Abu Nasir
Doctor of Pharmacy Student Class of 2028 St. John's University
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Failure is only the opportunity to begin again. Only this time, more wisely.
- Uncle Iroh
- Uncle Iroh
My BioUpdated: 03-27-23
Goals (Personal & Professional)Updated: 03-27-23
I intend to stay as a pharmacy student with St. Johns for the next 6 years of my life. As I am a student, I also will try to set myself as an intern in a hospital. I am currently working in a CVS Pharmacy where I am a technician and plan on keeping that career until I am eligible to be an intern. I intend on focusing in school and trying to keep my grades as high as possible. I do not have any personal goals until I become an intern at the most. That is my only goal as of now.
Set goals from years (5-10)
As a current pharmacy student, I am also a current jiu jitsu student training in Royal Jiu Jitsu under Mateus Lutes. It is honestly difficult to go 5 days a week and have school work to study for and accomplish. I do seem to manage and have a dream to become a purple belt by the time I am a pharmacist. The estimated time to become a black belt will be about 12 years. In this decade, my main plan is to become a brown belt by the time I am at the end of the decade and plan on getting married after I become a pharmasict.
Long Term Goal Years (10-15)
As a long term goal, I want to open a few community pharmacies of my own hoping to open them with a partner and friend I make from this program. I want to have my own nice big home with my wife and want to be become a black belt in jiu jitsu. Getting a black belt, I want to compete in mainstream competitions hoping to win so that I can open my own gym one day under my name.
Educational BackgroundUpdated: 03-27-23
(PharmD Candidate) 2022-2028
College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Pharmacy (Six Year Pharm. D Major)
Pharm D Candidate - 2028
Khalil Gibran International Academy - Brooklyn, NY
2018 - 2022
Graduated June 2022 (High School Diploma)
Awarded Chemistry achievement award
IB courses taken
Courses TakenUpdated: 02-23-24
BIO 2000:
Cellular and Molecular Biology
This course gave a foundation and basic understanding of biology.
CHE 1130:
Introduction to General and Organic Chemistry III
The chemistry course was on mastering our organic chemistry.
CHE 1131L:
Introduction to General and Organic Chemistry III Lab
The lab consisted of us perfecting our distillation techniques.
CHE 1132R:
Introduction to General and Organic Chemistry III Recitation
This course allowed us to practice for our organic chemistry.
PAS 2301:
Social Aspects of Pharmacy
We were able to apply the concepts of real life pharmacy situations in this course.
PHI 2240:
Bioethics and Healthcare
This course consisted on learning about different morals in Pharmacy care.
PHI3000:
Metaphysics
This course helped me understand about how life is developed through a different lens.
THE 2205:
Jesus in Christian Faith
Learning about another religion allowed me open my mind to how other people view my religion.
Spring 2023
CHE 1120:
Introduction to General and Organic Chemistry II
This course mainly focuses on Organic Chemistry and we are required to understand molecular structures.
CHE 1121L:
Introduction to General and Organic Chemistry II Lab
In Organic lab, we are introduced to organic material such as an apparatus and we are introduced to new chemicals.
CHE 1122R:
Introduction to General and Organic Chemistry II Recitation
In recitation, we are required to watch a video every week and are required to complete a series of questions.
RCT 1995:
Interpersonal Communications for Pharmacy
This course shows us the importance in using proper communication towards our future patients.
THE 1000C:
Theology
The Theology course focuses on the teachings of Christianity
ENG 1100C:
English (Global Literature)
In this English course, we are learning about the different angels in our world.
CPP 1101:
Introduction to Pharmacy Practice
The Pharmacy practice course focuses on the teachings of medical terminology. We are required to present a service project as well.
Fall 2022
CHE 1110:
Introduction to General Chemistry and Organic Chemistry
In this class, I was able to review everything I learned in high school as well as some new things. There was some organic chemistry done.
CHE 111L:
Introduction to General and Organic Chemistry Lab
This class consisted of performing a series of labs successfully and learning the proper procedures and etiquettes in a lab including its safety.
