As far as neuroscience goes, yes I have strongly considered it. I think that I would like to do a program in computational neuroscience. The joint program at U Pitt and Carnegie Mellon looks interesting for this sort of thing, of course MIT and Caltech both have solid programs but I am not confident that my record is strong enough to get into either of those schools.
The day job route makes me somewhat nervous because:
(a) I’m not sure how difficult it is to get published without the right background/support (b) I’m worried that I’ll be isolated from other researchers who might have insight I could benefit from
As far as neuroscience goes, yes I have strongly considered it. I think that I would like to do a program in computational neuroscience. The joint program at U Pitt and Carnegie Mellon looks interesting for this sort of thing, of course MIT and Caltech both have solid programs but I am not confident that my record is strong enough to get into either of those schools.
The day job route makes me somewhat nervous because: (a) I’m not sure how difficult it is to get published without the right background/support (b) I’m worried that I’ll be isolated from other researchers who might have insight I could benefit from