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[anewmanx]

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My wife and I are starting Pharmacy school here in Costa Rica in four days. We just matriculated today, got our id cards, paid tuition, etc...

What a wild feeling; I haven't been to school in years.

 

[trailerpark]

Costa Rica?

 

[anewmanx]

Costa Rica?

Yes.. my wife is an ESL Professor here and a citizen. Went into rather lengthy detail as to why I'm attending here in a previous thread entitled "Could someone browse over this curriculum?"

Awesome cat user picture btw.

 

[Jibby321]

Buena suerte señor!

 

[PharmdA07]

Good luck 🙂 Welcome to the profession and thanks so much for your service.... go kick some traseros in pharmacy school LOL

 

[Cleaveland]

Wow good luck. Props to you both. Keep us updated on how you're doing!


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[anewmanx]

I appreciate everyone's kind and encouraging words!

Now I just have to pass my classes. Shouldn't be too bad compared to the six months I spent in boot (had to do it twice, broken hand.)

 

[asian pharm]

Good Luck to both of you....Its a lot of hard work, but don't forget to have fun as well.

 

[anewmanx]

Good Luck to both of you....Its a lot of hard work, but don't forget to have fun as well.

Thanks. I'm honestly a little nervous. It's a tall hill to climb at my age, but I think it will be worth it.

 

[Sunshine98]

Good Luck to you Both!

 

[molyhelp]

My wife and I are starting Pharmacy school here in Costa Rica in four days. We just matriculated today, got our id cards, paid tuition, etc...

What a wild feeling; I haven't been to school in years.

Congratulations and Good luck to you both. If you need any support or tricks in studying, just give us little note, helps will come pouring in. Thank you very much for your sacrifice and service.

 

[anewmanx]

Congratulations and Good luck to you both. If you need any support or tricks in studying, just give us little note, helps will come pouring in. Thank you very much for your sacrifice and service.

Thank you.

We have our fingers crossed. I think with both of us attending together you couldn't ask for a better study partner situation. Plus, we can record the lectures. That will be a huge help.

Honestly, what intimidates me most is studying in my second language. Hopefully a great deal of the science/mathematics/etc... will be universal. We don't have to work, we can afford help around the house and with our baby,.... I don't see too many stressors interfering with it all.

 

[anewmanx]

Well, thanks to all for the well wishes! The first semester went rather well, far far better than I expected. I took the three prerequisites for entrance into the university and the class I was most afraid of (pre-calc, my math skills from US High School suuuuuucked.)

We didn't want to take too much this first semester because our daughter was born the month before classes started.

Next semester I take my first full block, minus the math class. Fun fun. It's weird being an old guy in school. It's strange studying in my second language, but at the same time fun. Makes you pay attention more in class.

 

[WhiteSnows]

Have you consulted Bmb for job saturation yet? And possibly 500k in debt?

 

[anewmanx]

🙂 yup. That 50k - 70k or so I'll make for attending plus free tuition is still not reason enough to attend... Apparently.

 

[BidingMyTime]

Has you consulted Bmb for job saturation yet? And possibly 500k in debt?

hahahahahaha....there may not be much shared common knowledge among the diverse population here on the pharmacy board of Studentdoctor......but there are 2 things universally known by us all: 1) we have all been warned by BMBiology that our career is completely doomed and 2) we have all been warned by Jafx that paying for pharmacy school is the US is incredibly stupid (unless one can get a disabling disability while serving in the US military and get their schooling in TX for free)

Well, thanks to all for the well wishes! The first semester went rather well, far far better than I expected. I took the three prerequisites for entrance into the university and the class I was most afraid of (pre-calc, my math skills from US High School suuuuuucked.)

I'm glad to hear your first semester went well. I can imagine how hard it is taking college level work in a foreign language, but fortunately you have your wife as a study partner. I can remember one classmate I had who was newly from another country always begging for help from anyone she could get, sometimes I would help her, sometimes I would blow her off--I was young & dumb and had never really thought about how difficult learning in English must have been for her. Especially since many of my friends were Enlish 2nd language and had none of the difficulties she had, I didn't think they had a different situation since they had been in the US for several years before pharmacy school. I feel bad now that I wasn't more sensitive to what a tough situation she had, newly in the US & speaking English. But fortunately it worked out OK, she graduated.

 

[WhiteSnows]

hahahahahaha....there may not be much shared common knowledge among the diverse population here on the pharmacy board of Studentdoctor......but there are 2 things universally known by us all: 1) we have all been warned by BMBiology that our career is completely doomed and 2) we have all been warned by Jafx that paying for pharmacy school is the US is incredibly stupid (unless one can get a disabling disability while serving in the US military and get their schooling in TX for free)



I'm glad to hear your first semester went well. I can imagine how hard it is taking college level work in a foreign language, but fortunately you have your wife as a study partner. I can remember one classmate I had who was newly from another country always begging for help from anyone she could get, sometimes I would help her, sometimes I would blow her off--I was young & dumb and had never really thought about how difficult learning in English must have been for her. Especially since many of my friends were Enlish 2nd language and had none of the difficulties she had, I didn't think they had a different situation since they had been in the US for several years before pharmacy school. I feel bad now that I wasn't more sensitive to what a tough situation she had, newly in the US & speaking English. But fortunately it worked out OK, she graduated.

