Becoming A Pharmacist: Personal Statement

When I first graduated from high school, I had difficulty deciding what I wanted to go on to study and I did not know what I wanted to do with the rest of my life. As an international student, I had spent all four years of high school trying to understand what was going on around me and striving to survive the new environment, culture, and language. When I got into college, all I knew was that I was interested in the medical field, but I could not decide what kind of job I wanted to have until I started shadowing and volunteering at hospitals and in my local community. When I first started volunteering at a hospital, I was so fascinated by the number of professionals working there and by how many jobs were available in the healthcare field. Most of all, it felt great to be helping people, taking …show more content…
Over the years, I have learned a lot about the hospital environment, doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals. I understand their individual roles and how they work together and this will certainly benefit me when I become a pharmacist. Moreover, because I have experience working in a laboratory, I know how to use diverse instruments, how to run different specimens, and how to interpret the results. These are the very basics of science. Already possessing these skills and this knowledge will give me an advantage when I study pharmacy, especially when it comes to laboratory work. As a medical technologist, I often go to patients’ rooms to collect bone marrow biopsy specimens, and I am very happy to help doctors and patients with making a diagnosis, processing patients’ specimens and returning quality results. As a pharmacist, I would feel good knowing that I would be even better equipped to help patients. Based on my personal background and experience working in a hospital setting, I am confident that I would be successful in pharmacy