My Personal And Professional Experiences For A Career In Pharmacy

My interest in pharmacy has developed from both personal and professional experiences over a long time. I can still remember my favorite toy that was to change my life. It is a chemistry toy set from my parents, consisting plastic balls and sticks mimicking different atoms and bonds. Even though I played it as a construction set at first, I found it so interesting and took it with me every day when I started my chemistry class. My subsequent interest was from the organic compounds I learned in high school. They are so fascinating to me that I wrote their chemical structures and physical properties on a deck of cards and created a chemistry card game. These began to galvanize my desire to pursue a career in pharmacy. In addition, my desire to alleviate the suffering of people through healthcare compels me to seek a profession where my work can be successfully achieved on a broader range. As such, through my academics, research, professional and volunteer experiences I have been able to identify and develop the skills necessary to achieve my goal of being a successful aspiring pharmacist.

Before I could fully commit to studying the sciences and more specifically pharmacy, I wanted to get valuable hands-on experience. During my fourth year in college, I participated in clinical rotations in a famous hospital in Beijing, China, where I had the opportunity to interact with staff pharmacists, enabling me

It was a turning point that keeps me moving forward towards my career goal in pharmacy. In fact, my academics, research, professional and volunteer experiences have collectively helped shed light on the attributes most important to a pharmacist, being analytical, personable, compassionate, and dedicated to the profession. It has been my goal to improve these attributes through further education and I am fully committed and determined to do so as a pharmacy student and aspiring