Pharmacy Application Essay

Personal Essay for Pharmacy Application

My interest in becoming a pharmacist has been cultivated a more backwards way than most. As I finished high school, I was sure that engineering was the right direction for me. I decided to go to Montana Tech for mechanical engineering and attended for just over two and a half years. Unfortunately, at that point I began to realize that my idea of engineering and the real world’s version were quite different. Also, at the same time, a family member, my mother, began dealing with some major health complications from a surgery that she had done and it was taking a great toll on me and my family. These two components led to my choice to return home where I could lend support and be there for my family. Once I was home, my family and I had to quickly become familiar with a variety of different medications and I learned quickly about the realities and difficulties of a community pharmacy. Even though times were difficult, I was able to find a job where I learned many life and professional lessons. I believe …show more content…
It seems that pharmacists are slowly taking on a greater role within our health care system and I see that as a chance for a new generation of pharmacists, including myself, to put our own stamp on the type healthcare this country needs for the future. Pharmacy is one of a few professions that allows someone the opportunity to achieve many of the hopes and dreams that people of my generation have: being of service to their fellow man, somehow making a difference in the world, simply just making this world a better place for our own children. Being a pharmacist also has all of the tangible things that I want in a profession. It provides great financial stability and job availability no matter where in this world I’d want to go and it is one of the few professions that people still do for a lifetime and often work in well after