Hey everyone, I am currently going into my senior year of college and am planning on applying to pharmacy schools around the New England area. I have taken most of the prerequisites for some of the places I am applying to, and will continue to finish them this year. I plan on taking the PCAT for the first time in July, and have been reviewing for that using the Kaplan book. The only "experience" I have had so far in the Pharmacy field was shadowing various workers at a hospital pharmacy in my college's town because I am very involved in clubs and organizations at school. I will admit that some of it bored me because I was just watching someone do their worker. I feel I would have been more engaged if I got to help out, but I'd say that I did enjoy a decent amount of shadowing.
The only problem is I have become a little nervous about graduating college, because I want to know that pharmacy will be right for me. I have enjoyed all of the coursework I have taken for it in college so far, I understand that pharmacy school is much more difficult than college, and I want to pick a career that I will love. Medicinal chemistry was one of my favorite classes so far (mainly because I had a great professor) because I enjoyed learning how drugs interact with the body, and what constitutes for a drug to be effective. I consider myself to be a very hard worker, I am proud of my GPA and think that I would be able to hold my own with the coursework, but I do have a few questions for anyone that has experience.
Why did you choose pharmacy as being the area that you chose to pursue? What aspects of pharmacy do you like/dislike? Where are you applying/did you attend pharmacy school? What are the more interesting areas of pharmacy? What are some similarities and differences between college and pharmacy school?
These are a few questions to start, I would appreciate anyone's feedback!
The only problem is I have become a little nervous about graduating college, because I want to know that pharmacy will be right for me. I have enjoyed all of the coursework I have taken for it in college so far, I understand that pharmacy school is much more difficult than college, and I want to pick a career that I will love. Medicinal chemistry was one of my favorite classes so far (mainly because I had a great professor) because I enjoyed learning how drugs interact with the body, and what constitutes for a drug to be effective. I consider myself to be a very hard worker, I am proud of my GPA and think that I would be able to hold my own with the coursework, but I do have a few questions for anyone that has experience.
Why did you choose pharmacy as being the area that you chose to pursue? What aspects of pharmacy do you like/dislike? Where are you applying/did you attend pharmacy school? What are the more interesting areas of pharmacy? What are some similarities and differences between college and pharmacy school?
These are a few questions to start, I would appreciate anyone's feedback!
