What other schools did you guys apply to? I'm really torn about what school I would like to attend. So what I'm really asking is: why did some of you choose Jefferson over other pharmacy programs? Thanks in advance!
I applied to 3 schools, Jefferson, Temple, and Maryland.
I got accepted at both Temple and Jefferson. Maryland didn't send invitations yet.
I chose Jefferson for the reasons below:
1) To be part of an honor roll univ. hospital. 17th best in the nation.
2) interdisciplinary education (i.e pharm, medical, nursing, PT, PA students will go on rotations together).
3) IPPE from the first semester.
4) smaller class size
5) center city, Philly (be close to other great schools such as U penn. Networking is key)
6) 100% pass rate
7) retention rate is higher than 95%. Its close to 99%, but I don't remember the exact details. They want to make sure you graduate.
8) A welcoming and friendly environment
9) The students that gave us the tour looked very happy.
10) do you really need a 10th reason? Ok, they gave us a Jefferson water bottle and will be sending a T-shirt soon...haha. Actually forget the 1st 9, #10 did it for me.