<p>How is the Neuroscience Major at Johns Hopkins? Obviously, JHU is well known for its biology department and really anything med-related, so does this include the Neuroscience department?</p>
<p>What is the common perception of the major at JHU? How rigorous is it when compared to other science majors?</p>
<p>If there are any JHU undergraduates here who are majoring in Neuroscience, please tell me your experiences so far.</p>
<p>The best people to ask about Neuroscience at JHU would be the people who are actually majoring in Neuro at JHU. On the Hopkins Forums, there are several Neuro students who are very familiar with the program and they would be the best people to ask. I do believe that Mandy, Kate, and Michelle are all Neuro majors.</p>
<p>Excuse me for my ignorance, but if I’m applying for the Biology major as my second choice and if JHU ends up accepting me and they put me in Biology, will I still be able to take those classes usually filled up by Neuroscience majors?</p>
<p>Also, what are some of these neuroscience classes like? Do people usually stick with this major? And also, is JHU one of the few universities that offer this major?</p>
<p>And, is there a specific building or lab that particularly stands out in appearance?</p>
<p>Applicants ARE NOT admitted into majors at Hopkins. If you are admitted and choose to enroll, you can select any program of study to pursue (with the one exception of BME). So if you want to study Neuroscience instead of Biology you can. And you can always switch once you are a student. </p>
<p>There are very few classes at Hopkins that are restricted to only students in a specific major, and there are many classes that cross-over departments.</p>
<p>Neuroscience is not a major you will find at a lot of schools at the undergraduate level. The JHU program is quite unique in that it is not a specific academic department but rather an interdisciplinary major combining a number of fields of study. Full details:
[The</a> Interdepartmental Undergraduate Neuroscience Program of Johns Hopkins University](<a href=“http://undergradneurosci.jhu.edu/index.shtml]The”>http://undergradneurosci.jhu.edu/index.shtml)</p>
<p>I saw that website. It has a lot of information that seemed only helpful to current students who need to check up on certain specific courses.</p>
<p>I don’t know. I really liked the fact that JHU had neuroscience as a major. </p>
<p>So everybody who is a neuroscience major is a part of the “Interdpt Undergrad Program”? I originally thought that it was like a specific academic program where they take like 20 kids or something. </p>
<p>Why is BME so hard to get into? Besides the fact that its highly ranked? Just curious.</p>
<p>Its hard to get into due to supply and demand. Too many applicants apply for the major. If the BME department accepted everyone that applied they would be overwhelmed.</p>
<p>i have a bunch of friends majorining in neuroscience…its one of the largest majors at hopkins ( i think 100+) and there are more ppl majoring in neuro than biology…and so far as quality goes, its pretty good, plus they require undergrads to do a major research down at the med campus or kennedy-krieger institute and other places, and there is a ranking…but its for grad school dept based on US news magazine</p>
<p>Biological Sciences Specialty Rankings: Neuroscience/Neurobiology
Ranked in </p>
<p>1 Harvard University Boston, MA
2 Stanford University Stanford, CA
3 Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD
4 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA
5 University of California–San Diego La Jolla, CA
6 University of California–San Francisco San Francisco, CA
7 Rockefeller University New York, NY
Yale University New Haven, CT
9 Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO
10 California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA
Columbia University New York, NY</p>
<p>Thanks for the rankings. I knew it was pretty prestigious already, so that was not the reason why I asking those questions. I kind of wanted to know the specifics of the neuroscience program, like what makes it so good, besides the fact that JHU is one of the few places that offer it as a BS.</p>
<p>If you want to learn more specifics about the Neuroscience major from actual current Neuroscience students, I encourage you to check out the individual Student discussion threads on the Hopkins Forums:</p>