Tell me about yourself....

[Brill]

At the risk of getting too personal, I thought it would be interesting to make a thread where we all posted our name, age, sex, undergrad institution, undergrad major, pharmacy school, job (if any), and anything else y'all think is relevant. I thought it would be neat for us to get to know each other a bit better since a lot of us don't have any information in our profiles.

I'll even go first

Name: Brill
Age: 21
Sex: male
undergrad: Univ. of Houston; B.S. Biology (summer '03)
pharmacy: Univ. of Houston College of Pharmacy
Job: lab tech at a biotech company

Anyone else?

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[riskhk]

Name: Kevin
Age: 21
Sex: male
undergrad: UC Irvine, B.S. Biology B.A. Political Science
pharmacy: University of Pacific
Job: pharmacy clerk Target Pharmacy

 

[BMBiology]

JOB: Pharmacy Clerk

 

[dgroulx]

NAME: Dana
AGE: 46
SEX: Female
UNDERGRAD: Saint Leo University
MAJOR: BS in Biology (May 2003)
PHARMACY: University of Florida
JOB: C/Unix software development

 

[jason UCSD2000]

Name: uhh...jason
Age: 28
undergrad: UCSD
Major: Pharmacological Chemistry
Pharmacy:UOP as of today
Job: Louisiana Office of Public Health
Pets: Dog:Joey, Cat:Nana

 

[Modnar]

Age: 23
Sex: female
UNDERGRAD: U. of Kansas, B.A. in Psychology
PHARMACY: Not applying for another two years (need to go back and do prereqs), but it'll probably be KU.
JOB: Technical writer

Hobbies: planning my wedding, set for spring '04.

 

[jason UCSD2000]

What did you do (or do you do) in public health over in LA, and did it influence your decision to go to pharmacy school (.......why not an MPH.....) or were you always planning on going to Pharm school????

I am a Health Inspector here in Baton Rouge. I do routine inspections of restaurants, daycares, schools, hospitals, nursing facilities, prisons, water supply systems, wastewater treatment plants... West Nile Virus season is here again, so we're also collecting dead birds ...etc.
All I can say is Louisiana is quite a mess.
I'm just here in LA with my girlfriend while she teaches until we move to wherever to whatever Pharmacy school. I'm originally from Sacramento. I've always planned on going to Pharm school. I know that UCSF offers an MPH program through the PharmD program at Berkeley, so that might be cool if I actually get in...

- jason

 

[lyzziebeth]

Name: Liz
Age: 21
Sex: female
Undergrad: Univ. of Cali, Davis [B.S. Genetics, Minor: English]
Pharmacy: undecided
Job: student

 

[Triangulation]

if you guys dont' know this stuff about me yet, you haven't been paying attention.

Age:28, XY
Undergrad: The University of Washington Go U-Dub!!!
Pharm School: USC
BS: Cell/Molecular Bio
Minor: History
Pharm Intern Walgreens

 

[LVPharm]

NAME: Jason
AGE: 31
SEX: Male
UNDERGRAD: UC Irvine, B.S. Biological Sciences, Minor Psychology
PHARMACY: Nevada College of Pharmacy, Class of 2005
JOB: Intern Pharmacist, Per Diem at Sunrise Hospital & Med Ctr.
Exper. Rotation at Rite-Aid (and coming this summer: Target!)

 

[riskhk]

hey lvpharm
did las vegas send out the acceptances yet?

 

[LVPharm]

Riskhk:

Sorry, I don't quite know when they'll send those out. All I know is that they have had interview days scheduled this month (I didn't volunteer to sit on any interview panels this month). We've got about 800 applicants for probably less than the 100 seats in next years class. That's all I've got, sorry!

