My name is Conor Irvine. I am 21 and I am currently doing pharmaceutical healthcare in DIT Cathal Bruagh street. As far as I can remember I have always had an interest in science as a whole. This became truly evident in secondary school when I decided to chose the three available science subjects chemistry, biology and physics for the leaving cert. As I progressed through secondary school I realised that the scientific material became more detailed but my interest was still present throughout the whole leaving cert. From the three subjects my favourite one was chemistry I was impressed with how chemicals interacted with each other and there various real world applications. I realised that one of chemistries various applications was in the pharmaceutical sector, this sparked a specific interest in pharmaceuticals, I was amazed by the extent that pharmaceuticals has shaped the world from curing various medical conditions to improving general quality of life. It was from here that I decided I wanted to do a pharmaceutical related college course after secondary school. I applied for a total of 6 pharmaceutical courses along with 3 chemistry courses and a food science course as backup. After the leaving cert my points only permitted me to do a level 6 food science an management course in DIT Cathal Bruagh street. This course lasted 2 years an after the first year I had made my decision to advance into a level 8 course when it was finished. I completed the food science and management course with a merit upper division which was a competent enough grade to advance into the second year of my current course pharmaceutical healthcare. I am now in fourth year of the pharmaceutical healthcare course and with some careful thought I have decided I would like to continue academically doing research and further courses. this decision arose from a combination or work placement and college lectures on the topic of research.
Keep up the good work Conor. The diversity in courses in your education will make you different to other students. Use that to your advantage. Christine
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