Pharmacist Personal Statement

Before my family migrated to America from Vietnam when I was twelve, we were living in a society where health was not an everyday issue or concern. Vietnam was a society where the poor had low access to health care, thus creating an indifference toward their health that resulted in many deaths from diseases. The Vietnamese economy went through a depression during the war, making medical instruments rare and expensive, and ultimately resulted in a gradual decline in health education. My desire to be pharmacist arose when I learned that these diseases were treatable, curable, and preventable with proper care and services from trained personnel.
Throughout middle school, I had an opportunity to assist an organization from America at an orphanage. An American pharmacist inspired me by developing a deep interest in their work and the effects it had on his patients. I was fascinated how a tiny substance such as a drug has profound effects on the human body and its physiological processes. The differences between the patients' attitude, health, and mentality before and after receiving the medicine made me realize the great need for medicine. I decided to be part of this profession to influence the …show more content…
In junior high, however, my dreams seemed to dissipate due to poor grammar and low academic performance. By the end of my third year in school, though, I reinvigorated and reminded myself of my purpose and strove to be among the best students. As I proceeded to college, I became knowledgeable in science classes. During those classes, I became enthusiastic about learning how the body and its structures function together. I then found it profusely interesting how pharmacists can manipulate those functions to create drugs as a countermeasure to diseases. Aside from my passion in the sciences, I also have an inclination to help