Recently I had an epiphany that medicine (especially it's future) is not the field for me. Fortunately (as I now have come to see it) I have been rejected 2 cycles in a row. Instead of applying a third time, I decided to look into the field of pharmacy because since graduating college and getting my MS degree in Medical Sciences and doing independent reading with my free time, I have come to realize how much I am interested in pharmacology. I've seen the huge amount of options I'll have with a PharmD degree, and how I can incorporate that with my desire to be a neurologist (psychiatric pharmacy for example)
What sucks is that I am 24 years old, finished undergrad in 2008, and everything I've done has been geared toward medicine. I have extensive shadowing and clinical experience in the medical field, but none involving pharmacy. I would like to start pharmacy school next fall, but I realize that I need to come up with a great personal statement and submit the pharmcas ASAP! But I have no pharmacy experience to put on there, just medical. Adcoms will prob think that I am doing this as a backup! Should I start shadowing a pharmacy right now and put that on the application and explain my newfound interest, and say that I will be pursuing a job in a pharmacy during the application cycle? Not to mention that I have to study for the PCAT and take that ASAP as well. My undergrad GPA is a 3.3 (from a good school) with a BS in economics, graduate GPA of 3.8, and hopefully I can do well on the PCAT (scored a 33 on the MCAT so the pressure is on haha). Was my epiphany too late or do I have a decent shot at an acceptance for next fall? It just seems hard to make myself stand out this cycle since I am just thinking about starting to shadow just now while others started in undergrad :/
I feel like I've wasted so much of my life before figuring out what I really want to do
edit: Oh yeah, all of my LORs are from professors and doctors that say how I would be a good physician, not really applicable. And I'm not in school so I can't get new ones...how does that work?
What sucks is that I am 24 years old, finished undergrad in 2008, and everything I've done has been geared toward medicine. I have extensive shadowing and clinical experience in the medical field, but none involving pharmacy. I would like to start pharmacy school next fall, but I realize that I need to come up with a great personal statement and submit the pharmcas ASAP! But I have no pharmacy experience to put on there, just medical. Adcoms will prob think that I am doing this as a backup! Should I start shadowing a pharmacy right now and put that on the application and explain my newfound interest, and say that I will be pursuing a job in a pharmacy during the application cycle? Not to mention that I have to study for the PCAT and take that ASAP as well. My undergrad GPA is a 3.3 (from a good school) with a BS in economics, graduate GPA of 3.8, and hopefully I can do well on the PCAT (scored a 33 on the MCAT so the pressure is on haha). Was my epiphany too late or do I have a decent shot at an acceptance for next fall? It just seems hard to make myself stand out this cycle since I am just thinking about starting to shadow just now while others started in undergrad :/
I feel like I've wasted so much of my life before figuring out what I really want to do
edit: Oh yeah, all of my LORs are from professors and doctors that say how I would be a good physician, not really applicable. And I'm not in school so I can't get new ones...how does that work?