Britney Luong
PharmD Candidate, Class of 2027
St. John's University
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I am fully vietnamese and have lived in New York my whole life. I went to elementary, middle, and high school in Long Island, and I am now attending St. John's University. I chose a career in pharmacy because my aunt was also a pharmacist and I thought it was interesting seeing how they worked with medicine. I always found it interesting that she always knew the most apropriate medications people needed based on their illness. Also, I wanted a career that was in the medical field and pharmacy was the least hands on. I hope to learn every day in order to graduate at a point where I am confident in helping others and saving lives as a pharmicist. I believe I can work and communicate well with others, building relationships to create a healthy "workspace". My goals include maintaining a gpa above 3.2, improve leadership and teamwork skils while also striving to have a positive outlook by staying excited about learning, even when times get rough. I can achieve these goals by studying harder everyday, trying to share my opinions more so I can guide others, and always keep my end goal of being a pharmacist in mind. Becoming a pharmacist is important to me because since I was young I knew this was the career path I would like to take. I want to be one to help those who are ill and also be someone my family and patients can come to for assistance in regards to medicine. I am someone who is always interested in learning new things , intelligent, honest, patient, and has good communication skills.
Get a job as a pharmacy technician by the end of 2022
Get a job as a pharmacy technician manager
Maintain my 3.4 average or exceed the average
Do more volunteer work for the community
Graduate St. John's University with a PharmD degree
Get a job as a pharmacist in a hospital setting
Pay off any loans or college debts.
Get married at 25
Have my first child at 28
Move to Texas and open my own private pharmacy, mainly for the Viet community
Buy my parents a home where they want to settle
College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Expected May 2027
Pharmacy (Six-year Pharm.D) Major
Pharm D Candidate, 2027
Graduated June 2021
High School Diploma
I learned about the economic principles including micro and macro economics that enhanced my understanding of the theory underlying pharmacoeconomics analysis. I was also taught how to use this information to improove the allocation of limited healthcare.
PHS 2101- PUBLIC HEALTH FOR THE PHARM D
We were able to identify the structure of public health infrastructure within the U.S. and a pharmacists role in the public health system.
THE 3300- MORAL THEOLOGY OF HEALTH CARE
Moral decision making processes were taught to us, relating to professions seen through the prism of Catholic theological teaching and social justice principles.
PHS 2201- BIOPHARMACEUTICAL CHEMISTRY
We have reached the intermediate levels of biochemistry and we learned about that in addition to metabolism, major molecules, and polymers.
PHS 3504- APPL HUMAN ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY
I learned about the anatomy of the human body and mechanisms including many organs and different functions.
PHS 2301- BIOMEDICAL LABORATORY
Applying what was taught in biochemistry lecture, we did many experiments in order to visually see it and further understand the concepts
I was taught the basic principles of biology and learn to apply them
scientific problems
PHI 2240C- CORE:MORAL LIFE-ETH HLTH CARE
I learned different moral concepts and principles and how it could
be used in decision making to ensure myself that I'm being morally
correct.
PHI 3000C- CORE: METAPHYSICS
We were educated on the philosophical discipline of Aristotle, Ancient Greek philosophy, modern philosophy, and answers to fundamental questions about God's presence.
CHE 1130- INTRO TO GEN & ORG CHEM III
We got deeper into the basic concepts of organic chemistry and went more in depth with more complex structures. In addition to lecture, I also took CHE 1131L and 1132R. With lab, we were able to perform our own experiments to visually see how organic reactions took place. As for recitation, this helped me further understand the materials I was taught in lecture.
- MTH 1260C -Core: Calc Appl-Pharm&Allied
We're learning topics such as derivatives, unit circles, limits, and problems that require the usage of those things.
- DNY 1000C 541 -DNY:Environmental-Human CHGN
I got to learn the histoy of many areas of new york, why some buildings were so significant, and the working conditions of women and children. I was aable to go on trips to see thes buildings and important locations myself.
- FYW 1000C 510 -FYW: Composing Across Genres
I was taught to write in a more well-formatted matter and process my thoughts more while writing.
- RCT 1005C -Interpersonal Communication for Pharmacy
As groups, we're give scenarios and would learn how to deal with them and communicate to each other in the best way possible.