CHE 1112R:
Introduction to General and Organic Chemistry Recitation
Chemistry recitation was a review of everything we had learned in lecture and was a way to refresh our memory.
FYW 1000C:
First Year Writing
This English class was very unique. In this class, we had to create our own 10 page book where we were able to freely express ourselves. Every class consisted of peer editing improving all of our writing skills.
PHI 1000C:
Philosophy of the soul
In this philosophy class we learned about the old age Athens with their famous philosopher Plato. The class consisted on talking about ones soul and where it goes. It brings in the different ideas of love concerning our world desires.
MTH 1250C:
Statistics Course
This statistics course was a very brief introduction to statistics and was relatively easy. We were able to go over all of the topics and tables needed to be learned in Stats.
DNY 1000C:
Discover New York (Immigration)
Discover New York was a very interesting class. My specific topic was about immigration and all the small details about it. Alongside our professor, we were all able to talk about our ideas on immigration and how the entire process works whether someone comes into the country illegally or legally.
PHR 1000:
Intro to Pharmacy Seminar
In pharmacy seminar, we were introduced to the world of pharmacy and what we will be seeing in the future with our classes as well as our interning future.
Employment HistoryUpdated: 03-27-23
June 2022 - Current
Lead Pharmacy technician in training
- Assist in pulling medication and properly dispensing it in timely manner.
- Scan medication to be verified by pharmasict
- Take phone calls and create prescriptions from written scripts handed to me.
Wireless Center Plus - Maspeth Queens, NY
March 2020 - May 2022
Phone repair technician and sales rep
- Sold phone plans and Mobile devices to customers
- Repaired Mobile devices in various ways
Honor SocietiesUpdated: 03-27-23
Sponsor: Khalil Gibran International Academy
Year of Induction: September 9, 2021
Must pass classes with a 90 GPA or above.
Honors & AwardsUpdated: 03-27-23
Sponsoring Organization: KGIA
Date received - June 15, 2022
Awarded a medal in chemistry for showing excellence in subject.
Achievement Award
Sponsoring Organization: Office of The New York State Comptroller
Date received - June 15, 2022
Chancellor's Honor Roll Award
Sponsoring Organization: Department of Education of the City of New York
Date received - June 15, 2022
Scholastic Excellence Grant
Sponsoring Organization: St. John's University
Date received - February 18, 2022
Volunteer, Community & Civic ActivityUpdated: 03-27-23
Sponsor: Al-Aman : June 2020 - May 2021 (30 hours)
- Assisted in organizing programs for youth to be educated in Islam
- Find speakers for monthly events and food sponsors
- Helped keep Mosque clean after every program
-I have learned that it is morally good to keep my religion alive and teach it to younger children
COPCP (City Line Ozone Park Patrol)
Sponsor: Fahima Jahan : November 2020 - December 2020 (40 hours)
- Handed out food to people in need
- Cleaned areas that were vandalized
- This has showed me that giving back to the community means a lot to people.
Other AccomplishmentsUpdated: 03-27-23
I recently started jiu jitsu and it has been a large part of my life. Last semester was very stressful and I did not have any other outdoor activities. I came straight home College and did not have anything to do. I would just do my homework and sit myself. During the semester, I did not have much friends and therefore did not have much to do. I considered joining a jiu jitsu gym my brother since he has been going for a while and said he enjoys it. After joining the gym, I have been disciplined to go every morning at 6 am. It was been a mental and physical turn around for me. I was able to make good friends and find a life outside of school. After getting my first win in the match, I was so happy to see my progress and see how far I have come. This is such a big accomplishment to see because of the pain and hard work I have been putting into the daily training. It shows that anything can be done if hard work is put into it.
