I don’t really know anything about those two schools. Since you’re posting this here instead of http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-los-angeles/ or http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/new-york-university/ I’ll give you the best advice I can which is that Brown is the best place to be a pre med (especially for neuroscience): http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/brown-university/1284648-brown-is-the-best-place-to-be-a-pre-med-p1.html