<p>Very cool, Penn is certainly at the top of my list considering some of the research coming out of there on Machine Learning…Would you suggest Brown over Penn though considering my interests?</p>
<p>Apologizing ahead of time for the fairly long post…
I thought fairly seriously about doing something with Neuroscience/AI in college (though I eventually opted to go down the Econ/Applied Math/IR route…things change) so I’d like to think I know a little bit about the good programs. </p>
<p>WashU: I know already been mentioned and not an LAC but a medium sized research university. Their PNP (Philosophy/Neuroscience/Psychology) program is pretty interesting and I’d think they have a good Compsci program, though I don’t know for sure.</p>
<p>Brown: One of the top CogSci and Compsci programs in the country, hard to beat. Didn’t look at seriously for non-academic reasons but apparently it has an “lac-feel” to it even though it is a mid sized university</p>
<p>Franklin and Marshall: if you are applying to Brown/UPenn, Franklin and Marshall is probably a safety. Nonetheless, if you are thinking about Neuroscience/CogSci it is probably worth a look. Even though it only has 2,000 students, it still has Neurosci/Linguistics/Animal Behavior/Scientific and Philosophic Studies of Mind/Compsci Majors. The Compsci department probably isn’t that great, but it will probably more than make up for it in the other departments. </p>
<p>Swarthmore: LAC with top programs in Cognitive Science, Compsci, Linguistics. Honors majors are seminar style and very intense. A perfect fit for the right kind of person.</p>
<p>Oberlin: Don’t know much about it academically other than it was the first LAC to develop a neuroscience major and it is arguably their strongest department.</p>
<p>University of Rochester (Note–I go here so I’m biased…): At 4500 students (and 1000 at Eastman SOM about a mile or 2 away) it feels like a LAC in alot of ways. What it lacks in seminar style classes it more than makes up for in department strength and research focus. Top Linguistics/Neurosci/Brain and Cognitive Science/Compsci departments with lots of research ops. Honestly, I think a small university is your best bet as a lot of LACs lack significant Compsci offerings and an understanding of AI requires a solid Compsci background.</p>
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<p>For your academic interests, I wouldn’t say either Penn or Brown is better. But given all your other criteria, Brown seems to be the best of all those suggested so far. It’s especially worth a look given that Brown is kind of like a LAC and a university at the same time - IMO it straddles the line between the two better than any other Ivy except maybe Princeton.</p>
<p>hi </p>
<pre><code> i have an undergraduate degree in psychology and i want to go for my further studies in cognitive and computational neuroscience and need suggestion in this as some institutes offer computational modeling but i really do know extent of that and can any one recommendbest university for that and university of california san deigo offer specialization in computational neurscience so please suggest me best place to go .
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