Reflective JournalUpdated: 03-27-23
Medicine has always run in my family whether it were a pharmacist or a doctor. It was never in the front of my mind however. I did not consider myself ending up here as a pharmacy student until just 2 months before applying to St. John's University. A lot has changed since then. I feel that I have become stronger and wiser mentally. After getting accepted into St. Johns, I really wanted to confirm if I wanted to pursue pharmacy as a life long career. I later left my old job and was hired at a CVS as a pharmacy technician. Working here, I was really able to understand the meaning of a pharmasict and how they help out the community in which medications is good for their health and consulting with them. I was new and did not know much. Working for two months, I was able to see that I wanted to pursue pharmacy. Seeing a happy customer after receiving their medications and seeing how the pharmasict consults with the patient, it seemed very interesting to me. St. John's was a top school for a pharmacy program and was close enough to me so that I did not have to dorm. I did regret any of my choices so far and I am happy for what I have accomplished.
My 5 Strengths
1. Strategic
2. Includer
3. Activator
4. Discipline
5. Relator
As a strategist, I am given the role of being talented in the way of finding creative alternative patterns to proceed. I am able to quickly see an issue and resolve it. Being given a strength such as includer, I am known to be accepting of others. I show awareness in who feels left out. As an activator, I like things to often happen quickly and I do not like waiting too long. Given the discipline strength, I am punctual to where I go and have a structure for everything. For my last strength, I am a relator in which I enjoy making close relationships with people, and enjoy working hard alongside with my partners. After reading all of these strengths over, I was not too surprised as it seemed like these fit me as my type of personality. Overall, I was happy to read these strengths and I completely agree with them as they will follow me throughout my career as a pharmacist. I was not surprised to see these strengths. they all seem like traits that suit me and I have been using them like hidden super powers that are finally unlocking. I wanna use these 5 strengths to excel in the program and make lifelong friends. I have a dream to have my own large businesses one day.
My Bio
Although I would consider myself an open-minded person, I never would’ve been able to guess that I would end up at St. John’s University as a pharmacy student. I have always seen myself in different fields, such as engineering and architecture but never expected pharmacy. Pharmacy was never displayed as a mainstream career in my childhood, and frankly I didn’t even realize it was an option as a profession.. Nevertheless, pursuing pharmacy has opened a vast sea of knowledge to me and allows me to directly make a beneficial impact in society while exploring topics of interest for me. It has been one of the greatest and biggest life changing decisions for me.Pursuing pharmacy academically has led me to change jobs to become a pharmacy technician. All the tasks in my workplace, including consulting and filling prescriptions, feel so much more meaningful than my past workplace and continue to motivate me academically as well. Pharmacy has changed me as a person, teaching me the care and compassion that comes with taking care of one another and how important it is to be able to be able to help people in times of need. Health is non-negotiably one of the most important aspects of our life and it is necessary to preserve and nurture it. Even in my free time, I enjoy learning about the history of pharmacy and the world of apothecaries and how far we’ve come and how far we will continue to advance throughout my lifetime in this career.
Goals (Personal and Professional)
Set Goals from 1-5 (6 years)I intend to stay as a pharmacy student with St. Johns for the next 6 years of my life. As I am a student, I also will try to set myself as an intern in a hospital. I am currently working in a CVS Pharmacy where I am a technician and plan on keeping that career until I am eligible to be an intern. I intend on focusing in school and trying to keep my grades as high as possible. I do not have any personal goals until I become an intern at the most. That is my only goal as of now.
Set goals from years (5-10)
As a current pharmacy student, I am also a current jiu jitsu student training in Royal Jiu Jitsu under Mateus Lutes. It is honestly difficult to go 5 days a week and have school work to study for and accomplish. I do seem to manage and have a dream to become a purple belt by the time I am a pharmacist. The estimated time to become a black belt will be about 12 years. In this decade, my main plan is to become a brown belt by the time I am at the end of the decade and plan on getting married after I become a pharmasict.
Long Term Goal Years (10-15)
As a long term goal, I want to open a few community pharmacies of my own hoping to open them with a partner and friend I make from this program. I want to have my own nice big home with my wife and want to be become a black belt in jiu jitsu. Getting a black belt, I want to compete in mainstream competitions hoping to win so that I can open my own gym one day under my name.
