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Thanks for recommendations! Hope I will have a decision by the end of this summer lol.

Thank you! I didn't list a lot neuroscience programs, partly because I know most of the programs with a computational emphasis are very competitive ones, and I'm not very confident with my experience. Also I think I'm more interested in cognitive science rather than neuroscience, but I don't have much background in that or psychology. That discourages me, too. Anyway, I will definitely try reaching out to some professors later this summer/early fall. By the way, would it be helpful to take a GRE sub? Is it better for me to take bio sub or math sub?

Should I take some gap years before entering grad school? But as a foreigner, it is hard for me to find a gap year job in the US. And research jobs related to these disciplines are rare in my country lol.

Hi guys, I'm an international student with a major in biological sciences and minor in computer science. I'm currently in an exchange program in UCD. I had 1.5 years wet lab experience in my home institution and found out that I don't enjoy it at all. Then I turned to mathematical modeling and theoretical ecology (0.5 year lab experience). But I'm also quite interested in neuroscience and human mind, so I took two upper-division neuroscience classes in UCD. And I joined both a theoretical ecology and a computational neuroscience lab here and enjoyed both of them. I want to apply for grad school 2017, and it is a tough decision for me to choose from EEB and neuroscience. For both disciplines, I'm more interested in the behavioral aspect with a computational approach. More background info: I got near top gpa back home and full 4.0 at UCD. I have taken a lot math/computer science classes. GRE scores are V158/Q170. Might have one 4th or 5th authored paper and a 1st-author publication from the theoretical ecology lab in UCD. I know UCD has very good reputation in ecology. Sadly no paper on computational neuroscience before application. Programs that I would like to apply (where I can identify several interested faculties): UC Davis: population biology/ecology, neuroscience (have a good chance getting into this neuroscience program since my PI is taking student next year) UW: quantitative ecology, neuroscience Princeton: quantitative biology/ EEB Cornell: EEB Indiana bloomington: cognitive and computational neuroscience Umich: EEB Uchicago: EEB Other schools I might apply (but would be super hard): MIT BCS, Harvard system biology/OEB, UCSD, Stanford Am I aiming too high? What can I do to increase my chance of getting into a top program? Any comments/ thoughts/ suggestions on choosing programs would be appreciated

Hey! I am also a foreign student interested in computational neuroscience! I major in bio and minor in computer science. I might apply to some of the programs in your list as well! I would appreciate it if you could share some experience from last year. Good luck!