 

[chunkyb]

NAME: chunkyb
AGE: 26
SEX: Female
UNDERGRAD: University of Toronto, B.Sc.
PHARMACY: Ferris State University starting Fall 2003
JOB: Pharmacy Tech

 

[BMBiology]

bump

 

[legrita]

NAME: Rachel
AGE: 22
SEX: Female
UNDERGRAD: Florida International University BA Chemistry and Health Sciences (not competed).
PHARMACY: Palm Beach Atlantic University, c/o 2007
JOB: Math tutor @high school in inner-city and
Pharmacy Intern at Jackson Memorial Hospital

 

[Redrum16]

Name: Arnold
Age: 22
Sex: male
Location: Los Angeles, Ca (moving to Sacramento)
Undergrad: UCLA, BS in Psychobiology
Pharmacy: we'll see
Job: Pharmacy Clerk and Delivery for private pharmacy
Hobbies: Golf and all sports, Guitar, Skateboarding, planning my wedding for this August

 

[LVPharm]

*bump*

...for all the new folks I'm seeing on this board

 

[phuture pharmer]

school: Humboldt State (N. California)
degree: B.S. biology 2002
Pharm school: UWashington class of 2007
job: Pharmacy Intern at a hospital in Seattle (starting 6/2/03)
for fun: mtn. biking, flyfishing or reading a book

 

[lord999]

Name:
Richard

Age:
21

Undergraduate/Graduate:
Midwestern COP Class of 2004, Pharm. D., Magna Cum Laude
University of Minnesota SAPh Graduate Student

Positions:
CRW Flagstaff Pharmacist (for now)
AZ License 18186

 

[crying moo]

Name: Natalie
Age: 21
Sex: F
Undergrad: Virginia Tech, Engineering dropout
Pharm: Virginia Commonwealth University SoP
Job: Rite Aid pharm tech.
Fun: Dancing, flirting, D.C. at night.

 

[WVUPharm2007]

Name: Michael
Age: 20
Sex: Male
Undergrad: West Virginia University at Parkersburg
Pharmacy: West Virginia University SoP
Job: Hospital pharmacy technician/intern/slave

 

[PharmD2b]

name: fawad
male (its a middle eastern name in case your wondering)
age:24 (feel so old)

graduate:rutgers college of pharmacy(now Ernie Mario Sch Of Pharmacy ,amazing what money can buy!!!!) , BS CLASS OF JAN 2003

NOW : track in PharmD class of 2004

position: pharmacy intern at duane reade , god-willing licensed pharmacist w/in a few weeks

past positions : BMS intern

 

[INevrLearn]

name: Matt
age: 23
sex: Male
Undergrad: College of Charleston (chemistry 2001)
Rx School: Medical University of South Carolina c/o 2005
Job: Intern at TARGET Rx (former CVS drone)

 

[26339]

Hey Crying Moo, who's that girl posing as your avatar? Is it some JPop idol?

 

[crying moo]

yeah JPop hottie... her name is "Melody", but as I'm not Japanese nor am I a HUGE JPop (just a little) fan I can only find one single of hers called "Dreamin Away" But she's pretty.

 

[halohalo]

Name: HaLoHaLo XX
Age: 27
Undergrad: UC Berkeley, BA Integrative Bio.
Pharmacy: undecided
Job: Research and Development for Biotech/Pharma

 

[Oneday_9]

Name: Curt

Age: 25

Location: Scottsdale, AZ

Undergrad: Loyola Marymount University (Los Angeles, CA)...most sports fans always remember: "hey it's the school where Hank Gathers died!" Yes it is...RIP.

Major: BS Biology in 2001

Pharm School: Hey, not sure yet, I truly want to end up at UCSD....but I'm willing to go where I get in (out of about 7 schools)....what can I say?

About me:
well besides being a science dork, I also write alot, am finishing my second poetry book, written one novel (but those take too long, poetry caters to the ADD), and also have fronted a few rock groups that have played all over SoCal. I am an art fanatic besides being a science fanatic...which coalesce making me simply a long-winded, fanatic. Cool.

Claim to Fame: I actually have a former band's song on the soundtrack for the Discovery show, Monster Garage! haha Hey i get paid, so who cares....

Job: Pharmacy Tech (Ins Exceptions) at Express-Scripts, Inc


Great idea, Brill, good to see where all the Pharmacy folks are at!

