<p>Hi. Although I've not completely decided, I wish to do my undergrad major in neuroscience. Therefore, I was wondering if any of you guys could rank the following colleges in terms of the excellence of their Neuroscience programs. It would help a lot if a current student in any of these colleges could give some personal feedback. Thanks :)
1. Carleton College
2. Boston University
3. Amherst College
4. Emory University
5. Vassar College
6. Oberlin College
7. Wellesley College
8. Wllesleyan University
9. Macalester College
10. Hamilton College
11. Middleburry College</p>
<p>If some other colleges have great neuroscience programs, then please recommend them as well. </p>
<p>bump! guys? anyone?</p>
<p>Not that many people are around in the middle of the night. Especially expecting current students is a bit much, most HS kids here. You can check the forums for each college and sometimes find current students.</p>
<p>Brown too. </p>
<p>Neuro isn’t offered everywhere it is interdisciplinary too. You can major other things like in bio and take neuro oriented electives if you like and go to neuro as a grad student. There really isn’t a particular career that a neuro undergrad degree. So pick a college you like. You yourself can go to each college website, read the requirements for the major, scan the course offerings and look at research groups in that area.</p>
<p>Neuroscience is a very broad field and each school has different programs within it. If you’re interested in a particular area, you’ll need to find a school that emphasizes that area. Some emphasize the psychology aspect, others the biology or chemistry aspect, and I believe some even have a physics emphasis. So what may be a great school for one student may be a horrible one for another. And if you really want to work in the field, you’ll be wanting to pursue graduate studies, and that mixes things up things in a different way, as they suggest you take a slightly different set of courses that are more intense and math oriented.</p>
<p>there isn’t a good ranking for undergraduate neuro programs (there is at least one for graduate neuroscience, but you’re not looking at schools with grad programs in neuro except BU and Emory), and neuroscience is such basic science at the u/g level that it doesn’t really matter where you go. You’re going to have to go to grad school to do much in neuro anyway.</p>
<p>I see no point in ranking these schools. They’re all good in basic science and will be fine for neuroscience. It would be just as valid to rank them for their overall educational value.</p>
<p>Carleton College does not offer Neuroscience as a major. Neuroscience is offered as a concentration only.</p>
<p>Neuroscience is interdisciplinary and some schools offer multiple majors that are related, like cognitive science. Probably the most important thing to look at is the balance/emphasis of each program relative to your interests. Typically the programs incorporate some natural science/biology study with psychology. One way to get an idea of the different types of related programs is to look at the majors at Univ of Michigan since they offer several majors within the field. WashU has a unique PNP major that integrates Philosophy as well. Some schools incorporate neuro as a concentration within biology (e.g. Tufts), others have it identified as its own major (e.g. Brandeis). Dig around a bit and do some research on the degree requirements and courses available. You will start to gravitate towards specific programs. </p>
<p>Thanks everyone! This was really helpful! :)</p>