I’m sorry. This post will be my last social online activity for a while… at least until the end of the year.

Pharmacy schools. I have narrowed my list down to 10 pharmacy schools across the U.S., ranging from east to west coast. I’ll be applying to half of those during this summer. Or may be all, only if there’s enough money. I really want to get in next year. This will be my ultimate challenge. Most of the applicants will have their bachelor degrees when they apply. Since I’ll be applying without my bachelor, I have to work extra hard, especially for the summer courses that I’ll be taking, showing the admission committees that I am mature enough for the professional schools and I can handle their high level courses. 

And another thing… PCAT. Pharmacy College Admission Test. I will be taking the test on July 19. The registration for the exam was soooo expensive. It was around 200 bucks :( I’m not worried so much about Math, Chemistry, and Biology sections. I really hope I will score high enough so I don’t have to take it again. 

The PCAT score and my GPA will be the two big factors for me, at least for a person without any degrees. This is why I really have to get my act together. Having the pharmacy experience, both in the small chain and big hospital, under my belt, should make my application stand out from others.

I have come this far. I have worked so hard. I just need to push myself even further. I will never give up. The real challenge is on. 

Today was my first day volunteering. It was amazing in there. I’ve never thought I would have a chance to volunteer in the hospital pharmacy.

I first start out by volunteering at this clinic, Volunteers in Medicine of Southern Nevada (VMSN), which runs entirely by the volunteers. All the nurses, doctors, receptionists, and pharmacists. And there are a lot of medical/pharmacy students over there too! I’m so surprise by how many of them are there. Think about it, all of these doctors and pharmacists can make a lot of money (couple of hundreds) during those hours and yet they choose to do it for free. It’s just crazy. These people have all of my respects. 

So every Tuesday night, I work with this lady pharmacist. She’s so nice and kind and when she counsels the patients, she sounds so caring . And then one day, she told me if I want to volunteer at the hospital because I told her that I’ve been looking for a pharm tech job for weeks. And she wanted me to see the differences between the hospital pharmacy vs the retail pharmacy. Then she handed me her business card. When I looked at it, I was speechless. She never told me she’s the pharmacy director at Desert Springs Hospital. I got all happy and excited xD

So today was my first time roaming in the hospital, refilling the medications. It was crazy! I was so impressed with the pharmacy system in there. All of the pharmacists and pharm techs over there were so nice. They bought me a sandwich for lunch xD Before I left, one of the pharmacists said that she can teach me how to compound medicines and IV solution if I let her know ahead of time. I can’t wait to go back there again!

P.S. My mom said I look nice in yellow.