Pharmacy Student Journey

25|Hispanic|Future Pharmacist Hoping to help others with their pharmacy journey while sharing mine.💕

[pharmlyfe2021]

Hi everyone! I’ve been on a little “hiatus” from my page but I’m back! And wow does time fly! Only 4 more months until I graduate with my PharmD 😩😩

[pharmlyfe2021]

Hello everyone! It was brought to my attention this website for free pharmacy studies/notes. Take a look at it if you get a chance! Very helpful :)

Notes and advice for pre-registration Pharmacists. Pharmacy careers. PathwaytoPharmacy.

[pharmlyfe2021]

How’s everyone doing during this quarantine life?? Never in my life I thought I would live through something like this. It really feels like a scene out of a movie! Hope everyone is staying safe! I’m blessed to still be working during this pandemic but also exhausted at the workload now 😪

[pharmlyfe2021]

You on other social medias?

Just on here for pharmacy related things :)

[pharmlyfe2021]

Anyone have any tips on being faster and more efficient in SOAPing up patients? Feel like my wording is always off or I’m too slow 🙃

[pharmlyfe2021]

You know school is taking over when you start dreaming about guidelines 😂 specifically statin guidelines 😩

[pharmlyfe2021]

I’m back everyone!! Got locked out of my account for the longest time but I’m finally back! How’s everyone’s work or school going? 😊 I’m starting the final months of didactic courses of my PY3 year (I can’t even believe it). It’s going to be rough 😭

[pharmlyfe2021]

Hi! I just came across your blog and was wondering if I could ask you a few questions about pharmacy school please? If you’re not comfortable that’s ok too :)

Send me a message :) I’m completely happy to answer any questions!

[pharmlyfe2021]

Relationships!

Hey everyone 👋🏼. Starting off my 3rd week of my PY3 and wow is it a whole different mood than PY2 year. I feel like I can breathe but at the same time I have more anxiety because of what’s expected of me 😩. Anyway, I want to talk about... relationships! I just recently got out of one and I want to hear your opinion! What do you think about dating or relationships in pharmacy school? Good idea or bad? Can you juggle work, school, and a significant other? Let me know 👇🏼

[pharmlyfe2021]

Hello from Peru!! What’s your favorite animal everyone? 💕

[pharmlyfe2021]

Hello!

I’ve been MIA with work and went out of the country for a mission trip recently! How’s everyone’s summer going?

[pharmlyfe2021]

Working as an intern

Recently got a job at the three letter chain and I’m struggling y’all 😩 anyone have some advice ?

[pharmlyfe2021]

Hey I was just wondering what is the average age of students that study pharmacy in your uni and in your country?? Do you mostly have Students coming directly from school, or are some „older“ people also common? What is the average age for graduation? thank you so much for running this amazing blog <3

Hello! 👋🏼

So the average age of students at my pharmacy school is about 25 years old and that’s pretty common I would say in the U.S. (don’t quote me on that though) I would say probably 1/4 of us actually go to pharmacy straight from undergrad (that was me!) but majority are actually 2-3 years out of undergrad OR come from working as a technician. So yes “older” people are definitely the majority at my school! Average age for graduation I would say is 29 since 25 is when most start :). Thank you for the support!! 💕💕

[pharmlyfe2021]

Hello!I’m a Hispanic high schooler and to have found your account makes me very happy and I wish you the best for your studies!In addition,I hope that you could help me out.I’m an undecided student but hope to study anything involving science and math.Pharmacy is in my top ten list but I’m not sure whether or not it’s for me. Do you mind guiding me a bit as to how to figure out if it’s for me?I’d also like your help in knowing what to study as a high schooler to prepare me for pharmacy.Thanks!

Oh thank you! 💕 means a lot! 😊 Well science and Math is definitely used a lot in pharmacy. So I would definitely recommend seeing if you can shadow a pharmacist or volunteer at a hospital. That will definitely give you a glimpse of what pharmacy is like! Also, if you really become set on pharmacy, be a pharmacy technician while in undergrad. It helps tremendously and I wish I had done that before going to pharmacy school. If you can’t shadow, ask to interview a pharmacist during their lunch and they’ll give you insight as well! As for studying, make sure you focus on those math and science courses! They will help you in undergrad studies and pharmacy. A lot of pharmacy calculations are based on algebra so build those strong foundations now :) I hope this helped and you see this! 😊 Hispanics are a minority in this field (many people think I’m becoming a tech not a pharmacist 😕). We need more Hispanic representation 😅 message me privately if you have anymore questions and anyone else who may have questions as well!

[pharmlyfe2021]

Vaccines

Okay, I’ve been wanting to discuss this for awhile. My fellow pharmacy students and any pharmacists or other healthcare professionals, how do you discuss this topic? I’ve had numerous times where people tell me it’s all lies and terrible chemicals. How do you talk to friends, relatives, or anyone about this topic?

[pharmlyfe2021]

Journal clubs

I’m back... again. So who else really dislikes doing journal club ROOTs? 🙋🏻‍♀️ I’m struggling with being interested in drug info.

[pharmlyfe2021]

Good old Cardio studying.