Anesthesiologist wannabe

Pre-Med & Medical School Pre-Med Topics
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<p>Ok, well I want to become an anesthesiologist, which means doing the pre-med track. Of the following schools, which do you think have the best pre-med. And...which ones do you think I have a chance of getting in to.</p>

<p>Harvard
Stanford (legacy)
Dartmouth
Amherst
UCB
UCLA
UCSD</p>

<p>Senior at Northern Cal Public High School (Good scores, not great)
Weighted GPA- 4.43
UC GPA- 4.34
UW- 3.95
ACT- 31 (for UC), but my best scores are:
Math- 35
Science- 35
Reading- 33
English- 28
which makes a 33 composite (1460 equivalent for private schools)
Hopefully, I can get my good scores together on the upcoming ACT test
Sat II:
750 math II
730 bio M
680 Writing 2</p>

<p>Honors: every year social studies and english, Chemistry
APs: US History, Calc AB, Calc BC, Biology, Government, Psychology
Sciences- Biology, Chem H, AP Bio, Physiology, Physics, Independent Research</p>

<p>ECs: Tennis Tennis Tennis
I play 10 hours a week</p>

<h1>1 on varsity last two years (MVP)</h1>

<p>Won 3rd singles in Ebal (East Bay Regionals)
Taught tennis junior year
String rackets since freshmen year (2 hours a week)
Wash tennis courts in summer (12 hours a week)
Taught free tennis lessons (total 48 hours)
Captain of Ball Boy Squad since freshmen year (train for Seibel Open, which is a big pro event in San Jose Arena- pressure pressure pressure)
Biology Department Tutor-Junior/senior
Judged city science fair for elementary-high school along with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientists
Junior Class Senator</p>

<p>Recs: Awesome (one is from my biology teacher who I have had for 4 classes in high school and was my science teacher in elementary school)</p>

<p>Extra rec: Grandpa excellent (chair of anesthesiology at UW in Seattle)</p>

<p>I have fallen in love with anesthesiology and my grandfather has shown great pride in teaching me the art of it. He is a stanford alum who went to UCLA med school, created UCI Med School, wrote main textbook Clinical Anesthesia, became chairman of ASA (American Board of Anesthesiologists), and is the department chair of UW Anesthesiology. My great grandfather helped change UCSF anesthesiology into a thriving department and became dean of the medical school. Obviously I have giant footsteps to follow, but I know I'll accomplish great things.</p>

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<p>Oh and I forgot my research project...short version: the effects of lidocaine, mepivacaine, and bupivacaine in concentrations from 1microgram to 10 microgram/ml on DH5alpha bacteria resistent to Kanamycin and Ampicillin. Mentored by Lawrence Livermore Lab Biologists.</p>

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<p>JC can you give me the abstract?</p>

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<p>sorry...I'm currently running experiments. I just started it a little while back. I'll give you the results soon though. I have results for Lidocaine, Mepivacaine, and Bupivaine from .025 % to .5 % on non-transformed bacteria, but these concentrations are much higher than the local anesthetic concentration in the blood, which is 1 microgram/ml- 10 microgram/ml which you probably already know. I found that all .025 to .5 % lidocaine and mepivacaine had a significant anti-bacterial effect, but .5% was the only concentration that permanently killed the bacteria at a few colonies. The other concentrations delayed the bacterial growth at a few colonies but rose to over a hundred colonies after about 100 hours at 25 C. Bupivacaine acted differently. Concentrations of .25% and .05% had permanent antibacterial effects with the others delaying growth similar to the other anesthetics. I'm just running this off the top of my head...I have the exact details in my lab journal. The project is very interesting, and I hope to extend it somehow in college.</p>

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<p>nice :) .....what is the proposed mechanism of action (at what cellular site is this occurring)? I think the bacteriostatic effect is interesting. is it progressively more effective at [rising] until it finally gets to a bacteriocidal level? Are you looking at toxicities?
Okay..almost done here ;) What organisms are you using?</p>

<p>thnx....</p>

<p>oh, btw, this is good stuff for med school. if you're enjoying this, maybe you'll enjoy pathology. pathology is the most interesting and impt aspect of medicine.</p>

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<p>At the current moment, I do not know the proposed mechanism of action on the DH5alpha bacteria, but I am sure I can ask my grandfather or look it up in a research journal, but knowledge of the site remains limited for most cells. That is one topic that I should look more in to. Ok, back to the results...</p>

<p>One would assume the bacteriocidal effect would increase as concentration increased, but this is not so. It varied in the different anesthetics as well.</p>

<p>Mepivacaine
In order of bacteriocidal level (highest to lowest)
0.5 %
0.25 %
0.05 %
0.125 %
But 0.25, 0.05, and 0.125 were 1-2 colonies different</p>

<p>Lidocaine
0.5 %
0.05 %
0.125 %
0.25 %
once again (0.05, 0.125, and 0.25 were very close (1-5 colonies)</p>

<p>Bupivacaine (this is where it gets uncanny)
0.25 %
0.05 %
0.025 %
0.125 %
(I will probably redo this test as I think the dishes could have been contaminated, but 0.25 and 0.05 were similar in multiple dishes. 0.025 grew rapidly in one plate and had only 10 colonies in another.)</p>

<p>But the results were justified by the multiple data in Lidocaine and Mepivacaine.</p>

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<p>Yeah, I actually really enjoy this research. Pathology is definitely an important aspect of medicine. I have an open mind, and as long as I'm in love with my work, I'll be happy in any field.</p>