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Their mission statement says the same crap as every other school. And if there's so many schools in California then why do Cali students invade the east coast.
I started at 42 an hour in a metro area 5 years ago... With shift differential I made significantly more but that offer is nothing new.
Not sure if your area, but ours also wasn't starting new grads at 60/hr
In 2009 the hospital positions I was finding for new grads were only offering $44-46/hr. I am in the Miami area and I don't feel like much has changed. I do hear my director commenting that she gets around 30 applications for each position. However, 75% of those applicants aren't qualified and are never called for an interview. the job crunch is real but i think it's creating a competitive environment that will ultimately help the profession.
Their mission statement says the same crap as every other school. And if there's so many schools in California then why do Cali students invade the east coast.
If you've ever been to the West Coast you would know why students from California go to East Coast schools. The demographics change from east to west. The west is more populated by Asians due to its proximity to Asia. If you go even further west to Hawaii you might think you were in Asia (second language there is Japanese) Education is very important in this culture and competition is fierce. There was a Time magazine article a couple years back written about how stiff the competition is there to get into medschools.Their mission statement says the same crap as every other school. And if there's so many schools in California then why do Cali students invade the east coast.
1) The denier: refuses to acknowledge the saturation of the job market even when presented with information
2) The hothead: gets angry when questioned about their decisions (i.e. for taking out too much loans, going into pharmacy for the wrong reasons, etc.) or hearing what they do not want to hear.
3) The rationalist/bargainer: acknowledges increased competition in the field but rationalizes decision to go to pharmacy school based on signs of hope (niche jobs, Obamacare, baby boomers retiring, etc.) that may be faulty
4) The attached: chooses pharmacy not because of genuine interest but out of refusal to consider other professions. Sticks to pharmacy due to fear of the unknown. May suffer from the sunk cost fallacy from completing prerequisites, taking the PCAT, obtaining letters of recommendation, etc. May be considered a form of Stockholm Syndrome.
5) The hotshot: recognizes the saturation but believes they are immune because they will beat out the competition by getting A’s, working 30+ hours a week, networking, etc.
6) The realist: one who understands the full situation of the profession but still has a genuine passion for it. Usually has at least a few years of pharmacy or similar experience. Flexible with geographical location and work environment, including in chain retail and/or in the middle of nowhere.
Anything else that I missed?
7) The desperate: usually has a chemistry or biology degree and has been out of a school a few years working a dead end job. Realizes they aren't getting any younger and they aren't ready to give up on their dreams of an upper middle class income. Alternatively they can be a tech who has been working in pharmacy for a long time and due to easier admission standards they can now wear the white coat.
8) The boat jumper: leapers from the Titanic hours before the inevitable crash with the iceberg. Dependent on the point of view: person may be labeled as a coward, a brave soul or a level-headed being. Come along in different forms: pre-pharm, P1/2. P3s and P4s not recommended to consider this move due to the given investment in resources and should efficiently play their given hand.
9) the 2.6er: he screwed up as an undergrad. He didn't know what he is going to do with his life until he read an article on Yahoo telling him pharmacy is a good field. Suddenly he had found his passion in life and he tells people he had always wanted to become a pharmacist after watching a pharmacist shake his amoxicillin suspension as a child. With his transcript and 2.6 GPA he applied to multiple schools. The majority rejected him but a few new schools accepted him. He realized it is going to cost him 300 k but he doesn't care because he will be making "bank" as a pharmacist (per Yahoo article). He figures he just has to work hard but since he didn't have a good foundation during undergrad, he struggled and didn't have the time to work as an intern and to network. He graduated from pharmacy school and since he doesn't have much work experience, no one would hire him. He then realized he is back to where he started 4 years ago but the difference is that he has a 300 k student loan.
Hi,
I passed my Naplex.
What state currently has the most jobs? I am willing to relocate anywhere as long as its safe.
I want retail or hospital staff. >100K as I have massive loans.
Thanks
Says who student. (sticks tongue out)
QUOTE="RxStudentatUB, post: 16991118, member: 642924"]Beggars can't be choosers!
You prefer hanging out with dudes all day?the profession wasnt that bad but things went down as soon as women started flooding it
coincidence? i dont think so
the profession wasnt that bad but things went down as soon as women started flooding it
coincidence? i dont think so
the profession wasnt that bad but things went down as soon as women started flooding it
coincidence? i dont think so
You prefer hanging out with dudes all day?
