<p>Hello, I'm posting here to ask about which colleges and universities (preferebly public) offer a B.S. in Neuroscience. I'm talking about the UNDEGRAD level, not the graduate level. So far, I've searched for many schools that have offered full-blown majors in Neuroscience (And I mean an actual major that you recieve a B.S. in, not just a few revamped psychology classes or program that is part of another department like biology or psychology) and the only school that fits my criteria is the University of Pittsburgh. </p>
<p>Are there any OTHER schools that offer an UNDERGRAD major in Neuroscience of this caliber?</p>
<p>If I remember correctly, you want to go to med school and paying for college will be an issue for you. Is that right?</p>
<p>If that is true, then really you should be focused on getting undergrad paid for - without worrying about that specific major. That can be your focus later. Your primary goal should be getting top grades in undergrad with all the med school pre-reqs, even if that means majoring in a less specific and perhaps hard to find major. </p>
<p>Don’t lose sight of the forest for the trees. :)</p>
<p>UPitt is definatly a great school for neuroscience, Temple university also has neuroscience at an undergrad level but keep in mind that it focuses on cellular organisms and molecules, and its just graduated its first class in 2010. other than that try looking at schools like harvard (professer steven pinker teaches there an extremy important cognitive psycholoogist,)</p>
<p>Quite a number of liberal arts colleges have neuroscience as a major as well. I’m quite certain about Amherst, Middlebury, Bowdoin and Williams. There are lots of threads on CC comparing the science experience at LACs vs. larger universities.</p>
<p>I think this student is going about this in the wrong way. </p>
<p>His goal is to become a physician.</p>
<p>his parents have a decent income ($85k), but it sounds like they won’t pay their EFC (telling the student to get scholarships.)</p>
<p>The problem is that - so far - the students stats are rather modest. </p>
<p>ACT 25 (retaking)</p>
<p>SAT
590 CR
450 M
540 Writing. (10 essay) </p>
<p>another sitting - 590 writing and an 11 essay.</p>
<p>The problem is that recommending OOS publics will not be affordable. He won’t likely get accepted to top privates or privates that give the best aid. His stats are not high enough for merit scholarships. </p>
<p>Also, since med school is his goal (which will involve big loans), it is not wise to borrow a lot for undergrad. The max fed loan for undergrad plus med school is $224k, so med school COA takes most of that.</p>
<p>Therefore, he really needs to look at his own SUNYs and perhaps not make neuroscience the parameter because that’s not necessary to get into med school.</p>
<p>Getting an undergrad in neuroscience to go to Med School doesn’t seem to make sense. I would think you’d want to major in bio or chem, then specialize later. And the SUNYs are a good recommendation.</p>
<p>Neuroscience as an pre-med major is actually a very good choice. It is no more specialized than molecular biology, biochem or any other biology. It actually probably prepares you better for med school curriculum than chemistry. Many premeds take neuroscience. That said, you don’t even have to major in anything science related for pre-med. You could major in philosophy or history, it doesn’t matter. You just need to make sure you take the required pre-requisites like chem, orgo, biology, etc and do well in all your classes and MCATs.</p>
<p>As far as undergrad neuroscience programs, Pitt is definitely one of the best in the country, as well as an excellent place to prepare for med school. They have a fantastic undergrad research program and one of the largest neuroscience research communities in the nation all based right on the same campus. Pitt typically also offers a lot of aid. However, if those are his standardized test numbers above, they are on the low side for Pitt, and those would likely need to be improved.</p>