How much do Notre Dame & UPenn value alumni connections?

Tinfoyl
Fri, 23 Jul 2010 18:53:31 +0000

I understand - believe me I do. I just feel that there are reach schools that are more attainable. I know that you have already stated that you want to pursue neuroscience, and we talked in length about Pitt. How about Case Western? Or UCSD, Kalamazoo, Haverford, Grinnell, Oberlin, UMiami, Colgate? You also said you want a small college which would probably place a LAC very high on your list. A lot of the ones I listed resemble reaches more than anything else, but should you apply for early decision, your odds would be greatly improved. Every school I listed is a good school with a good neuroscience program. Seriously consider schools like these.

Oh, and I recommend going to the CC search and looking up “good neuroscience programs” and see what you’ll find - I guarantee a great deal. Go to collegeboard.com, compare your stats to the averages at these colleges and weigh your fortunes. Also, try to keep to the same thread b/c it’s easier for people to build cases on information that is already present instead of sifting through thread after thread. Do some research on your own and maybe come back to the thread with a list of colleges so people can elaborate on the programs or your chances or whatever! Start searching…