Personal Statement

Early in life I realized that one of the best feelings in the world is helping other people. Once I took a general chemistry class in high school and that I enjoyed the material, I knew that I wanted to combiner for a career the joy of helping others along with the vast opportunities science has to be able to help people every day. Pharmacy is that career. No matter what type of pharmacy career I get the privilege to have; clinical, retail, hospital, or even compound pharmacy every day will fulfill my goal of helping people become healthier and continue normal life.

I see the Doctor of Pharmacy degree as one that gives me the power not only to influence people’s lives but also their future as well. Responsibility has a large role to having the title of “doctor.” With great responsibility comes great reward, the reward being providing health to those who are sick with great knowledge of the human body and the reactions that medications will have for those who are stricken with all types of illness.

At this time I was contemplating if Pharmacy was the real route for me. When I arrived I felt like I was walking into my future. I watched as he looked over the prescriptions while the pharmacy technicians filled them out, giving me the chance to find the medications, count them and fill the bottles with the correct label. Even though it was work to the technicians I found some fun in their job. I enjoyed filling the prescriptions and overall being in the pharmacy. I walked away that day fully satisfied with my major and my future as a