A goal you set for yourself but did not achieve...

[pills4alivin]

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and how the experience affected you? This is a question on a supplemental app i am filling out. I was thinking about describing how i applied to one pharm school (not the one this app is for) and failed to gain admission last year. I was going to talk about how i made my app more competive over the past year to show how this is really what i would love to do for a living.

Is this a bad idea? Should i not bring up another school? Thoughs?

 

[NuclearFission]

It's a trick question!😀

Actually i wouldn't know. I have yet to apply.

 

[Stephie]

To be safe, I wouldn't chance bringing up another school. I would talk about an experience that I've learned from and that has made me a better person as a result.

 

[PolarBear21]

Can you just say applying to pharm schols in general.. and then last year not getting in, maybe you don't need to specifically say which school. Say this year you have improved your app by doing blah blah blah, and you have learned from your mistake and did more research on applications process and choosing the right school.. which of course is their school 🙄 😉

 

[WVUPharm2007]

A goal you set for yourself but did not achieve...

Count to infinity.

I always get so damn close, but never quite get there....

 

[ZpackSux]

and how the experience affected you? This is a question on a supplemental app i am filling out. I was thinking about describing how i applied to one pharm school (not the one this app is for) and failed to gain admission last year. I was going to talk about how i made my app more competive over the past year to show how this is really what i would love to do for a living.

Is this a bad idea? Should i not bring up another school? Thoughs?

How about we talk about goals achieved?

 

[ZpackSux]

Count to infinity.

I always get so damn close, but never quite get there....

There are smart goals and there are stupid goals...

 

[sdn1977]

I agree with other posters - don't talk about failing to gain your goal of pharmacy admission.

What they are looking for with this question is your ability to adapt your approach to a situation when it has proven not to work for you. They want to see if you're flexible & willing and able to change when its required.

In actual practice...this happens everyday. In the retail setting, you might explain a new medication to a patient, but she's not understanding. So...you have to change your approach. Saying the same thing again the same way won't increase understanding.

In a hospital setting, what works for Zpack's institution might not work for mine. We might accomplish the same goal, but by using different methods. The reasoning could be varied....it might be due to physician mix, budgetary constraints, employee flexibility...whatever. But...in trying to obtain a particular goal - there are many ways to get there.

Now.....think about a situation which occured in your life. Was it a class you took in which you were very prepared for an exam, but failed it miserably? You might have used the methods which have always worked for you before, but for this class & at this time...it didn't work. Now...what did you do - study just like you did before, but harder? Thats not what they want to see. Did you change your method of study?

Your example might be from school, work, volunteering or an extracurricular thing you participate in. Have you ever had a situation in which you've had to change YOURSELF to try to accomplish a goal which was unattainable when a previous method failed.

Good luck!