<p>OP here ...Thanks so much to the many parents who responded to my plea with help on "brain chemistry". Your informed suggestions have provided wonderful direction for college site searches in the upcoming weeks in the area of neuroscience. I particularly appreciated the start in looking at particular schools, especially those we hadn't know much about (Williams, CMU, U of Rochester, and others). I do like this part of the selection process - seeing all the choices and narrowing down to a few for roadtrips!</p>
<p>We did have a familiarity with two of the schools mentioned ...looked like Son #1 was going to Case for sure, but Wash U in St. Louis edged them out in merit aid in the end. Both schools were generous, and both seem like a good fit for Son #3 as well. Ironically, Son 1 signed up for Cognitive Science freshman seminar at WashU this fall - might get a more informed view of the field this way. Seemed on the surface the focus included more language and computer science than #3 desired, but I guess trying to get under the surface is part of the hunt.</p>
<p>This now-little-less-clueless mom thanks you for the help...time for learning more and looking for matches. We'll post again down the road with progress in the search.</p>