And 3 years residency to get job lol. I wear bmb is a depression black hole. He can use anything, then twist it and make it more depressing than it is.

 

[anewmanx]

hahahahahaha....there may not be much shared common knowledge among the diverse population here on the pharmacy board of Studentdoctor......but there are 2 things universally known by us all: 1) we have all been warned by BMBiology that our career is completely doomed and 2) we have all been warned by Jafx that paying for pharmacy school is the US is incredibly stupid (unless one can get a disabling disability while serving in the US military and get their schooling in TX for free)

Now now, in all fairness I've been very specific in stating that paying more than six figures in tuition is in my opinion incredibly stupid. It's not the action of going to school in the United States, it's taking out such large tuition... especially since you can move to a less expensive state for a year, qualify for in state tuition, then attend at a fraction of the cost if your current state has high tuition.

 

[oldstock]

My wife and I are starting Pharmacy school here in Costa Rica in four days. We just matriculated today, got our id cards, paid tuition, etc...

What a wild feeling; I haven't been to school in years.

GL and have great fun down there brother !!!! 😉

 

[Corytrade]

How old are you, if you don't mind me asking?..........Or rather, ¿Cuántos años tienes?

 

[anewmanx]

Ya yo tengo treinta y uno y en febrero tendré treinta y dos. ¿Por que se quiere saber?

 

[Corytrade]

Just because you said you were an "old guy." With all the previous jobs you said you have done, I was wondering how old you were.

 

[anewmanx]

Just because you said you were an "old guy." With all the previous jobs you said you have done, I was wondering how old you were.

Lived hard. I was a computer programmer from 16-21, focusing on Java and a myriad of scripting languages, database design, etc... then all the tech jobs dried up in my area (WA State) in 2002. Worked phone sales out of desperation. Got hired at a mortgage brokerage, now defunct because the owner was crooked, during the mortgage boom and worked freelance closing a few deals. Moved across the country and got a job as a bank teller. Had to quit because my son was born premature. Got lucky at an auction and bought two triplexes in an impoverished area for under 30k. Survived on that for four years while my son had surgery after surgery (he was 1lb 12oz,) ended up getting a job as a Correctional Officer after that. Worked in that state until my divorce, then relocated to Florida and worked as a Correctional Officer there. Decided if I was going to put my life at risk every day I should at least get good benefits if I got injured. Joined the Army. Got hurt, got hurt bad. Medically retired out at age 27.

Had a lot of hobbies in between all that, photography, electrical circuit design, pic microcontroller programming for embedded systems, building up turbocharged custom engines, gardening, wrote a 140,000 word novel one month because I had a story stuck in my head, edited it down to 120,000 words then stuck it in a drawer, became bilingual in Spanish.... I get bored easily. I have a painfully short attention span. Now I'm hoping to get an education and go back to work some day... I don't want to be an old cripple on the draw forever.

I consider myself kind of old at 31.

Random thought: I miss fishing.

 

[Corytrade]

Well, that is quite the resume. Hopefully this job/lifestyle works out for you. I worked quite a few jobs, then did the military myself. I was an aircraft mechanic, so I understand how hard labor can put some years on your body. That's why I did 4 and got out. Every guy that did 20 years in maintenance was bald by the time they retired.

Who hooked you up with the cool Army icon under your username? I want an AF one.

 

[anewmanx]

Well, that is quite the resume. Hopefully this job/lifestyle works out for you. I worked quite a few jobs, then did the military myself. I was an aircraft mechanic, so I understand how hard labor can put some years on your body. That's why I did 4 and got out. Every guy that did 20 years in maintenance was bald by the time they retired.

Who hooked you up with the cool Army icon under your username? I want an AF one.

Normally, I guess, you have to be on active duty and a medical officer to get the icon... or so it says when you click on it. I sent in a request for the military service upgrade with my a photo of my proof of retirement DD Form 2 ID card and let them know I was a lowly combat medic and not an officer. They were gracious to give me the upgrade anyway. Props to SDN.

 

[Corytrade]

Damn, enlisted always getting the **** end of the stick.

 

[anewmanx]

Well, you can always try with you DD214.

Personally I think it would be nice if they amended their policy to at least give the icon without the other benefits for those who served previously but aren't active duty.

 

[Corytrade]

Or make like a separate Veteran icon or something. No big deal. Just thought it looked cool. I am actually interested to find out how many veterans are in my Pharm Class. The higher up you can on the education chain, fewer of them are around.

 

[police28431]

My wife and I are starting Pharmacy school here in Costa Rica in four days. We just matriculated today, got our id cards, paid tuition, etc...

What a wild feeling; I haven't been to school in years.

I'm finishing my application to study over there, how are things going
did you hear a lot of rumors on if you can apply for a license in the states when your done

 

[anewmanx]

I'm finishing my application to study over there, how are things going
did you hear a lot of rumors on if you can apply for a license in the states when your done

The school is pretty nice. My lumbar spine injuries degraded and we immigrated back to the US so I could get free surgery through the VA.

I was doing well at Unibe but couldn't handle the pain anymore. I waited too long to get back surgery and now I've got pretty significant drop foot and require a cane most days.

The only classes that are real killers are those first two semesters of math. A lot of people were having to repeat them.