<p>I am really interested in going into neuroscience. NOT looking to go to med school, but to serve as vital link between education and neuroscience. any ideas for schools? Most schools have no clue why i would want to combine the two. (I have 3.86 30act 3yr varsity athlete, musican, and active 4her, so able to look beyond state schools)</p>
<p>Luisa, not sure but maybe look at Oberlin, Bucknell, Colorado College, Hamilton and Colgate.</p>
<p>“link between education and neuroscience”</p>
<p>You may want to look for programs that lead to cognitive science, rather than neuroscience, in which case your undergraduate degree could be in many fields, not just biology, or psychology.</p>
<p>Why not look at McGill? They have a great online resource:</p>
<p>[LE</a> CERVEAU À TOUS LES NIVEAUX!](<a href=“http://thebrain.mcgill.ca/]LE”>http://thebrain.mcgill.ca/)</p>
<p>The Cognitive Science Society website has a page listing graduate programs. That may give you some ideas too:</p>
<p>[Academic</a> Programs in Cognitive Science](<a href=“http://www.cognitivesciencesociety.org/graduate/]Academic”>http://www.cognitivesciencesociety.org/graduate/)</p>
<p>This is a fascinating field to be going into in the 21st century! I wish you all the best!</p>
<p>The McGill website is at thebrain DOT mcgill DOT ca</p>
<p>You can read the text in either English or French. For some reason, today the title of the website appears only in French, so it looks like a French-language only site in my message above. I have no idea how to fix that. Sorry!</p>
<p>georgetown has a neurobiology major!!</p>
<p>w00t Brown! :D</p>
<p>If you like the idea of a LAC, along with the ones poi mentioned, Wesleyan has a Neuroscience and Behavior major that might interest you. You might also like our Science in Society Program:<a href=“P R I N T P A R M S P A G E”>Science in Society Program - Wesleyan University;
<p>Try researching into Kenyon College</p>
<p>Vanderbilt has a neuro major and great ED dept which also houses a cognitive science track.</p>
<p>conn college also has strong programs in both, and definitely encourages students to not only have interdiscipinary interests, but to design their own majors</p>
<p>The Joint Science Program shared between Pitzer, Claremont McKenna, and Scripps has neuroscience. With Pitzer at least, you can easily create your own major and mix that with education.</p>
<p>My son’s a neuroscience major at Brown. Some schools he considered for neuro were Colgate, Wesleyan, UMiami (has neurobiology track and neuropsychology track within neuroscience major), Princeton (has certification in Neuro), Stanford (has Neurobiology within Bio dept). He wasn’t interested in small schools so he didn’t really look into those programs, except I think maybe Amherst, which has a neuro major (he liked their open curriculum). </p>
<p>Some people will tell you not to major in neuro as an undergrad but do what interests you. My son is a freshman at Brown and has already taken 3 neuro classes and loves them. Many schools won’t let you do that this early. He did enter college with AP Bio, Chem and Physics so he had the basics down and he had taken numerous Bio, physics & chem classes at local colleges during HS, so he already knew what area he wanted to focus on. Not sure where you’re from but check your state u also. I believe ours, Rutgers, has a good program but my kids wanted to go experience other areas for college.</p>
<p>Look at the college course offerings. There’s a big difference in depts, # courses and focus. I know Brown also offers Cog Sci, as an alternative. Check LACs.</p>
<p>What are the arguments against majoring in neuroscience? My prospective major at Bucknell now is neuroscience, but from these posts I’m getting a little troubled with my decision. Are the subjects you cover in the major really that narrow (as happyofmom1 says)?</p>
<p>If you’re truly very interested in neuroscience, by all means major in it as an undergraduate. Just be aware that it might be more useful to major in a broad subject as an undergraduate and specialize in postgraduate education.</p>
<p>I was a neuroscience major as an undergraduate and I’m now a neuroscience PhD student. Neuro as an undergrad major was a good choice for me, because I knew I wanted to do neuro coming into college, but I’m very glad that I also completed a major in biology as an undergraduate.</p>