Nice! Where did you find a job? I had no offers as well and having a very difficult time as wellIt was really hard to get a job this year. Especially when you have no offers like me, found one finally.
You just need to hold out. I left it to the fates. I do have 5 year experience though. Pharmacy isnt doable, every day someone hates their cvs job and will quit.Nice! Where did you find a job? I had no offers as well and having a very difficult time as well
12,000 Jobs available in the whole U.S compared to something like Computer Science 180,000 Jobs available imagine if I continued to go to pharmacy school how many jobs will be available in four years?? Also, be on the lookout for 60k pharmacist salary, huge surplus of pharmacist!!!
I have a 81 Pcat 98 chem 95 bio 92 math and 3.5 gpa and switching careers just something to think about it was never in my personal interest anyways and I doubt its any of yours!
Lolalso denied admission. enough trolling
I live in a large southern city that has two pharmacy schools. I don't know of anyone that has had trouble landing a job by the time they graduated. I work in a 400 bed hospital that is expanding to 600 over the next few years and they have mostly hired former interns (no residency).
I can confirm this is possible. I made $45 an hour at my first pharmacist job. I quit after two weeks for more money.$42 an hour maybe as a graduate intern, but no way can that be licensed pharmacist pay. If it is, someone is stupid to accept that kind of offer.
anavar--I had to look this one up, I had never heard of this before, or actually seen it in a pharmacy. Are you in the US?
At any rate, I think encouraging people to take a CIII drug to "enhance productivity" is probably against TOS.
I have significant concerns about my ability to repay my pharmD debt. I will be graduating in May 2019 with a debt of $185,000 USD. Assuming I am able to find a retail pharmacy job (projected 20% pharmacist unemployment in 2020 [REF: Between 2012 and 2025:The pharmacist supply is projected to grow by 35 percent. The demand for pharmacists is projected to grow by 16 percent.]so i still think i have good odds at getting a job) in the highest paying part of NYC (probably a poverty stricken part of the Bronx that gets robbed often) at 110k a year (after taxes roughly 72k a year) after food/living expenses 35k a year towards the debt. 185k will balloon to roughly 220k in three years so
220k/35k = It should take me six years to repay the loan assuming steady work.
Are my calculations accurate and realistic?
You will not be able to pay off your $220k loans in 6 years. You will need to pay around $45k/year toward your loans if you want to pay them off within 6 years.
and it's going to get a lot worse because the FED just started raising interests rates? when the prime rate goes up all the other loan interest rates will rise proportionately?Compound interest is a bi*ch with 6.8% federal and 7.9% for grad plus for 100k+ loans.
honestly, find a healthy hobby to avoid the happy happy joy joy massage parlor. You will save immense money in this regard, and your calculations of repaying yoru debt will be more realistic. Also, you don't need car insurance. Just my 2 cents.
and it's going to get a lot worse because the FED just started raising interests rates? when the prime rate goes up all the other loan interest rates will rise proportionately?
and it's going to get a lot worse because the FED just started raising interests rates? when the prime rate goes up all the other loan interest rates will rise proportionately?
I had a completely unavoidable collision with a fawn that cost slightly more than $2,000 so not having car insurance is terrible advice.
http://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/pharmacists.htm
Did anyone pay attention to the new BLS stats? Pharmacist job outlook from 2014 - 2024 is 3%!!! around 9000 jobs
Currently we're pumping out more grads than that each YEAR
Just a couple years ago it was 16%. What happened? Did they finally catch on?
Everyone better hold on to your job tight.
The same trend will be seen in other facets of health care. The pharmacists are a little more volatile...yes, but as a whole the government wants to ensure that there are plenty of "warm bodies available" to help, instead of having a bunch of sick ill people, which, is a financial burden on society. Saturation of all health professions, is a premonition affecting all facets of health care.
Someone mentioned a statistic about the current unemployment (it wasn't me) which seemed to balance things out now, or at least help.
If we were to take this particular report as gospel, then yes I'd say it's doom and gloom, but the BLS publishes every 2 years, and if we were to take the average of both surveys, it would still be higher than the average, which is 7%.
The truth of the matter, is until 2016, we will not accurately know what the future will hold.