<p>D is completing a neuroscience concentration at Grinnell. She is majoring in Psychology but has taken the courses typically taken by pre-meds (chem, ochem, several bios, physics, calculus) along with the neuroscience courses. She completed a NSF neuroscience internship last summer and is doing another this summer. Last summer’s work involved manipulating mice with knockout genes, drug exposure, studying brain slices and running a lot of statistical data for the principal researcher. Most of the students from last summer’s neuro program were biology majors with the strong chemistry background. She was the only PSY major at her internship and feels the strong basic science background gave her an edge in being selected. She is looking at graduate programs and is fairly confident that she has the right background (getting in is another story!)</p>