University of Hartford vs Montana State U-Billings

[Rpafford]

Hey,

I have been accepted to the University of Hartford MS Neuroscience Program as well the MS in Psychology at Montana State U-Billings. Not sure which route I should be taking. Any thoughts on which school is better?

Thanks

[cogneuroforfun]

Neither one is particularly strong. You would probably be better served finding a position as a research assistant or technician in a lab somewhere. Spending a year or two there will make you some money (rather than you paying for a masters program) and get you lots of experience in multiple projects. It would also probably benefit you more to be "the RA from lab X at good university" vs. "the masters student at a lab/department that is not known." Are you planning on applying to PhD programs in the future? If you have no background in biology or neuroscience, it might be worthwhile to take an MS to give yourself some foundation, but otherwise there's really no reason.