Educational Background
St. John's University - Queens, NY (PharmD Candidate) 2022-2028
College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Pharmacy (Six Year Pharm. D Major)
Pharm D Candidate - 2028
Khalil Gibran International Academy - Brooklyn, NY
2018 - 2022
Graduated June 2022 (High School Diploma)
Awarded Chemistry achievement award
IB courses taken
Courses Taken
Fall 2023BIO 2000:
Cellular and Molecular Biology
This course gave a foundation and basic understanding of biology.
CHE 1130:
Introduction to General and Organic Chemistry III
The chemistry course was on mastering our organic chemistry.
CHE 1131L:
Introduction to General and Organic Chemistry III Lab
The lab consisted of us perfecting our distillation techniques.
CHE 1132R:
Introduction to General and Organic Chemistry III Recitation
This course allowed us to practice for our organic chemistry.
PAS 2301:
Social Aspects of Pharmacy
We were able to apply the concepts of real life pharmacy situations in this course.
PHI 2240:
Bioethics and Healthcare
This course consisted on learning about different morals in Pharmacy care.
PHI3000:
Metaphysics
This course helped me understand about how life is developed through a different lens.
THE 2205:
Jesus in Christian Faith
Learning about another religion allowed me open my mind to how other people view my religion.
Spring 2023
CHE 1120:
Introduction to General and Organic Chemistry II
This course mainly focuses on Organic Chemistry and we are required to understand molecular structures.
CHE 1121L:
Introduction to General and Organic Chemistry II Lab
In Organic lab, we are introduced to organic material such as an apparatus and we are introduced to new chemicals.
CHE 1122R:
Introduction to General and Organic Chemistry II Recitation
In recitation, we are required to watch a video every week and are required to complete a series of questions.
RCT 1995:
Interpersonal Communications for Pharmacy
This course shows us the importance in using proper communication towards our future patients.
THE 1000C:
Theology
The Theology course focuses on the teachings of Christianity
ENG 1100C:
English (Global Literature)
In this English course, we are learning about the different angels in our world.
CPP 1101:
Introduction to Pharmacy Practice
The Pharmacy practice course focuses on the teachings of medical terminology. We are required to present a service project as well.
Fall 2022
CHE 1110:
Introduction to General Chemistry and Organic Chemistry
In this class, I was able to review everything I learned in high school as well as some new things. There was some organic chemistry done.
CHE 111L:
Introduction to General and Organic Chemistry Lab
This class consisted of performing a series of labs successfully and learning the proper procedures and etiquettes in a lab including its safety.
CHE 1112R:
Introduction to General and Organic Chemistry Recitation
Chemistry recitation was a review of everything we had learned in lecture and was a way to refresh our memory.
FYW 1000C:
First Year Writing
This English class was very unique. In this class, we had to create our own 10 page book where we were able to freely express ourselves. Every class consisted of peer editing improving all of our writing skills.
PHI 1000C:
Philosophy of the soul
In this philosophy class we learned about the old age Athens with their famous philosopher Plato. The class consisted on talking about ones soul and where it goes. It brings in the different ideas of love concerning our world desires.
MTH 1250C:
Statistics Course
This statistics course was a very brief introduction to statistics and was relatively easy. We were able to go over all of the topics and tables needed to be learned in Stats.
DNY 1000C:
Discover New York (Immigration)
Discover New York was a very interesting class. My specific topic was about immigration and all the small details about it. Alongside our professor, we were all able to talk about our ideas on immigration and how the entire process works whether someone comes into the country illegally or legally.
PHR 1000:
Intro to Pharmacy Seminar
In pharmacy seminar, we were introduced to the world of pharmacy and what we will be seeing in the future with our classes as well as our interning future.
Employment History
CVS Pharmacy - Garden City, NY June 2022 - Current
Lead Pharmacy technician in training
- Assist in pulling medication and properly dispensing it in timely manner.
- Scan medication to be verified by pharmasict
- Take phone calls and create prescriptions from written scripts handed to me.
