Apply to GPN!

Thank you for your interest in the Graduate Program for Neuroscience!

Deadline for applications is December 15th, 2011.

For inquiries regarding receipt of application materials:

Please contact GMS Admissions

Michelle Hall, Associate Director for Admissions. The Office of Admissions: phone: (617) 638-5121;  fax: (617) 638-5740

GRE Revised General Test: Effective  August 1, 2011 ETS has launched the revised general test. As ETS states, scores for exams taken from August through September will not be received by Boston University until mid-November.

Note that GPN has only one interview event, March 4th-6th, 2012, so please plan ahead so that you can join us.

To submit your application for the GPN 2012 class please create an account and follow the application instructions.  While this is a University-wide program, formal administration of student admissions, registration, and keeping of records will be housed on one campus through the Division of Graduate Medical Sciences to serve you best.  Choose either the entry marked PhD GPN Neuroscience or PhD GPN Computational Neuroscience.

After you have applied to the program, please feel free to contact me at srussek@bu.edu so that I can learn more about you and keep an eye on the completion of your application materials.

Some tips to help you during your senior year:

For students interested in a laboratory for Ph.D. thesis research that involves human imaging, it is suggested that you get some experience through undergraduate research in this area.  If you have not done so already, the senior year is a good place to start!! Find a good lab and get some training.

Likewise, for students interested in a laboratory doing research in molecular neuroscience it is suggested that you take a basic undergraduate course in biochemistry and/or cell biology so that you can hit the ground ahead of everyone else!

For students interested in the computational neuroscience pathway of emphasis it is suggested that you take calculus and/or have prior research experience in this subspecialty or a related discipline, so why not start now if you can!

These are only suggestions to enhance your application as all students are evaluated on a case by case basis and multiple factors are taken into account when any decision is made.  Students also may cross disciplines based on their excitement over particular laboratory rotation experiences during their first year.

Best of luck!!

Shelley