<p>Hi,</p>
<p>So, im wondering if MIT has neurosurgeons on staff... my abstract is kind of hard to follow unless they have a medical dictionary/neurosurgeon who is reading it...</p>
<p>My research was done on surgical medicine related that is hard to research unless u have observational skills and time in the operating room of many hospitals... I did it on the techniques of neurosurgery- specifically on the combination of radiosurgery combination with neurosurgical techniques and approaches to alleviate metastases of the brain... the instrumentation of both gamma knife radiation and neurosurgical instruments with the approach of utilizing them in combination for effective removal.</p>
<p>I have been in the OR for more than 1500 hours in total collecting data.</p>
<p>I finally got the approval of my mentor and the hospital to submit an abstract to the universities of the gist of what im doing. Sadly, i got the approval just 4 days ago...</p>
<p>So, this is kinda a two part question:</p>
<p>Will MIT staff admissions be able to understand the abstract (the essay is how its helping me)? And will they accept it if i sent it in on monday calling them explaining my situation before i send it via fax??</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>17 views no replies lol... so im assuming the 17 views were from prospective students thats why</p>
<p>I read this and wasn't gonna reply :P b/c I guess if there was a neurosurgeon on staff, which is pretty slim, and even if they bother to let him read it, I don't think they'd be happy that they didn't understand a word you said. I know neuroscience isn't exactly elementary biology, but maybe you could define sum thing or summarize? so that they'll get the gist?</p>
<p>yah i guess ill define the terms... don't interchange neuroscience and neurology/neurosurgery LOL... there is a BIG difference static75... not being rude or anything just filling you in... </p>
<p>but thanks for ur reply</p>
<p>There are certainly no neurosurgeons on staff in the MIT admissions office reading supplemental essays -- you should try to explain what you're doing in terms a layperson can understand.</p>
<p>(Incidentally, I actually don't think any of the biology or brain and cog sci professors are neurosurgeons -- MD/PhDs who intend to become research principal investigators at a place like MIT generally choose neurology as a specialty if they're interested in the brain, as it's really hard to be a full-time scientist and a full-time neurosurgeon. It's easier to be a full-time scientist and a full-time neurologist. All of the neuro-type MD/PhD professors at MIT that I can think of are neurologists.)</p>
<p>You can send in the essay via fax on Monday. You can add a note informing them that you've just been permitted to release this information; no need to call.</p>
<p>oo sweet thanks mollie!</p>