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Hey everyone!
So my story is here to give people who think they don't have a chance of getting into pharmacy a message that anything is possible.
I started my pre-pharmacy requirements at UIC in 2005 and got accepted into a private pharmacy program 2 years later. I was really ecstatic and excited to start pharmacy and be free (I was commuting from home during my pre-pharmacy years) and live on campus. Upon starting pharmacy school, I immediately got involved in many organizations and clubs and taking up many leadership roles. However, as the year progressed, I became more and more busy with the organizations and less with my school work. With sports and partying, my grades slipped and I failed a major pharmacy class which I had to retake over the summer. It was tough when everyone was celebrating being finished with school and I was going to be there for another 3 months, but I didn't take it too hard. Although I only had one class, I failed it again and was dismissed from the university. I appealed to the board and my appeal was rejected. It was end of august and I had no school to go to. Parents and friends were devastated and I had no desire to continue my education or anything else. However, I knew I had to keep going and keep working towards my goal. I was too late to be readmitted to UIC and therefore had to search for a school that will accept me that close to the new semester. I found a small Christian university near my house and was able to get acceptance and register for a few classes that will help me when I return to UIC to finish my B.S. degree. After one semester, I returned to UIC and completed my B.S. degree in a year and a half. I graduated with a 3.26 but I was finally a college graduate with a B.S. degree in biochemistry!
In regards to pharmacy, I continued my goal while I was a senior at UIC and worked as a pharmacy tech, volunteered at a hospital, and doing some research as well. I was accepted into UIC COP as an early admit in January 2010 which was 5 months prior to me graduating which was quite a sigh of relief! Since graduating with my B.S. degree I have completed my first two years of pharmacy school with flying colors and have had two amazing internships, leadership roles, research, and publications. Overall, coming from a place where no one wants to even be to where I am today, I feel that anyone can get into pharmacy or any career that they want to.
Please let this be a story that you can pass on to others to motivate and provide example that anything is possible. Let me know if you have any questions or comments! Hope to hear from you all and best of luck!
So my story is here to give people who think they don't have a chance of getting into pharmacy a message that anything is possible.
I started my pre-pharmacy requirements at UIC in 2005 and got accepted into a private pharmacy program 2 years later. I was really ecstatic and excited to start pharmacy and be free (I was commuting from home during my pre-pharmacy years) and live on campus. Upon starting pharmacy school, I immediately got involved in many organizations and clubs and taking up many leadership roles. However, as the year progressed, I became more and more busy with the organizations and less with my school work. With sports and partying, my grades slipped and I failed a major pharmacy class which I had to retake over the summer. It was tough when everyone was celebrating being finished with school and I was going to be there for another 3 months, but I didn't take it too hard. Although I only had one class, I failed it again and was dismissed from the university. I appealed to the board and my appeal was rejected. It was end of august and I had no school to go to. Parents and friends were devastated and I had no desire to continue my education or anything else. However, I knew I had to keep going and keep working towards my goal. I was too late to be readmitted to UIC and therefore had to search for a school that will accept me that close to the new semester. I found a small Christian university near my house and was able to get acceptance and register for a few classes that will help me when I return to UIC to finish my B.S. degree. After one semester, I returned to UIC and completed my B.S. degree in a year and a half. I graduated with a 3.26 but I was finally a college graduate with a B.S. degree in biochemistry!
In regards to pharmacy, I continued my goal while I was a senior at UIC and worked as a pharmacy tech, volunteered at a hospital, and doing some research as well. I was accepted into UIC COP as an early admit in January 2010 which was 5 months prior to me graduating which was quite a sigh of relief! Since graduating with my B.S. degree I have completed my first two years of pharmacy school with flying colors and have had two amazing internships, leadership roles, research, and publications. Overall, coming from a place where no one wants to even be to where I am today, I feel that anyone can get into pharmacy or any career that they want to.
Please let this be a story that you can pass on to others to motivate and provide example that anything is possible. Let me know if you have any questions or comments! Hope to hear from you all and best of luck!
