Interview, Check; Spring Break!

All of my nerves can calm down because my interview for Pharmacy school is done! Complete! Over! I can breathe a breath of relaxation. Overall, the interview wasn't so bad, but the fifteen minutes that led up to the interview was so terrible. My palms were sweaty, my heart was racing. But once the interview started and I got the meet the person that interviewed me. Thank goodness she was a really happy, cool person so that settled my nerves a bit. She asked me to tell her about myself. I really didn't know what to say so I started listing stuff about me that seems rather bland. Eventually, she would start asking me questions. The first one was: Tell me about a time when you have to make a decision between two good things. I told her about my college decision when I had to pick between two colleges, one for its length and distance, the other for friendship and the prestige of the school (and the beaches). I thought I gave a pretty good answer. Then she asked what I thought were must-have qualities of a pharmacist. Patience and work well with coworkers is what I said and I gave examples in my experience that help me form that answer. The second person that interviewed me was a faculty member (a professor that would be teaching me if I get into pharmacy school). His situation question was a bit more difficult since he asked me to tell of a certain time when I had a problem and how did I deal with it, what did I do, and what did I learn from it. I had to struggle a bit to remember all my moments to see which problem I had. But I eventually remembered one when I did my sister's homework. -__- Compromising of morals right there. But after all the formalities, I asked the faculty member a few questions to get to know more about the pharmacy school. And yikes. Talk about putting it out there: Hard. Difficult. Fast. Must be on top of EVERYTHING. I'm so excited for pharmacy school and so afraid at the same time. It makes me so bipolar. I need some alcohol in me...x.x
Now that that is over, I only need one more thing to secure my place in pharmacy school. Getting a good grade in Ochem. Oh, that class just kills me inside...and outside. But hey, that's what Spring Break is for...studying. I could've sworn when I was in high school, the idea of college Spring Break conjures up images of beaches, nightlife, fun, friends. Now, it's just sitting at home trying to cram everything that you need to learn by the end of break and to make up for stuff you haven't done. But hey, no complaints. Break is break and break means sleeping in until noon. And eating homecooked meals.


Crossing Tip #14: When shaking hands for interviews (or for anything) make sure it's firm and confident, but don't try to cut off the other person's blood circulation. A firm handshake tells that you are confident and ready.