Observation 7



"A Day in the Life of a Pharm Student"




For my seventh observation, I spent a day with a Pharmaceutical grad student, here at Nova, who chooses to remain anonymous on a public internet blogging sight. She was into her third year and doing amazing. She maintains a 3.6 gpa, but I will never know how she does it. She is the busiest student I think I have every met. Not only is she in grad school, but she has a part time job at the local Ruby Tuesday's here in Davie, Florida. When she walked me through her typical day, I was fascinated. I did not know how it was possible for one person to complete all that she does in a single day.
When she fist wakes up, this Pharmacy student goes to the gym for about an hour and a half beginning at about 8 o'clock. Next she showers and gets ready for work. She only has about five minutes to eat, so she grabs a pop tart on the way out. She works for about 5 hours a day, then returns home to get ready for class. After about 3-4 back to back classes, she goes back to her room and begins studying. She studies for every subject a little bit every night. She suggested to me, that if I can find the time, studying a little bit every night will greatly increase my rate of learning the material. After she has studied for about 3 hours, she decides to have a quick bite to eat and then she goes to bed. The next day, she gets up, and does it all over again. This is her schedule for about 5 nights out of her week. She does get Sundays off, which she confessed she spends studying and eating junk food.
I greatly enjoyed this shadowing observation because I got to physically see what my future could very possibly look like in the next couple of years. It was very hectic, but looks manageable. I cannot wait to get started!