Pre Med/neuroscience

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Hey everyone! I hope you’re having a beautiful day!

So I was wondering if anyone knew of any schools they felt that I should apply to as a pre-med student with a major in neuroscience? I live on the east coast and I am wondering if anyone knows of any schools (not ivies, lol) that have a really good neuroscience program I have thought about UNC-Chapel hill but that is notoriously difficult to get into because of me being out of state. Please lmk if you have any suggestions!
**Demographics: US citizen

  • State/Location of residency: NY
  • Type of high school : Public

**Intended Major(s): Neuroscience /public health

**GPA, Rank, and Test Scores: 3.7 weighted

  • Class Rank: School doesn’t rank
  • ACT/SAT Scores:1530

Coursework 7 APs at the end of senior years and honors courses

**Awards: A few science fair awards

Extracurriculars Volunteer at local hospital, Interned at local govt. started my own science club , varsity wrestler and MMA.

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You do not need to major in an official “neuroscience” to study neuroscience. Virtually every flagship U and large research university in the country will allow you to have a robust curriculum in neuro which encompasses bio, chem, psych, CS, statistics, etc.

It is a highly interdisciplinary subject. Do not limit yourself to universities with a “neuro” major; it’s just nomenclature.

What is your budget? Start there.

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Start by looking at your SUNY colleges.

Budget? How much will your parents pay annually for you to attend college?

Your SAT is great. Was your PSAT high enough that you will be a national merit finalist?

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What is your budget? I would start with SUNY and build from there.

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Take a look at the neuroscience major as well as the sociomedical sciences major at SUNY Geneseo.

I don’t know if Pitt is affordable, but it is another excellent school.

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What is your unweighted GPA, on a 4 pt scale, core courses only? If your school doesn’t calculate it, you can do that yourself.

Do you have any sense of your class rank?

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I see a lot of people mention SUNY. But what about CUNY? What’s the deal with CUNY? I have one friend who is from NY and I’m shocked when he told me he has never heard of that school.

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People in NY may not call it CUNY. Their kid goes to Baruch. Their kid goes to John Jay. Their kid goes to Macauley (an exceptional honors program). These are all part of the CUNY system but are independent colleges. According to the NY Times, "CUNY propels almost six times as many low-income students into the middle class and beyond as all eight Ivy League campuses, plus Duke, M.I.T., Stanford and Chicago, combined.”

It is hard to be a taxpayer in NYC and NOT have heard of (or know someone who attends/graduated from) one of the CUNY’s but they have their own names, campuses, identities, and academic programs and specialties.

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Thank you for the clarification. I just remember the smartest kid from my med school tells everyone he is from CUNY.

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I went to grad school at Hunter College and I refer to it as Hunter… not CUNY (not that the discussion comes up often… it doesn’t).

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Nobody who graduates from Macauley calls it CUNY!!! And Hunter has always had a reputation for academic rigor that surpassed the overall “CUNY” brand!

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Hunter was/is one of the top schools for my degree, as was Queens College (also part of CUNY).

One of my profs at Hunter was from MIT.

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For your academic criteria, look into the University of Rochester.

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I think my parents said max 65000$ that being said any scholarships would help.

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Maybe he said the name first. Since us ignorant Californians have zero clue about NY City Colleges, he stopped trying and just said CUNY.

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The unweighted GPA is 3.5. Im probably in the top 20% of my school.

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Its affordable.

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So my parents are first gen and believe that whatever I graduate in should be an “employable skill”. If I decide not to do premed what are my chance of getting a job just with any major?

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Besides SUNY I would look into state flagships: Pitt, Udel, etc

The kind of job you can get is going to depend, at least in part, to what you do and take advantage of during your college years. That being said, it is often recommended on CC to minor or add a second major such as biostats.

I agree about neuroscience and employability.

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There is nothing particularly employable about an undergrad degree in Neuroscience!

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