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PharmD, PhD, ADHD 🤷♀️
“I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.”
-Albert Einstein
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Businesses spend a lot of money on sleek logos, fancy lobby furniture, and crafting the perfect mission statement to tell you who they are. I’m sure those things are important, but as someone with a tiny bladder, I’ve had extensive exposure to the different bathrooms of America. I’ve become a bit of a connoisseur of…
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In Part 1, we looked at individual factors like school age and ranking to see how they correlated with NAPLEX pass rates. The scatter plots gave us a good “vibe check,” but they left us with a major question: Which of these factors are actually driving the results, and which are just along for the…
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Historically, admission into pharmacy school was more selective and most students could feel confident in passing the NAPLEX no matter where they enrolled. However, the landscape has shifted. We’ve seen a rapid expansion in the number of pharmacy programs set against a sharp decline in the applicant pool. From the 2022-2023 application cycle, PharmCAS reported…
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The last time I regularly posted here, I was a pharmacy student just trying to survive the next exam. At the time, this blog was a way to process the stress of school and find some semblance of balance. If you’ve been away for a while (like I have), a lot has happened. I didn’t…
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Being a 5’10 female, I often get asked if I ever played basketball. I always want to be one to shatter stereotypes, but it is true. When I was younger, I really got into basketball. I mean REALLY. Living in Illinois at the time, I got to grow up watching and idolizing Michael Jordan. Like…
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Whatever it is you do. I know that in some fields it’s easier to do than others. It’s easy for me to see that if I make a mistake in a pharmacy, the consequences could be detrimental, and even life-threatening. And that’s what will always keep me on my toes. But for some, say the…
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If there’s one thing I wish they had stricter criteria on for pharmacy applicants, it’s pharmacy experience. Most people in my class do have some to an extent, but it always amazes me when a classmate tells me they haven’t even so much as shadowed a pharmacist before pharmacy school. Usually they have amazing grades,…
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Social media has revolutionized how we interact in many ways, but one of the biggest might be how much we constantly know each others’ business. I’m not complaining, as it’s something I’ve come to accept. When I share things on my Facebook, they are generally things directed to a certain group of people, but I…
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You know who they are. They’re why your two-hour road trip feels like eight. They’re why you don’t watch sports with certain friends. They’re the buzzkills of life. They’re everywhere, and the world of pharmacy isn’t immune to them. But here’s the thing… the ones in pharmacy are the ones who have the least to…
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Ok, so I finally got enough breathing room in the middle of all these exams to write a quick post about Warrior Dash. It. Was. Awesome! I don’t think I’ll be able to do a “normal” 5K now. It’ll just be too boring. No mud? No fire? Nobody wearing a viking hat or painted like…
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