path to neurosurgery

I'm heading into medical school soon and I just finished a year of post-undergraduate work, doing research at the NIH

I was wondering how many neurosurgical residents took time off from undergraduate before entering medical school? I ask mainly because of all the time involved and whether taking that time off, whether its 1,2,3 years or more before entering medical school made you think twice before going into neurosurgery.

i had to take time of because of grades, was that an issue...

path to neurosurgery

path to neurosurgery