<p>I am praying I will be accepted to W&M. I am finding myself really interested in their Biology and Neuroscience majors. If anybody had any insight to give, it would be greatly appreciated. I was just wondering about everything from accessibility to professors, research opportunities, to difficulty/curving of classes. Thanks! :)</p>
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<p>My D, now a junior, originally planned on a neuroscience major, but is now double majoring in psych and bio…very similar, but no physics requirement. We were told the neuroscience major arose because there were so many such double majors, but it allows you to concentrate in one of several related fields besides psychology.</p>
<p>She has been very pleased with the programs and the professors. She’s had a couple of what I’d call “stinkers,” in terms of teaching, but that’s to be expected. She has liked most of them a lot. For the most part, even those in the larger introductory lecture courses are very accessible, and very good about posting course info, notes, grades and the like online. She hasn’t yet pursued research opportunities but her friends have, successfully. William and Mary truly “walks the talk” about undergraduate research. If you have particular interests, you could learn each faculty member’s areas of interest and research, and approach one or more to determine what kinds of opportunities they could help with.</p>
<p>My sense is that grading is not as rigorous as one might be led to believe. My D tries keeping up with notes and reading, but often waits until just before tests to study (cram, really) and still does well. I think that any diligent admitted student who maintains good study habits would do quite well.</p>
<p>For what its worth, of the three neuroscience majors that I can remember at the moment, 2 are doing research with faculty and one is doing independent research, so there seems to be plenty of opportunity to do research.</p>
<p>W&M science programs are fantastic .</p>
<p>One of the unique features of W&M’s science programs is the opportunity to do undergraduate research. And we mean quality research, not just filling test tubes.</p>
<p>Check out some of the student blogs. Christina H. and Tildi are neuroscience majors and Christina H. has engaged in undergraduate research throughout her time at W&M. They can give you some good insight into these unique opportunities.</p>