undergrad, then 2 yrs at Hopkins SOM - all in cell bio, not neuro.
Rec letters - undergrad PI, Hopkins PI and Neuroscience undergrad prof</p>
<p>Below is my school list so far, can you please tell me what you think? Which schools do I have a chance in?
<p>Ashcloud, unfortunately, there’s no way to tell whether you have a chance at those programs since your research interests have to match those of the program’s and since you will be competing against an unknown set of applicants. In recent years, neuroscience admissions have been fierce. Your Hopkins research experience and the LOR you get from that PI will be critical since that seems to be your major research experience. Most programs won’t care that the research was in cell bio, as long as you had an active role in the lab.</p>
<p>Your stats look good, although your quantitative GRE is a little low. You’ve listed some good neuroscience programs, and seem to have a decent range. But do they all have faculty members working in your area of interest? You won’t get an interview/phone call even if you have perfect stats unless you are able to make a case for why you fit with the program. Make sure that you know the difference among them, not just in rank but in the programs’ strengths and weaknesses. </p>
<p>Depending on what you want to do, you might also want to look at Brown, Emory, Rochester, and UNC. Duke, UCSD, and MIT also offer excellent programs; however, you already have some pretty competitive programs on the list.</p>
<p>As a note - applying to graduate school is expensive but it is an <em>investment</em>. While I think you shouldn’t overdo it, you also shouldn’t limit yourself to a specific number of schools because of the cost. IMO it’s better to wait a year to save money to afford applications than it is to cut schools from your list because of financial concerns. This is your entire career we’re talking about - your graduate program will, to a certain extent, determine the trajectory of your academic career afterwards. You do not want your career determined by an $80 application fee.</p>
<p>Then again, I am in a field in which it is common to apply to 10-15 programs. Social psychology programs are competitive.</p>
<p>I looked through the faculty research interests at all the schools I listed. Since I dont have a very specific idea of what level of neuroscience (molecular, systems, developmental, cognitive) I am most interested in, I think all the schools on my list offer a good range of research that I can hopefully rotate in and find what I enjoy most. I know I will definitely enjoy cellular and molecular neuroscience (from my research background), but I want to explore the other sub-fields that I dont have experience with as well, in case I fall in love with one of them. </p>
<p>Yes, it would really help to tailor my SOP to explain why I want to join a particular program, but that is difficult to do when I dont know exactly what area of neuro I am looking for. I have read SOPs where students have named faculty they would enjoy working with, and I could do that too, but they would be in a broad range of sub-fields. Is that ok, or does just scream “She doesnt know what she wants?”</p>
<p>Thank you so much for your school suggestions, I wish I had talked to you a month ago. I will look into all of them anyway, especially Emory. I eliminated MIT because I wanted mostly schools affiliated with med schools and from what I read, Duke does not admit too many international students in the sciences.</p>
<p>@ashcloud: You may have a tough road ahead of you if you don’t attempt, at least in your applications, to narrow down your subfield(s). You can change when you get there, but the faculty arguing for your acceptance will be those in the subfield you name. They will be the ones that interview you (often over the phone, if you are not in the US). </p>
<p>My D had this problem when she applied last year. She had two subfields that interested her, and some of her interviewers gave her a hard time about it. In fact, most wanted her for the subfield that she eventually decided not to pursue. Only one program recruited her for both, and that’s where she is now.</p>
<p>I agree that Duke is not necessarily a good place for international applicants.</p>