Student Opportunities
When you major in Neuroscience, you explore your interests inside and outside the classroom, taking a deeper dive into areas that interest you, answering questions that fascinate, and earning leadership roles in organizations that matter. Here are just some of the opportunities to build your skillset, and your résumé, at Washington College.
Find the Perfect Opportunity
Internships
- Graduate with at least one or two summer internships in different labs. You will gain real, working experience on campus and off.
- Work with faculty as interns on research projects.
- Gain research and working experience in labs during a post-baccalaureate year. After graduation, you can gain more research and working experience in labs at other institutions before applying for graduate school or permanent positions.
Research
- Get into the lab as soon as your first year. You can begin taking upper-level labs as soon as your sophomore year, and nearly every course has a lab component.
- Complete a Senior Capstone Experience (SCE), pursuing a topic that interests you from beginning to end.
- Assist faculty in their research, working on addiction research, traumatic brain injuries, decision-making, neurodevelopment, and more.
- Present your research at professional conferences, like the Eastern Psychological Association.
- Create your own research project. Support, financial or otherwise, is available across campus, including through the Cater Society for Junior Fellows.
To get started thinking about what research you might be able to do at Washington College, review our faculty’s areas of expertise.
Get Involved
Build your résumé and expand your social circle simultaneously by joining clubs, honor societies, and more that help you connect with folks with similar interests.
- The John S. Toll Research Program
- The Libby and Douglass Cater Society for Junior Fellows
- Phi Betta Kappa Honor Society
- National Society for Neuroscience
- Clubs: American Chemical Society, Psychology Club, Tri-Beta Biology Honors Society, Health Occupations Students of America, and more.
Caroline Drupka '25
Madison, New Jersey
MAJORS AND MINORS
- Neuroscience and Sociology Majors; Public Health Minor
- Pre-Health Professions Program Premedical Track
EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING
- John S. Toll Research Fellow
- Research at University of Maryland Baltimore Medical School in the Calu Lab; Research at Rutgers Medical School in the James Lab
CAMPUS ACTIVITIES
- Student Government Association, EROS, HOSA, American Chemical Society
- Academic Skills Tutor, Course Mentor, Teaching Assistant
- “It felt really nice to know that I could ask the stupidest question in office hours, but to my professors it wouldn’t be stupid because they genuinely want to help you understand. I really appreciate that, and I don’t think I would have been able to grow and learn as much as a person had I gone to a bigger school. I’ve really grown to appreciate the resources that I find here.”