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Hey guys. I’m in need of some guidance. I graduated a year ago with a B.S in chemistry and the obvious intent of going to pharmacy school. However, the first year and a half of college was awful academically. I made C’s and D’s in all of my major classes. I had no idea how to study and only passed on memorization. Nevertheless, I began to pick myself up and my grades improved. Not to all A standards, but B and occasional C standards. I also took all of the classes I made D’s in over for better grades.
After all of this, I graduated with only about a 2.7 cGPA. I decided to take and retake more classes at a local community college to satisfy most of pre- reqs, where I again made A’s and B’s. My cGPA now is at about 3.1 and I =m planning to take two more classes. BIO, and Econ. At this time I have two C’s on my transcript for major classes
Other than academics, I have been employed at two pharmaceutical companies as well as a pharmacy. My volunteer hours have been minimal but I’m trying to increase that. I have also taken the PCAT once and I was absolutely horrible!!!!!!!
For my application process, I intend to focus on my determination, and how I “picked myself up” from D’s to A’s and B’s. It’s obvious to see from my transcript the turning point in my academic career. Also, my senior year of college, I was in a horrible car accident that left me unable to walk(temporarily) , and prevented me from going to school. However, I decided that it was not going to prevent me from graduating. I can back to school during midterm week in a wheel chair and successfully complete my year with A’s and B’s for final grades.
I know my STATS are far from the best. But I was hoping to shoot for fairly new private school at least.
I just wanted to get a feel for where I fit into the pharmacy plan right now. What do you all think of my portfolio thus far? What are my chances? What other things should I focus on? Any helpful hints for PCAT studying (my biggest hurdle). Anything would be helpful to me at this point.
After all of this, I graduated with only about a 2.7 cGPA. I decided to take and retake more classes at a local community college to satisfy most of pre- reqs, where I again made A’s and B’s. My cGPA now is at about 3.1 and I =m planning to take two more classes. BIO, and Econ. At this time I have two C’s on my transcript for major classes
Other than academics, I have been employed at two pharmaceutical companies as well as a pharmacy. My volunteer hours have been minimal but I’m trying to increase that. I have also taken the PCAT once and I was absolutely horrible!!!!!!!
For my application process, I intend to focus on my determination, and how I “picked myself up” from D’s to A’s and B’s. It’s obvious to see from my transcript the turning point in my academic career. Also, my senior year of college, I was in a horrible car accident that left me unable to walk(temporarily) , and prevented me from going to school. However, I decided that it was not going to prevent me from graduating. I can back to school during midterm week in a wheel chair and successfully complete my year with A’s and B’s for final grades.
I know my STATS are far from the best. But I was hoping to shoot for fairly new private school at least.
I just wanted to get a feel for where I fit into the pharmacy plan right now. What do you all think of my portfolio thus far? What are my chances? What other things should I focus on? Any helpful hints for PCAT studying (my biggest hurdle). Anything would be helpful to me at this point.