So you’re a student in St. John’s University’s College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. You know that your six-year journey may not be easy, but that it’s ultimately very rewarding—and you definitely know the following 20 ups and downs better than anyone else. Keep reading for 20 things you only understand if you’re a pharmacy major at SJU!
AKA the Health Education Resource Center (because it’s free), Dunkin’ Donuts (because every class that isn’t lab is in the same building), and Starbucks (because you will stand on that long line as a means of procrastination. You also use the excuse #treatyoself).
You study in H.E.R.C. All of your homework is done in H.E.R.C. You live in H.E.R.C. Where’s the library again?
Every time you step inside, you flash back to every single organic chemistry exam you’ve ever taken and (cried over).
“You have finals already?” – Everyone in every other major. In September.
You’re a student here for six years, desperately clutching onto your academic scholarship by your third.
You have a lab report to finish, two quizzes and a midterm to study for, and a rotation site to report to for several hours, yet you’re still positive that you might be able to get a full eight hours of sleep. Maybe in another world.
*Raises hand* “Will there be a curve?”
You technically can’t choose your classes and you won’t know who your professors are until pretty much the first week of the semester. You’re guaranteed at least one class at 7:30 in the morning, and it’s nearly impossible to make changes to the schedule you’re given. Stay strong, though.
Since, you know, almost everyone in pharmacy works at CVS, Walgreens, or Rite Aid. But then again, you’re all trying to get a day off to study at the same time. One of the biggest struggles of a pharmacy major at SJU.
All of your extra-major friends graduate when you become a super senior. And then a super-super senior.
You’re basically in the program from the start, given that you maintain the GPA and professional GPA requirements. Take that, every other pharmacy school in the area.
You almost passed out in the middle of your first rat dissection, and now you have no problem with eating your lunch while studying the incredibly detailed photographs of their insides in your lab manual.
Dr. Shepherd is devastated because he lost a patient and you’re devastated because you just found out that you have two exams in the same day. #relatable
And much more. Your brain is a warehouse for this field of knowledge. You low-key feel accomplished from this alone. Plus, you save cash by purchasing CVS-brand loratadine in place of Claritin.
You applied to work at the hospital that’s 5 minutes away from your house, but you already know you’re going to be assigned to the site that’s on the other side of the world.
No PowerPoint? No problem. When you and all of your friends are typing notes on the same shared document, you’re guaranteed not to miss out on important information no matter how quickly your professor goes through the lecture. #squadgoals
You refresh the page at least ten times daily when you just know that your grades will be posted. May the odds be ever in your favor.
As a pharmacy major at SJU, never in your life do you want to hear the term “cyclohexane” again.
Your third year being your first professional year is motivation enough to keep you going when classes begin to get tougher. The White Coat Ceremony is essentially “graduation day #1” and when your name is called and your coat is put on you, you feel a sense of accomplishment and determination to fulfill your goals as a pharmacy student—but you’re also itching to fast-forward through the next four years and graduate for real, already!
All of the hard work and sleepless nights as a pharmacy major at SJU will pay off on graduation day, when you receive your Pharm.D. You’ll finally see yourself making a difference in healthcare and medicine—making the world a better place, one patient at a time (after you pass the NAPLEX exam, of course).
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