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Good neuroscience grad program? (pg. 3)
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| trancypantzzz |
| for some reason, i don't imagine there are many neuroscientists on this board. you'd probably have better luck if you were getting your phd in janitor science. |
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| Sushipunk |
| quote: | Originally posted by trancypantzzz
for some reason, i don't imagine there are many neuroscientists on this board. you'd probably have better luck if you were getting your phd in janitor science. |
Let me guess... At the University of Trancypantzzz?
I hear they have a great program. |
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| Jake Benson |
| quote: | Originally posted by Chimney
What do you work as after graduating neuroscience? |
I'd like to study the auditory system and get to know Tinnitus more. You know, fully understand the etiology of all sources of that ringing in your ear, from neural misfirings in the temporal lobe all the way to a deformed ear canal. I'd research on ways to preserve hearing. I'd also like to understand if dreaming actually has a neurological function or if it's just an evolutionary biproduct of something else. I'm also interested in finding a cure for Alzerimers and understand how the brain deteriorates as we age. |
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| Jake Benson |
| quote: | Originally posted by Boomer187
you would have a way better shot if you actually worked in a neuro lab. Experience is key...especially when your GRE scores suck and you haven't been in school for a while (Yea that extension class doesn't count). Who would write your letters of Rec? |
I got a perfect 800 in math. And 490 is above average compared to other people who took it. How does that suck? How do I need to understand 16th century decoration when I need to understand scientific research and the math behind it. I have two teachers to write a letter of rec, but need to find a third.
I've applied for neuroscience research facilities and they all either require an MS/PhD or want me to work for free, which I can't do. Sounds like I'm ed either way, so I'll shoot for the education first. |
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| Meat187 |
| Neuroscience is gay. |
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| Boomer187 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jake Benson
I got a perfect 800 in math. And 490 is above average compared to other people who took it. How does that suck? How do I need to understand 16th century decoration when I need to understand scientific research and the math behind it. I have two teachers to write a letter of rec, but need to find a third.
I've applied for neuroscience research facilities and they all either require an MS/PhD or want me to work for free, which I can't do. Sounds like I'm ed either way, so I'll shoot for the education first. |
Combine your scores, and when they reach over 1400, you can go about anywhere. Don't norm yourself with others, it only makes you feel better. Plus the research bit helps a ton and the quality of reference. I picked two old professor types that ranked me high out of all their students and a newer one for mine.
Also, judging by your interest, include sensation perception type programs in your search. We had a kick ass Prof in Grad school that had an auditory lab and that was his focus. He was at James Madison U I believe, but I could not find him in the faculty list. He made up read Goldstein's handbook of perception...if you can read that, you will go far! |
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| dark_Omens |
Depends on what you want to do specifically in neuroscience. You need to look at the faculty of the different programs at each university and decide who matches your research interest the best. It is then helpful to email the professors to see if they will be accepting students.
University of Michigan, U of Wisconsin (Madison), Stanford, U of S Carolina, and Minnesota have good professors/PIs who have the same interests as I do, but you might make a different list based on your specific research interests.
Best of luck. |
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| ziptnf |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sushipunk
Let me guess... At the University of Trancypantzzz?
I hear they have a great program. |
HEY WATCH IT BRO, I AINT NO DUMBASS!
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| woscar |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
Actually, until very recently, his ideas had little to do with neuroscience and he got his PhD way after he became famous. On top of that, the quality of his work in neuroscience is yet to be considered remarkable by his peers (that is, he never made a groundbreaking discovery in the field).
UCLA may have a good neuroscience school, but I'm afraid Sam Harris cannot be used to measure its quality. |
He got his PhD last year and you're already expecting him to make groundbreaking discoveries? :p
To be fair, the studies that he was a part of at UCLA about the neural correlates of religious and non-religious belief were the first of their kind and came up with surprising results. Hardly groundbreaking, yes, but it sheds light on things that were unknown (or wrongly assumed) before. |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by woscar
He got his PhD last year and you're already expecting him to make groundbreaking discoveries? :p |
Harris' work... I don't really expect him to pull an Einstein and do the whole "Newbie changes science" act :p
| quote: | Originally posted by woscar
To be fair, the studies that he was a part of at UCLA about the neural correlates of religious and non-religious belief were the first of their kind and came up with surprising results. Hardly groundbreaking, yes, but it sheds light on things that were unknown (or wrongly assumed) before. |
I just skimmed over the results of his research but, based on the little I read, quite a few of his conclusions seem to echo what William James had said a century earlier about belief...
Although, in all fairness, James was the oddest religious person ever. I can't remember anyone else whose defence of religion was shunned by the Vatican :D |
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| trancypantzzz |
| quote: | Originally posted by ziptnf
HEY WATCH IT BRO, I AINT NO DUMBASS!
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try harder dreidel boy. |
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| Comrade Stalin |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jake Benson
I'm searching for grad schools and I really have NO IDEA which school is good for neuroscience. It's a relatively new field (interdisciplinary from chemistry to physiology to psychology and more) and websites I go to just throw ALL neuroscience grad programs on it. So I really have no idea HOW to narrow down the selection.
Anyone know of a grad school with a good neuroscience program? And yeah sorry to ask this on the c0r, but if I ask my "friends" on facebook half of them will reply in Spanish and the other half will tell me to be a go-go dancer.
Btw on the GRE I got 490 on the verbal and 800 on the math and a 5 in the essay shiz. At least the 5 shows that I can write despite the 490 suggesting I don't understand recondite words. |
University of Phoenix |
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