Wireless Center Plus - Maspeth Queens, NY
March 2020 - May 2022
Phone repair technician and sales rep
- Sold phone plans and Mobile devices to customers
- Repaired Mobile devices in various ways
Honor
IB Honor SocietySponsor: Khalil Gibran International Academy
Year of Induction: September 9, 2021
Must pass classes with a 90 GPA or above.
Honors and Awards
Chemist's AwardSponsoring Organization: KGIA
Date received - June 15, 2022
Awarded a medal in chemistry for showing excellence in subject.
Achievement Award
Sponsoring Organization: Office of The New York State Comptroller
Date received - June 15, 2022
Chancellor's Honor Roll Award
Sponsoring Organization: Department of Education of the City of New York
Date received - June 15, 2022
Scholastic Excellence Grant
Sponsoring Organization: St. John's University
Date received - February 18, 2022
Volunteering
Muslim Youth (AKT) - Brooklyn, NYSponsor: Al-Aman : June 2020 - May 2021 (30 hours)
- Assisted in organizing programs for youth to be educated in Islam
- Find speakers for monthly events and food sponsors
- Helped keep Mosque clean after every program
-I have learned that it is morally good to keep my religion alive and teach it to younger children
COPCP (City Line Ozone Park Patrol)
Sponsor: Fahima Jahan : November 2020 - December 2020 (40 hours)
- Handed out food to people in need
- Cleaned areas that were vandalized
- This has showed me that giving back to the community means a lot to people.
Accomplishments
Jiu Jitsu Win I recently started jiu jitsu and it has been a large part of my life. Last semester was very stressful and I did not have any other outdoor activities. I came straight home College and did not have anything to do. I would just do my homework and sit myself. During the semester, I did not have much friends and therefore did not have much to do. I considered joining a jiu jitsu gym my brother since he has been going for a while and said he enjoys it. After joining the gym, I have been disciplined to go every morning at 6 am. It was been a mental and physical turn around for me. I was able to make good friends and find a life outside of school. After getting my first win in the match, I was so happy to see my progress and see how far I have come. This is such a big accomplishment to see because of the pain and hard work I have been putting into the daily training. It shows that anything can be done if hard work is put into it.
Reflective Journal
First Year Pharmacy Reflection Medicine has always run in my family whether it were a pharmacist or a doctor. It was never in the front of my mind however. I did not consider myself ending up here as a pharmacy student until just 2 months before applying to St. John's University. A lot has changed since then. I feel that I have become stronger and wiser mentally. After getting accepted into St. Johns, I really wanted to confirm if I wanted to pursue pharmacy as a life long career. I later left my old job and was hired at a CVS as a pharmacy technician. Working here, I was really able to understand the meaning of a pharmasict and how they help out the community in which medications is good for their health and consulting with them. I was new and did not know much. Working for two months, I was able to see that I wanted to pursue pharmacy. Seeing a happy customer after receiving their medications and seeing how the pharmasict consults with the patient, it seemed very interesting to me. St. John's was a top school for a pharmacy program and was close enough to me so that I did not have to dorm. I did regret any of my choices so far and I am happy for what I have accomplished.
My 5 Strengths
1. Strategic
2. Includer
3. Activator
4. Discipline
5. Relator
As a strategist, I am given the role of being talented in the way of finding creative alternative patterns to proceed. I am able to quickly see an issue and resolve it. Being given a strength such as includer, I am known to be accepting of others. I show awareness in who feels left out. As an activator, I like things to often happen quickly and I do not like waiting too long. Given the discipline strength, I am punctual to where I go and have a structure for everything. For my last strength, I am a relator in which I enjoy making close relationships with people, and enjoy working hard alongside with my partners. After reading all of these strengths over, I was not too surprised as it seemed like these fit me as my type of personality. Overall, I was happy to read these strengths and I completely agree with them as they will follow me throughout my career as a pharmacist. I was not surprised to see these strengths. they all seem like traits that suit me and I have been using them like hidden super powers that are finally unlocking. I wanna use these 5 strengths to excel in the program and make lifelong friends. I have a dream to have my own large businesses one day.
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