One thing I realized during B.Pharm is that just because you are studying a subject doesn’t mean you’ll automatically love it.
For me, Medicinal Chemistry became one of the hardest parts of college mentally. Not because I was failing, honestly, I still manage to get great scores using memory tricks and last-minute survival methods, but because deep inside, I’m simply not interested in that side of the field.
I’ve realized I’m not someone who enjoys memorizing hundreds of drug structures, mechanisms, reactions, and information down to every tiny detail. And sometimes that makes me feel disconnected in a course where many people expect you to naturally love all of it.
What frustrates me more is that I personally feel practical knowledge, communication, adaptability, digital skills, and real-world exposure matter just as much, sometimes even more for surviving in an actual job. But college doesn’t care about these mandatory skills required for actually making students Job-ready.
They only make students feel like their entire capability depends on how much they can memorize for exams.
At this point, I’m not trying to be perfect at everything anymore. I’m just trying to survive college, understand myself better, and slowly move toward the areas I’m genuinely interested in.
What’s one subject that you are not interested but only surviving it throughout the semester?
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