Need some advice - Just starting college.

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[UES Girl]

Quick background: Did horrible in high school. Was immature, didn't bother preparing myself for college, etc.. Joined the military (Army) right after high school, served two tours in Iraq, and after 5 years decided to get out.

Here I am now, 23yrs old, in my 2 term of community college. I'm still working on many of the prerequisites for upper level classes.

Knowing that even applying to the Pharm.D. program in Oregon is still a few years away for me, I'm trying to get insight as to what I should start doing now rather than later. I have a few common sense ideas, but sometimes the common sense way isn't always the right way.

Here is the Pre-Pharm student handbook for Oregon State University. Page 11 shows the outline of what I figure I should
follow closely. - I plan on transferring to OSU once I get enough Community College credits to show that I'm capable when I apply.

Some questions I've been asking myself:
- Should I become a Pharm. Tech?
- What kind of volunteering work should I do? (Not sure if Pharm. schools look for certain things)
- What should I focus on early to better prepare myself for the future?

Any advice, links, or anything in general will be a big help.

Thanks!

I am not a student at OSU but I was accepted to pharm school there and I had a ton of ECS. They really like well rounded applicants, I had a lot of teaching experience - taught ochem workshops, tutored general and organic chemistry, taught at a summer science camp, worked as a mentor there also. I had a lot of volunteer experience in health field in general - hospital and dental community practice, but not a lot in pharmacy - I shadowed at a compounding and a community pharmacy but never actually worked as a tech
even with my license. I also did research in an analytical biochemistry lab and completed my own project/ poster which they seemed to like a lot and asked quetsions about during interview.

Hope this helps to see what sort of things you should be doing. 🙂

 

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^ wow you got killer EC's. The only reason I would suggest not getting a tech license is if you have to take that class to get if. I know in Fl it's mandatory now.