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Hello all,
I'm writing this as I am really in a dire and desperate need of an advice from hopefully who have more knowledge and insight into pre-pharm.
My situation is unique.. or maybe different.. or may even sound like a cliche just like all non-traditional professionals stories..
I started 4-year college in the year of 2006 or 07; I can't seem to remember. Although I got accepted to a very prestigious college (I believe it still remain to be in top 10 in the nation), I never felt like I belonged there. People around me seemed way smarter than me and way more motivated than I was. Although I always tried to hide it, I always knew or believed that I wasn't smart enough to be going to that school. I was afraid. I was anxious. I was worried. This was just a routine of my daily life at the campus. Eventually, I started skipping classes as the semester went by during my freshman year. My grades in every class I was taking was on the tipping point of failing. This all or nothing thinking habit kicked in and I just had given up trying at all. I started drinking. I started becoming addicted to social life, maybe for the cause of trying to forget my worries. Really. I was always looking for relationships and I started to just meet girls there for casual sex. Instead of trying to figure out how I can overcome the academic hardship, I was more interested in flirting with girls. Well. To make a long story short, I ****ed up so hard. I never got an academic probation or anything, but my grades were painfully low. Mostly C and D or F in science courses like gen chem, o-chem, calculus. I think my GPA was around 2.3 to 2.5 with around 60 units completed. So I've decided to take time off for the good during my 3rd year as I just felt so helpless and hopeless. Withdrawing seemed like the only option for me as the course load seemed unbearable semester by semester.
After I had withdrawn, stress was at least relieved. As soon as I withdrew from school, I came back down home and got a part time job at an SAT prep and worked there for three years. At the same time I volunteered at a local hospital for two years hoping I might find something that might interest me. During this time, it seemed like I was recouping all my self-confidence, persistence, etc. that had just vanished along the way until I started gambling. I believe I had lost nearly $30,000~$40,000. My hard-earned income was all gone. Not only that, I am in debt of about $15,000. Now I am working full-time at a trading company, trying to make my ends meet. I am 28 now, and the more I work here, the more I realize importance of higher education.. Right now I am thinking I will get a pharm tech license, but honestly I don't know how.. As I am working full-time and most of the days I work 10-12 hours a day, so it's hard to find a school that would offer a class very late at night. Do I really need to take classes to become a pharm-tech? Also I am thinking of maybe starting to take a class or two at a community college and maybe transferring to a local 4-year university.. Does this sound like a legit plan? To be honest, if there is a chance no matter how slim that chance may seem, I am all ready to give it a try. But.. I wanna try it in a smart and effective way. So can somebody give me some suggestions as to how I should take this road wisely...?
I really appreciate your help in advance..
I'm writing this as I am really in a dire and desperate need of an advice from hopefully who have more knowledge and insight into pre-pharm.
My situation is unique.. or maybe different.. or may even sound like a cliche just like all non-traditional professionals stories..
I started 4-year college in the year of 2006 or 07; I can't seem to remember. Although I got accepted to a very prestigious college (I believe it still remain to be in top 10 in the nation), I never felt like I belonged there. People around me seemed way smarter than me and way more motivated than I was. Although I always tried to hide it, I always knew or believed that I wasn't smart enough to be going to that school. I was afraid. I was anxious. I was worried. This was just a routine of my daily life at the campus. Eventually, I started skipping classes as the semester went by during my freshman year. My grades in every class I was taking was on the tipping point of failing. This all or nothing thinking habit kicked in and I just had given up trying at all. I started drinking. I started becoming addicted to social life, maybe for the cause of trying to forget my worries. Really. I was always looking for relationships and I started to just meet girls there for casual sex. Instead of trying to figure out how I can overcome the academic hardship, I was more interested in flirting with girls. Well. To make a long story short, I ****ed up so hard. I never got an academic probation or anything, but my grades were painfully low. Mostly C and D or F in science courses like gen chem, o-chem, calculus. I think my GPA was around 2.3 to 2.5 with around 60 units completed. So I've decided to take time off for the good during my 3rd year as I just felt so helpless and hopeless. Withdrawing seemed like the only option for me as the course load seemed unbearable semester by semester.
After I had withdrawn, stress was at least relieved. As soon as I withdrew from school, I came back down home and got a part time job at an SAT prep and worked there for three years. At the same time I volunteered at a local hospital for two years hoping I might find something that might interest me. During this time, it seemed like I was recouping all my self-confidence, persistence, etc. that had just vanished along the way until I started gambling. I believe I had lost nearly $30,000~$40,000. My hard-earned income was all gone. Not only that, I am in debt of about $15,000. Now I am working full-time at a trading company, trying to make my ends meet. I am 28 now, and the more I work here, the more I realize importance of higher education.. Right now I am thinking I will get a pharm tech license, but honestly I don't know how.. As I am working full-time and most of the days I work 10-12 hours a day, so it's hard to find a school that would offer a class very late at night. Do I really need to take classes to become a pharm-tech? Also I am thinking of maybe starting to take a class or two at a community college and maybe transferring to a local 4-year university.. Does this sound like a legit plan? To be honest, if there is a chance no matter how slim that chance may seem, I am all ready to give it a try. But.. I wanna try it in a smart and effective way. So can somebody give me some suggestions as to how I should take this road wisely...?
I really appreciate your help in advance..