- CHE 1120 -Intro Gen & Organic Chemistry II
The things that we are learning right now adds on to what we learned last semester.
- CPP 1101 -Intro to Pharmacy Practice
I learned a lot more about the PharmD program and what to expect in the upcoming years. They also talk about the proper skills and manners of a pharmacist.
- CHE 1121L -Intro-Gen & Org Chem II Lab
Experiments are performed to gie us a visual of what we are learning during our lectures.
- CHE 1122R -Intro-Gen & Org Chem II Rec
Once again, this was is also kind of of like an extra study class for me because we go over the basics but the more complex version of it and the professor does a very good job explaining each topic.
- THE 1000C 167 -Core: Pers. On Christianity
In this class we learned the basics of the religion and we were able to research further into certain topics to write our research paper. Mine was about baptism and it's importance. We had another project where we compared buddhism and catholicism
- ENG 1100C 111 -Core: Literature in Global Context
In this class the main thing we did was analyze readings and break the ideas up so we get a deep understanding of what the reader wanted to say.
- PHI 1000C 184 -Core: Philosophy Human Person
We learned to look at the world and the people around us with different perspectivs and realize sometimes there are no right or wrong answers.
- MTH 1250C -Core: Stat App-Phar/Allied HLTH
We learned the basics of statistics such as using probability or many different types of problems.
- PHR 1000- Intro Seminar For Pharmacy STU
I got a brief overview of what the next 5 years would look like and how this pharmD program consists of. I learned what courses we have ahead of us and proper behaviors as a pharmacy student.
- CHE 1111L- Intro to Gen & Org Chem Lab
Experiments followed the topics that I learned in lectures so this gave me a visual on how the processes would happen.
- CHE 1110- Into to Gen & Org Chemistry
I learned the basics of general chemistry which was kind of a refresher from AP chemistry.
- CHE 1112R- Intro to Gen & Che Recitation
Recitation was an extra study session for me. We did practice problems before every quiz together as a class and any questions that I had were answered and explained thoroughly.
I have never actually had a job but I "worked" at our family owned nail salon as a receptionist to help out. The nail salon's name is Asian Nails and is located in Shirley, NY. There, I picked up phone calls, made/adjusted appointments, answered questions, sold gift cards and was in charge of payments sometimes.
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Sponsoring Organization: St. John's University
Year received: 2021
Description: The recipient must maintain a cumulative GPA at the end of each academic year and maintain a satisfactory academic progress in order to retain the scholarship.
Sponsoring Organization: St. John's University
Year received:2021
Description: This scholarship is open to full-time entering freshman attending St. John's University
During my freshman year of high school, I was a time keeper for parent teacher conferences and it gave me community service hours. I don't remember the exact date or hours but it was for a day and I would say for approx. 3-4 hours. I made sure that each meeting was timed correctly and sending the next appointment in when the teacher was ready. I gained better communication skills from my experience.
During my sophomore year of high school, I was selected along with another student to participate in the Long Island Business Teacher's Association competition for fashion marketing, representing my high school. Students from different schools came and we all had to take an exam. Although I placed fourth, I still believe that it was a big accomplishment because when I went to the award ceromony to receive my plaque, I was able to represent my school and my teacher. I got to be apart of the top 5 amongst all of the competitors, which made me very proud of myself.
What surprised me about my strengths was that it accurately describes who I am as a person. I always try to take things above and beyond, above average, to get the best results possible. Hence why maximizer is a strength of mine. My relator strength comes from my will to always support and help everyone and positivity comes from always trying to have a positive attitude doing what I do, even during hard times. My futuristic strength is a result of always looking ahead and planning things out. My ideation strength comes from always being excited about new ideas and wanting to discover more. I plan on utilizing my strengths to help me accomplish my goals by working diligently with a positive mindset everyday and figuring out how to do things to the best of my abilities.
Being a pharmacist means to always be willing to give help and provide to patients in the best way possible regarding medicine and health. I chose pharmacy because I want to be able to help and provide to everyone especially Vietnamese patients who aren't able to speak english so well. I chose St. John's University because I knew they had a PharmD program and heard about how much help can be given to students and that the program was one of the best in the state.
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