Which Top 20 Universities ?

College Search & Selection
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<p>Have Good Biology Undergrad Programs? Along with Philosophy? (Specifically Neurosci/Cog Sc)</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>UCSD is really good in Neurosciences</p>

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<p>I know Cornell is pretty strong across the board for sciences...</p>

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<p>Princeton and Brown come to mind. Also Yale and Carnegie Mellon</p>

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<p>Colgate is pretty good in both neuroscience and philosophy.</p>

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<p>Top 20 schools who made the cut for Biology (based on the Gourman Rankings) are: </p>

<p>MIT, Caltech, UC Berkeley, Northwestern, Harvard, Princeton, Cornell, and Penn. </p>

<p>To comment further on Penn, just because I go there and am familiar with it:</p>

<p>You can see more about the Penn major here
<a href="http://www.ircs.upenn.edu/education/ba-cogsci.shtml%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.ircs.upenn.edu/education/ba-cogsci.shtml&lt;/a> </p>

<p>and research opportunities for undergrads (there are a lot, as Penn is a huge research university and has the Hospital right on campus) here: <a href="http://psych.upenn.edu/%7Esschill/ra.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://psych.upenn.edu/~sschill/ra.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Wherever you side to go, make sure there are ample research opportunities, as that's pretty much what you'll be doing with interests in Cog Sci.</p>

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<p>Using Alexandre-style grouping for neuroscience,</p>

<p>Tier 1:
Columbia University
Harvard University
Johns Hopkins University
Stanford University
Yale University</p>

<p>Tier 2:
California Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
UC Berkeley
University of Pennsylvania
Washington University in St. Louis</p>

<p>Tier 3:
Brandeis University
Case Western
Cornell University
Duke University
Northwestern University
UCLA
University of Chicago
University of Michigan</p>

<p>Tier 4:
Emory University
UNC Chapel Hill
University of Virginia
Vanderbilt University</p>

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<p>For philosophy it depends on your interests (Classical vs. Continental, for example), but overall,</p>

<p>Tier 1:
Cornell University
Harvard University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Princeton University
Stanford University
UC Berkeley
UCLA
University of Michigan</p>

<p>Tier 2:
Brown University
University of Chicago
UNC Chapel Hill</p>

<p>Tier 3:
Columbia University
Johns Hopkins University
Northwestern University
University of Pennsylvania</p>

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<p>Cornell is FULL of research opportunities. Freshman can even participate in them and be published...</p>

<p>I would say you have some amazing choices out of those tho, wat are ur stats?</p>

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<p>SAT: 800M770V690W (6/12, 760)
SAT2: Math2c:800 USH/BioE:790
GPA:3.96 CR: ~3/~400
EC: Above Average
Ethnicity:African/Asian American</p>

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<p>African and Asian American?! + those stats? Dude definitely don't limit yourself if you were unsure. You can probably get in anywhere.</p>

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<p>“Skeet daddy”????</p>

<p>What a hilariously inappropriate name… :rolleyes:</p>

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<p>skeet skeet skeet skeet!</p>

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<p>What is USCD and what does it stand for?
I'm wanting to go into neurosciences to, so I want a really good school!!!</p>

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<p>lmao wow poor UCSD no love from the general public.</p>

<p>It's the University of California San Diego.</p>

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<p>Surprisingly little love here for NYU philosophy...</p>

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<p>Thanks for the help here. Kinda college ignorant. Don't know much about them but want to go to them. If you're wondering, I'm a freshman in high school.</p>

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<p>Well, UCSD and NYU aren't exactly "Top 20 Universities," sorry.</p>

<p>And if you are a freshmen in high school, I would say it's too early to think about colleges. Just get involved, get good grades, and enjoy high school.</p>

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<p>It’s never too early to plan for your future! I suggest you get a feel for what you want in a college (overall) and go from there. While you shouldn’t be making any substantial decisions about college for a couple more years, it’s always good to get the ball rolling early.</p>

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<p>definitely brown</p>

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<p>My List as of Now is:
MIT, Brown (My that went there said theiy Philosophy Classes are unbelievable), Pton, Harvard, JHU, Wustl, HMC, and Gtech; if anyone is interested.</p>

<p>I have heard alot of amazing things about UCSD and biology, but I think I'd prefer -undergrad.- at least to go somewhere else =p</p>

<p>Also digressing here, does the fact that HMC has practically 0 African American students increase my chances?</p>