"Middle of the Road" Neuroscience PhD programs?

juillet
Thu, 11 Sep 2014 00:36:10 +0000

Why do you think that you cannot get into a top neuroscience program? If it’s because of your GPA, first of all a 3.4-3.5 isn’t that low and second of all your GPA is only one piece of the puzzle. Your fit with the department and your promise as a researcher are more important.

Yes, doing research at Emory would increase your chances - both at Emory (since you have the opportunity to foster personal connections with the faculty there) and at other schools (since an extra year of research experience can only help you).

Neurodegenerative diseases is a really big area. It’s hard to suggest schools just from that, even if I were in the same field. Have you tried looking at the papers you’re citing in your projects and posters and trying to find where those faculty members are teaching? I think there’s some work on that going on at Columbia, although of course you’d have to look and see if they are doing stuff that’s similar to what you want.