Personal Statement Of A Pharmacy

I’ve always looked up to Pharmacists in my local community when I was a kid. As a person growing up in California, our local hospital was an hour drive away and people relied on Pharmacists for basic medical inquiries more than they do with doctors. As a premature baby, my immune system had been always weak as a child, and whenever I catch a cold or have a minor fever, my parents took me to Dr. Lin, a local pharmacist who has been in the neighborhood for almost nine years. Dr. Lin would hand me sweets while assuring my concerned parents that I will be alright, and teach me about personal hygiene and how to prevent minor illness. To me, the impression of a Pharmacist is like a family member: not as serious as doctors in hospitals but as respected by people around town. That impression heightened my interest in pharmacy. I started to read the labels on drug bottles and learn to take medicine by the correct dosage. The curiosity and respect shaped my determination to pursue pharmacy as my future career.

I tried my best to prepare myself for the challenging courses pharmacy school requires. I studied hard and took advance chemistry classes in high school in order to get into one of the best and most competitive pre-professional college program. After getting admitted, I am more certain that this is the path I should follow. Although a lot of times it can be challenging, I enjoyed the lectures about how different interactions between chemicals and our body can affect our daily lives, and how medicine have advanced along with chemistry and biology. Because of my determination to be admitted into the college of Pharmacy, I challenged myself by volunteering for officer positions in cultural clubs, applying for leadership positions and e...

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...g through those corridors, helping people get back to their feet made me more determined toward getting admit to the Pharm.D. Program.

Getting admitted to the Pharm. D. program is the first big step toward my dream. The opportunities it provides is beyond my belief. The program fully emphasizes the assessment process and is molded by different electives in order to fit each student’s interest. Not only it will prepare me to obtain a license to practice, it will also shape who I will be in the future. I want to treat people and give them the same feeling of family warmth Dr. Lin gave me during my childhood, and even to become someone who can change the current pharmacy issue in Taiwan. I sincerely hope that someday in the future, I can tell my children: I fulfilled my dream and chose a career I’m truly interested in, and I improved nation with my pharmacy profession.