What's the best undergrad degree for a neuroscience PhD? Aside from ayy lmao psychology

MD/PhD student here... PhD in neuroscience... did undergrad in neuroscience... highly recommend you just do CS, EE, or pure math for undergrad. Do not do undergrad in a biology subfield. It is crazy competitive and you probably won't make it. Honestly, undergrad in bio probably hurts you when you get to grad level. If I could go back I would've done electrical engineering.

I second this. If you look at top neuroscientists, particularly comp neuro, they all have math/physics/engineering backgrounds.

Yeah, so far EE seems like the way to go, I'll probably end up going with that.

It depends what scale you're interested in.

EE is best for understanding circuitry and currents. If you want to do anything hands-on, whether research or surgery, EE is your best bet. Look up voltage clamps, they are used to measure spike trains in axons.

If you're more interested in theory and information processing, CS is a good bet. Neural nets are a bit of a meme but still very useful for many applications. CS is relatively easy so make sure to take some psych classes if theyre not complete garbage.

If you're interested in synapses and neurotransmitters, biochem is probably your best choice. I would recommend ChemE over biochem but only if the program has a good bio track ie isnt solely focused on pumping out process engineers for DuPont and 3M.

What if you are interested in brain computer interfaces?

EE/ CompSci for sure. Try building and programming a robot in your own time as well. Brain-computer interfaces is not for pussies and if you're going to do it you've got to jump in head first.

Read this page en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuroimaging. See if you can build an MEG on your own.