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Did any of you apply to waterloo too?
Did any of you apply to waterloo too?
I did too! The thread for it is here: Waterloo University Pharmacy applicants Class of 2023Did any of you apply to waterloo too?
How screwed am i?
PCAT:
Bio: 90
Chem: 86
Quan: 94
Critical: 18 lol
Comp: 80
Hi everyone! Class of 2T2 here. Congrats to those who received an invitation for the MMI. If you have any questions on how to prepare, feel free to ask away.
Hey, although I can not share with you the exact questions they asked, as we had to sign a consent form regarding not disclosing the specific questions, there are lots of resources online that align with the kinds of questions you should expect. I highly recommend youtubing "Course Grinder" and going through all of those videos. The videos describe in detail how your thinking process should be for each scenario. Also, BeMo Training (you can find it on google) is also a great resource to check out!Hey! What kind of questions were you asked during the MMI? I just started to prepare and feeling quite nervous <:
The minimum for Critical is 20. you may have to re-do the PCAT because of that. Other than that, your other scores are great. But at UofT, if you dont meet the cut off for atleast 1 of the sections, you are required to re-do the pcat.How screwed am i?
PCAT:
Bio: 90
Chem: 86
Quan: 94
Critical: 18 lol
Comp: 80
Hey, although I can not share with you the exact questions they asked, as we had to sign a consent form regarding not disclosing the specific questions, there are lots of resources online that align with the kinds of questions you should expect. I highly recommend youtubing "Course Grinder" and going through all of those videos. The videos describe in detail how your thinking process should be for each scenario. Also, BeMo Training (you can find it on google) is also a great resource to check out!
Ford government cutting healthcare funding should be no surprise. This is hitting pharmacy hard and I suggest all of you to seriously reconsider choosing pharmacy as a profession.
TLDR?
Meds check are being taken away (huge source of income) and pharmacies are getting billed 10cents every time they bill ODB (gonna cost most pharmacies 1000-9000 a month in revenue).
So TLDR, your salary is gonna drop big times after these funding cuts.
Did you miss the part about the expanding scope for RPh's in the next year? Here are some articles incase you're interested: Ontario to give pharmacists ability to prescribe medication for common ailments
Ontario pharmacists applaud the government's commitment to allow patients to receive more healthcare services directly from their pharmacists
TORONTO, April 11, 2019 /CNW/ - The Ontario Pharmacists Association (OPA) applauds the provincial government on its commitment in today's budget to allow...www.newswire.caEDITORIAL: Thumbs up to expanded health-care role for pharmacists
The Ontario government’s plan to allow pharmacists to diagnose and treat a variety of minor medical conditions makes sense.torontosun.com
It's not all doom and gloom and I can tell you as a first year UW pharmacy student, there are far more positive outlooks than negative in terms of the future. Over-saturation is casting a shadow on several health care professions not just pharmacy in particular. Yes, IPG's dominate the profession here in ON, and it is EXTREMELY frustrating especially when you compare the standard of education to that of a CAN grad. However with the recent implementation of the PharmD in North America and the necessities of additional training/qualifications that will come with the expanding scope of practice in the next year, the demand for a CAN grad will surpass that of a less expensive and less qualified IPG.
Why don't you let people decide for themselves? Yes it's true the GTA is saturated, however, I know MANY recent grads who have had no difficulties finding jobs outside. The majority of 4th year Rx's at UW have jobs lined up for them following graduation. My class was also made aware of the number of applicants to UW over the last 5 years and I can promise you the competition is still high and following an upward trend with the number of applicants/year similar to other HCP programs like optom.
Stop bringing so much negativity to a forum where people come to find support and guidance. Most of those here have spent hundreds of dollars on applications and are well aware of the job market situation. You clearly have some sort of resentment towards the profession as you've continuously felt the need to state your "opinion" over and over, ie. telling others to do something else. Is turning people away from the profession really that important to you? State your opinion once and leave it at that my dude. There are far better things in life to commit this much concern towards. I can't stress enough how important it is to look up these facts from reliable sources.
For some people, this is all they want to to do regardless of the ****ty prospects of landing a job in the GTA. For me, working as a pharmacist far beats working in a lab somewhere for minimum wage with just my BSc.
Did you miss the part about the expanding scope for RPh's in the next year? Here are some articles incase you're interested: Ontario to give pharmacists ability to prescribe medication for common ailments
Ontario pharmacists applaud the government's commitment to allow patients to receive more healthcare services directly from their pharmacists
TORONTO, April 11, 2019 /CNW/ - The Ontario Pharmacists Association (OPA) applauds the provincial government on its commitment in today's budget to allow...www.newswire.caEDITORIAL: Thumbs up to expanded health-care role for pharmacists
The Ontario government’s plan to allow pharmacists to diagnose and treat a variety of minor medical conditions makes sense.torontosun.com
It's not all doom and gloom and I can tell you as a first year UW pharmacy student, there are far more positive outlooks than negative in terms of the future. Over-saturation is casting a shadow on several health care professions not just pharmacy in particular. Yes, IPG's dominate the profession here in ON, and it is EXTREMELY frustrating especially when you compare the standard of education to that of a CAN grad. However with the recent implementation of the PharmD in North America and the necessities of additional training/qualifications that will come with the expanding scope of practice in the next year, the demand for a CAN grad will surpass that of a less expensive and less qualified IPG.
Why don't you let people decide for themselves? Yes it's true the GTA is saturated, however, I know MANY recent grads who have had no difficulties finding jobs outside. The majority of 4th year Rx's at UW have jobs lined up for them following graduation. My class was also made aware of the number of applicants to UW over the last 5 years and I can promise you the competition is still high and following an upward trend with the number of applicants/year similar to other HCP programs like optom.
Stop bringing so much negativity to a forum where people come to find support and guidance. Most of those here have spent hundreds of dollars on applications and are well aware of the job market situation. You clearly have some sort of resentment towards the profession as you've continuously felt the need to state your "opinion" over and over, ie. telling others to do something else. Is turning people away from the profession really that important to you? State your opinion once and leave it at that my dude. There are far better things in life to commit this much concern towards. I can't stress enough how important it is to look up these facts from reliable sources.
For some people, this is all they want to to do regardless of the ****ty prospects of landing a job in the GTA. For me, working as a pharmacist far beats working in a lab somewhere for minimum wage with just my BSc.
Hey guys, I made a Facebook group! Let me know your email/full name so I can add you!
Hi there!Hi!
For those of you that got accepted, would u mind posting ur stats for future applicants?
I got in, but I'm choosing Waterloo over U of T
I got in, but I'm choosing Waterloo over U of T
Hi!
For those of you that got accepted, would u mind posting ur stats for future applicants?
Hi!
For those of you that got accepted, would u mind posting ur stats for future applicants?
Don't know if any current pharmacy students are still looking at this forum thread, but would it be detrimental to exempt PHM146? I did take an equivalent course some time ago, but I see from the course syllabus it goes in depth into the specific agonists/antagonists. I also see it's written as a prereq for some 2nd year courses as well, would I be missing out on important concepts if I don't take it?
3rd year UofT pharmacy student here, just wanted to share some thoughts that I wish I'd known before starting pharmacy.
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