shebelle

Hi, I was accepted to the neuro phd program and will likely be attending. I have a little info on this program so if it is the one you are waiting on send me a message. Good luck!

Neuronerd, do you have any info about the UCLA program or the faculty as potential mentors? How would you feel about going there for grad school? Thank you for the info.

sorry duplicate.. I was trying to add the poll.

And another... I am in a similar spot Emory vs UCLA. I applied to the idp neuro program at BU and was didapointed. I live in boston and work for Harvard/MGH, most people I have talked to have said not so good things about BU as a program. I thought the faculty were nice the program seemed good, a little disorganized but not heavy focused on student success, which is a bummer. I don't know anything about OHSU. so I am not helpful there. If you want info about living in Boston, I can help you with that just let me know. As for the info you provided, why is BU a better career move? Do people not do as well from OHSU? It seems like you want OHSU and if they are doing the work you want, why not? Have you looked into the number of faculty publications at each institution, years to graduate etc?

I felt the same kind of supportive atmosphere that you are talking about and the students seemed legitimately happy there and this is why the decision is so hard. So imagine the research that you are going to do was not there, then how would you decide? There are people there of course working on alz, just not as many or as large a variety of people as at UCLA. I totally agree with what you have said and this is what makes it so hard!

I am not sure what program you are applying to, but I heard that UCLA just got a 30 million dollar connectome grant. As to how far that money will go and which programs it would reach (Neuro at the very least) I am sure the internet can shed light on that.

Here is my dilemma: I am trying to decide between two great neuroscience programs, UCLA and Emory. I am finding that when it comes to research it is a safer bet for me to choose UCLA, much variety in my topic of interest (Alzheimer's disease) and great facilities and funding. On the other hand, Emory is safer in terms of program (in my opinion, please feel free to disagree, I'd love to hear other views) and location. I think that the program there is well structured and organized, the students are a high priority and the location is safer and more affordable. So, my question is this, which is more important when it comes to choosing a graduate program, the research or the everything else? I appreciate any and all comments and advice! Thanks all -M