I recently interviewed at this school.
Pros
-Very CHEAP school. Heath insurance is 3x the normal pharmacy school rate (rare)and mandatory (uncommon) but the tuition is only ~26k Excellent value IMO
-Nice workout area located a 20 minute walk from the school.
-3 year school means one less year of rent, tuition, food ect and 1 additional year of getting paid as a pharmacist
-low cost of living
-free lunch during the interview process (uncommon for pharmacy interviews)
-Stuck to the schedule and were punctual
Cons
-Erie is an economically depressed city
-The weather is terrible due to lake effect snow
-The school is shared with DO students. The DO students take priority as evidenced by the fish sculpture on the 2nd floor. One side of the fish is decorated by the pharmD students the other is painted by the DO students. The DO side of the fish is always facing outward and the pharmacy side is closely against the wall and covered in dust. Parking is also given to the DO students. They do this by scheduling the DO classes earlier than the pharmacy classes so the DO students get the parking they want.
-The interviews type done is poorly organized and done in group interview fashion. Compared to Roosevelt's intelligent multi-mini interviews with 7 thought provoking stations, Neomeds 2 on 1 20 minute interview or Rosalind and Franklin's 30 minute 1 on 1 or even Saint Joseph's personal one hour, 2 faculty on one student, LECOM's interview is best described as a sloppy 30 minute rushed interview full of generic questions that would not challenge even an ungulate.
-They try to sell you on D.O. > M.D. even though it has virtually nothing to do with the PharmD degree they are providing. This was not something I encountered at all at R and F which has an allopathic medicine (MD) program. This speaks volumes. The faculty defensively argues that a D.O. degree is equivalent to a M.D. with a 20 minute speech on it to their pharmD candidates. (completely unnecessary and embarrassing)
-Men must wear a shirt and tie everyday of class. Huge pain in the butt. I'm here to learn, not attend a fashion show.
-Excessively advocating greed. This was the only pharmacy school I interviewed at where the presenter went on a tangent about how much money a pharmacist could make, going as far to brang one of their students started off making 130k+