MY CAREER
A NEUROSURGEON
Overveiw
Job Name: Neurosurgeon
Job description: Neurosurgeons perform surgery on the brain, spinal cord and peripheral nerves to remove tumors, relieve chronic pain and treat wounds, vascular disorders and diseases
Annual salary: $400,000-$666,000
Education Requirements: It will take four years for the bachelor's degree and four years of medical school. There will also be an additional three or more years to complete the internship and residency requirements.
Date to day tasks: The day might start out with a surgery at 5:30 and then may go onto business matters. Later, it might be a checkup or a diagnose, Mostly a repeat or sometimes more urgent or laid back.
Job Outlook (what states have the most jobs; is this career field growing or declining; other words what are your chances of getting a job): increasing 11% every year. They are available mostly in the U.S. My chances are very high.
Other benefits/compensation: A large salary, being a hero, and the challenges.
Harvard
Yearly cost- $62,250- $68,050
Financial Aid- Loans- yes
Scholarships- yes
Work study- yes
Exemptions- no
Admissions- application- yes
Application fee- $75
SAT score- reading-700/800
math-710/800
writing- 710/800
High school GPA- 4.0
AP courses- Doesn't have to
essay- yes
Yale
Yearly cost- $63,250
Financial Aid- Loans- yes
Scholarships- yes
Work study- yes
Exemptions- no
Admissions- application- yes
Application fee- $80
SAT score- reading-700/800
math-710/790
writing- 710/800
High school GPA- 4.0
AP courses- Doesn't have to
essay- yes
Oxford
Yearly cost- about 20,000
Financial Aid- Loans- yes
Scholarships- yes
Work study- yes
Exemptions- yes
Admissions- application- yes
Application fee- $95
SAT score- reading-700/800
math-700/800
High school GPA- 3.0
AP courses- Doesn't have to
essay- yes