This is a letter of recommendation that I have written for a student who is now a pharmacist. Specific details are changed. I have guided six students to successful admissions to pharmacy schools. Six out of six is a respectable result. The following letter should be used as a tool and not as is.
Dear Admission Committee for University of PharmD,
It is indeed my pleasure to write this letter in support of Amber Leon application to your Pharmacy Program. I have known Ms. Leon for the past one and a half years. I have directly observed and supervised her work at USPharmD Pharmacy.
My impression of Amber is outstanding. She has shown a real eagerness to learn. She has a sincere concern and affinity for the patients. Amber has also demonstrated appropriate maturity and a strong sense of responsibility. In addition, she is likable and easy to work with.
Amber is a bright, competent, and conscientious person who always maintains the highest degree of professional integrity and demeanor. Amber is greatly committed to all that she takes on, she is highly dependable, and extremely dedicated in the work she does. While working with Amber, I found her sincerity, sense of humor, and listening skills delightful.
Amber has an exceptional learning ability. I am an adjunct clinical professor at PharmD School of Pharmacy and manage PharmD Pharmacy, but I have never encountered such an outstanding person. For example, I personally demonstrated how to process/type a prescription once and she was able to process/type other prescriptions without any question or help. She is a truly intelligent young lady.
I strongly recommend this impressive young woman for admission into your pharmacy school. I am confident that her ongoing interests in the field of pharmacy coupled with her personal attributes will make her highly capable of becoming a successful and competent pharmacist. I am sure you will find her a valued member of the Pharmacy program and a pleasure to work with.
If you require any additional information, please fell free to contact me at the this address.
Sincerely yours,
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If you were invited to pharmacy school interviews, you should believe that you could convince interviewers that they are your "role model" and that you want to become them. Simply put it, the truth, in English, "Brown Nose". But the fact is that you do want to become them and you would be an addition to school, not only because you are intelligent, but you are dedicated to pharmacy field and your unique attributes are definitely wanted and needed. Overall, the interview assesses the applicant's communication skills, confidence, and maturity, commitment to the field of pharmacy, motivation, character and ability to interact with others. Prior to school interview, study about the school of your interview to indicate that you have researched about the school and that particular school is number one choice, regardless your subjective opinion, or why go to interview. There is no question that interview is a stressful event of admission process for applicants. You should glow at the interview by talking about your volunteer experience at local community clinic helping the needy. Your experience at pharmacy given to certain aspect of your possible pharmacist career choice. Most interviewers ask the infamous question, "why pharmacy?" Be prepare to answer that because you wanted to be a pharmacist since you are five years old. I will write more scenarios or typical questions asked by pharmacy school admissions.]]>
Why did I become a pharmacist? The idea of becoming pharmacist did not occur to me as an adolescent. I started undergraduate school with intention of becoming a dentist, although my interest and hobby was computers. After few years as college student, the idea of becoming a dentist did not appealed to me. I graduated from University of California, Irvine with B.S. in Biological Science with B+ average without much future prospects. While searching for future career option, I took a job in pharmaceutical manufacturing company that specialized in intravenous solutions. Within a year of the job, I realized that I needed to advance myself by education. I decided to attend business school and did not study more than 10 minutes for GMAT score a little above average, however I was accepted to 2 MBA schools. After finishing a year of business of school, however, my interest changed to pharmacy because of money and naturally concurred with my undergraduate degree and current position in pharmaceutical industry. The determining factor was in starting salary of pharmacist. After a little research (those days without internet), I found out that California had 3 pharmacy schools: UCSF, USC, UOP. USC was my school of choice but I lacked few course requirements. In order to meet usc pharmacy school prerequisites, I went to city college to take speech class and upper level English (at university I took upper division writing as pass/no pass). I have already completed other two schools' prerequisites. UCSF did not extend a invite for interview, UOP application was on hold due to letter of recommendation issue, but USC offered me an interview. I always felt confident about interview because I will sell me (but not too cheap). Additionally, I had a strong foundation of pharmacy by working at pharmaceutical manufacturing company in manufacturing quality process control. I was interviewed by a professor and a student. I also felt confident about the essay school wanted to me compose about some topic. I received a letter of acceptance in march. Hello USC Trojans!]]>