 

[bringinit247]

Name: Phil

Age: 22

Location: New Brunswick, NJ

Undergrad: Long story -- Accounting at Rutgers University (Spring '04), but will be taking a fifth year to finish my pre-req science classes

Pharmacy School: Rutgers (if there is a God), but if I don't get in I will be submitting applications to Midwestern-Glendale, USP, UCSF, UCSD, Palm Beach Atlantic, Nova Southeastern, University of Florida, USC, and University of Maryland...I'm bound to get in someplace but getting into Rutgers is my first choice without a doubt....

Job: Pharmacy Technician at CVS, and I will be volunteering in the hospital pharmacy at school

 

[cyclopropane]

Name: Cyclopropane
Age: 20
Sex: female
undergrad: Santa Clara University '05 Chemistry BS
(maybe minor in biology)
pharmacy: hopefully USC or UOP (I have yet to find out)
Job: Tutoring off and on

 

[jdpharmd?]

Originally posted by bringinit247
Pharmacy School: Rutgers (if there is a God), but if I don't get in I will be submitting applications to Midwestern-Glendale, USP, UCSF, UCSD, Palm Beach Atlantic, Nova Southeastern, University of Florida, USC, and University of Maryland...I'm bound to get in someplace but getting into Rutgers is my first choice without a doubt....

After rattling off your list of several top 10 pharmacy schools, I'm curious as to why Rutgers is your frist choice "without a doubt" over lets say USP, USC, UCSF, UofF, or Maryland. Is one year enough time to complete the pre-reqs for all those schools?

 

[pharmel]

Name: Melanie
Age:29
Undergrad: Northern Arizona University BS in Education -1996
Pharm: Midwestern Glendale or Bust!
Job: ft student and mom of 2

 

[bringinit247]

After rattling off your list of several top 10 pharmacy schools, I'm curious as to why Rutgers is your frist choice "without a doubt" over lets say USP, USC, UCSF, UofF, or Maryland. Is one year enough time to complete the pre-reqs for all those schools?

Rutgers is my first choice because this is home for me, and I love it here. Rutgers has a great pharmacy program, so why would I want to relocate? Another consideration is that it would be a lot cheaper for me to stay here, as opposed to going out of state and paying $20,000 a year or more.

As far as pre-req's go, I might run into problems with USC because they require microbiology and biochem, and at my school you need to have Orgo I and II done before you can take them. Hopefully I can pull some stunts and get special permission or something....But for most other schools I will be OK. And hopefully that'll be a moot point if I can just transfer into Rutgers. This year I am finishing Bio and Chem, Physics in the summer, and I will take Orgo and Anatomy/Physiology and other miscellaneous pre-req's my fifth year. It's an uphill battle but I know what I'm up against and have made up my mind.....This is definitely what I want to do with my life!

 

[goheel]

Name: Huy (It's Vietnamese)
Age: 18 (It seems like I'm the youngest in here)
Undergrad: NC State University, majoring in biochemistry
Pharmacy school: Hopefully, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Job: I used to work as a produce clerk at a grocery store. I'm hoping to land a job as a pharmacy clerk in the spring.

 

[hmtran]

AGE: 20
Location: Memphis, TN (in a few months New Orleans, LA, then after 6 months hopefully Los Angeles)
Undergrad: Loyola University (New Orleans) then Christian Brothers University (Memphis)
Pharmacy School: Hopefully USC. Second choice is UOP. Interviews with both schools are done, so now all I have to do is wait....and try not to attack the mailman everyday.
Job: Kmart Pharm Tech + student afflicted with senioritis

 

[JeRmPharmD]

Jeremy Smith

Male

Age: 21

Undergrad: Tennessee Tech University (#4 Engineering School in the nation!!)

Degree: N/A

Professional School: South Univeristy School of Pharmacy

Intern with Kroger Pharmacy

Hobbies: Guitar

My AIM name is JeRmRpH...feel free to talk to me on there!

