Single parents...

[Khuyen]

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Is there anyone else out there that is single parent and trying to make it in this world? I know us single parents have gone through alot and currently facing more challenges than the majority applicants... but is that a plus for us, or does it play against us in getting into pharmacy school?

 

[cn2009]

Hi Khuyen

Sorry this has nothing to do with your single parent topic. But I think we met at USN for the Feb 13th interview. We talked a little bit before you had your interview and I came to ask you some questions when you were with your mom at the parking lot. Anyway, I saw from your other post that you wanted to know if anyone heard anything from USN since Feb 13. I personally didn't hear anything from the school yet. Well, good luck to you and I'll post my good news when it comes, in the mean time I still have lots of praying to do 🙂

 

[RxGirlie]

Am a single mum of a 8 mos daughter. Am planning to get in 2007 anywhere i'll be accepted. Being a single parent yes it's tough, but your child is your insiparion and your drive. Don't let that discourage you from carrying on.. there's a whole lot of good things ahead of you. It will not make you fail/ succeed in getting to pharm school. Your hard work and determination will determine where and what will happen. Sorround yourself with positive people and remember the future of your child depends on you..pay now than later..Also if you are a xtian believe in God and what he's capable of doing for you and pray.. 🙂

 

[DownonthePharm]

Honestly? I think you are going to have to do a hard sell about your support structure both financially and emotionally. Pharmacy school is hard enough without a child, or with children and a spouse. If you come across as anything less than totally having your act together schools are going to think you wont be able to commit the time, and they know your children will always come before your schooling.

 

[rxlynn]

Honestly? I think you are going to have to do a hard sell about your support structure both financially and emotionally. Pharmacy school is hard enough without a child, or with children and a spouse. If you come across as anything less than totally having your act together schools are going to think you wont be able to commit the time, and they know your children will always come before your schooling.

Just a note - I'm not sure that having children will come up in an interview unless you bring it up. I have two children, and the only reason that was discussed at all in my interviews was in a very indirect way. I think I might have brought it up in the first one, but the interviewer didn't pursue it at all. If you bring it up in an interview then I think you should be prepared to answer any and all questions about it, but I'm not sure that it will come up - you certainly don't have to put it on your applications, or at least not any that I've seen.

 

[dana92085]

Is there anyone else out there that is single parent and trying to make it in this world? I know us single parents have gone through alot and currently facing more challenges than the majority applicants... but is that a plus for us, or does it play against us in getting into pharmacy school?

i am not a parent but i really want to commend all of the single parents who do it! after my dad died when i was young my mom went back to school and got her BSN in nursing! everything that she did for me and my brother was out of love and a giving us what we needed and i thank her so much for everything --someday your child will too. 🙂

 

[fidelio]

Hmmm... well I don't know if this applies to pharmacy school, but I do know that if you're a single parent with kids applying for medical school, it is a plus! They love that! They like it because it shows you have responsibility because taking care of a child shows the most commitment and responsibility.

Perhaps you should ask a pre-pharm advisor to be really sure.

I know pre-med advisors say being a parent or single parent is something worth mentioning in an interview.

 

[Khuyen]

Thanks everyone for your responses.... I volunteered my single-parent status on the application because I am proud of it and it is my life: work, school, raising a child, volunteer at the pharmacy, volunteer at my son's school.... it's my life (yes, my personal life is nonexistence 🙂 )

In the interview, I spoke of my son when they asked "tell me something about yourself"... naturally. And when they asked "what is your greatest accomplishment" 😍 Although my son is only 4, he's only in preschool, I can't say he's the smartest kid in his class or got the highest GPA or has found the cure for cancer, but I can say he's the most caring, loving child. He's kind and he shows compassion to his teachers and peers....

Since I brought up the word "compassion" naturally the interviewers next question was "give us an example of compassion that you have encountered" 🙂

The interview went very well but it's hard to say.... They were all nice and friendly from begin to end....