 

[Triangulation]

Originally posted by cyclopropane
Name: Cyclopropane
Age: 20
Sex: female
undergrad: Santa Clara University '05 Chemistry BS
(maybe minor in biology)
pharmacy: hopefully USC or UOP (I have yet to find out)
Job: Tutoring off and on

Right on Cyclo!! We have a bunch of Santa Clara peeps at SC. The rad intern i work with who is also my LKS sister is a Santa Clara grad. She provides the most thoughtful pt consults that i've ever encountered. Pts love her. She can be hella firm too though. There's a great story of her cappin on the pharmacist for interrupting her during a consult. Oh yeah and she's hot as a flame-thrower too. Not that i care

 

[cyclopropane]

Originally posted by Triangulation
Right on Cyclo!! We have a bunch of Santa Clara peeps at SC. The rad intern i work with who is also my LKS sister is a Santa Clara grad. She provides the most thoughtful pt consults that i've ever encountered. Pts love her. She can be hella firm too though. There's a great story of her cappin on the pharmacist for interrupting her during a consult. Oh yeah and she's hot as a flame-thrower too. Not that i care

Hey Tri!

LOL, that's cool! Santa Clara is a pretty small school, and we don't take the statistics of people that go to pharmacy or other health related fields (at least I don't think we do). I wish we could get Santa Clara graduates that go into pharmacy to come back and talk about their experiences.

Cyclo
__________________________________________________
"Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of." Benjamin Franklin

 

[jemc2000]

NAME: Michele
AGE: 40
SEX: Female
UNDERGRAD: AA in Computer Science from USF in 1985. Now at Polk Community finishing my prereqs.
PHARMACY: Applying to University of Florida - either St. Pete or Orlando satellites for Fall 2005
JOB: Bill processer for a Worker's Comp company, still looking for a job in a pharmacy.
FAMILY: Married with 4 children, 4 - 14. If all goes well, I will get my PharmD the same term my oldest finishes her first year in college, #2 graduates high school, #3 finishes freshman year in HS and #4 finishes third grade.

 

[dgroulx]

Originally posted by jemc2000

PHARMACY: Applying to University of Florida - either St. Pete or Orlando for Fall 2005

The Orlando campus is a dump. It's actually in Apopka which is not a good area. The St. Pete campus is brand new. Eckerd donated a million towards the new pharmacy building that is under construction. St. Pete has a lot of older students, too. I'm 47 and I'm not the oldest student there.

 

[Roxicet]

name: Roxanne (roxy if you're cool

)

age: 26
undergrad: The University of Texas at El Paso, BS Microbiology
Pharmacy: Midwestern University - Glendale, AZ - Class of 2007

Former job: Research Assistant in Cancer Autoimmunity and Epidemiology, and I volunteered at the free clinic pharmacy downtown.

Interesting facts:....umm...according to some pesonality tests...if I were a monkey, I'd be a chimpanzee, if I were a breed of dog, I'd be a Scottish Terrier, and if I were a Star Wars character, I'd be Yoda.

 

[Vogelsang]

Hello everyone. Thought I add to the list also, don't want to be a lurker anymore.

Name: Vogelsang
Age: 26
Undergrad: UCSD. BS Molecular Biology-2003
Pharmacy: Zero. Applying this year.
Job: Student. I'm still taking the pharmacy prereqs.

 

[CrazyIslander]

Name: BJ
Age: Feeling Old 27
Sex: Male
Undergrad: San Diego State (SDSU)
Major: Cell and Molecular Biology
Pharmacy School: University of California at San Diego (UCSD)

Still......GO STATE

 

[Triangulation]

Originally posted by CrazyIslander
Name: BJ
Age: Feeling Old 27
Sex: Male
Undergrad: San Diego State (SDSU)
Major: Cell and Molecular Biology
Pharmacy School: University of California at San Diego (UCSD)

Still......GO STATE

You're a cal-stater!! that's cool. I went to the university of washington, but i wish more cal state students were applying. we only have one sdsu student. i actually wanna recruit at cal states. it's definitely an untapped resource in pharm schools.

 

[eddie269]

in following with the format:

Name: Eddie
Age: 21
Sex: Male

Undergrad: 4th yr at UC Davis but will use up the full 5 yrs and summers to finish up pre-req's.

Major: economics (if u are undecided, i suggest to avoid econ major! only minor if u are interested. anymore and u will be WASTING YOUR TIME!!!)

Pharmacy School: WHEREVER they accept me. although Triangulation expects me to apply to USC, the only CA school I plan to apply to is UOP and Western. but anywhere on the West Coast with Las Vegas being on the top is preferred . but anywhere from Florida, to New Mexico to wherever. my dad said "if u get accepted into a weird state, just go. its only 4 yrs. " gee, thanks dad.

and heres my space to speak. so listen up while I vent! Economics is a useless major. like I said before, if you find econ. interesting, do the minor. the major is a waste! In my 4 yrs, I have only taken FOUR classes that are even worth a damn. (and 2 of them aren't even for my major!) The worse part is, the major is hard! and it is all based on BS theories.

i.e. ASSUMING the exchange rate is constant and US's inflation rate is on the rise and China's population doesnt grow and if the moon is full and its raining in Spain, and blah blah blah, THEN price should equal marginal cost in the long run. I MEAN, WHO CARES?!?! I feel if I took intro to micro and macro econ, and read a few books, I would have learned just as much as I have now. God what I would do to start over.

ok, thats it. i just want to say that I envy all of you who got your stuff straight and are in pharmacy school or are pharmacists. My ultimate goal is to be a pharmacist until I am 50 or so, then retire and teach 3rd grade at my old grade school. =) and when I am a pharmacist, I will make every effort to help undergrad's with internships and letters of rec. I wish there were more "cool" lay back pharmacists out there. Most of them I met are too old to even care.

any cool pharmacists here?

 

[EarlyEditionDude]

Heh, you are right, eddie!!!

I was an economics major my freshmen year. After finishing my micro/macro series, I began taking the core requirements. And boy let me tell you, IT WAS SO BORING and UNSATISFYING!!!

Then I found the world of Biology. And the rest was history!

 

[meihee]

Name: Julie
Age: 23
sex: female

Undergrad: SUNY ESF (state university of new york, college of environmental science and forestry) BS in chemistry, minor math

Pharmacy school, don't know yet

Job: research assistant.

My two cents. Don't be a chemistry major. It stinks LOL. Smart people don't go into chemistry It's a great background but there is no way I will do it forever........

 

[badxmojo]

julie, are you from new york? i am! also.. i think you'll be glad your a chem major once your start pharm school. The first year will probably be much easier for you than many of your classmates.. it might even be a joke..or you might be able to place out of a few corse.. so don't cast aspersions on your major just yet ;-)

 

[Triangulation]

so listen up while I vent! Economics is a useless major. like I said before, if you find econ. interesting, do the minor. the major is a waste! In my 4 yrs, I have only taken FOUR classes that are even worth a damn. (and 2 of them aren't even for my major!) The worse part is, the major is hard! and it is all based on BS theories.

You're high as a kite!! Econ rules!! My major was cell/molecular bio, but if i could do it over i'd major in econ!! Ok, not quite true, but i wouldn't have minded at all. My father was an econ prof, and I can say with conviction that it's the only true social science. Dead serious. There are rules like Le Chatelier's Principle in Econ, it's just got someone else's name.

Don't know enough about micro, but macro rules!!! John Maynard Keynes kicks much @ss!! Understanding that stuff is ridiculously important. I think the necessity of econ study is what makes pharmacy far superior to the other health professions.

 

[eddie269]

well, dont get me wrong, this is all my opinion. i know a few ppl in my classes who love this stuff. but i just HATE it. not what i expected basically.

 

[candle786]

Guess I'll introduce myself as well...

Name: Shama
Age: 22
Sex: Female
UGrad: GWU in Wash D.C. (May '03)
Pharmacy school: Will apply next fall