Hawaii Dental school

The problem is that if the school remains unaccredited, you are out your time and money.

The Hawaii College of Pharmacy (HICP) opened prior to applying for accreditation, misrepresented the status of its application for accreditation on several occasions, and when it finally turned in its application for accreditation in January, ACPE (the Accreditation Counsel for Pharmacy Education) denied the application and advised the school not to resubmit.

We have heard several reports on the boards of students leaving the school. Their Dean left the school, but they continue to represent him as their Dean on the school website. Meanwhile, he is on faculty at another school and his name can be found on their timetables.

Sudents at unaccredited schools are very limited in terms of financing. They do not qualify for federal loans, nor will most lending institutions grant them loans. HICP supposedly made arrangements for students to be offered loans at extraordinarily high rates.

At this point the fate of HICP and its students are uncertain. If their dental school gets its stuff together before opening, great. If not, beware. I would NOT trust that the school will be accredited prior to opening. Keep your eyes and ears open and ask the right questions to the right people.

Utes said:

So why are we to base our opinion of the dental school on this pharmacy school.

Or are people just trying to scare others away from applying so they can get in? I've noticed similar tactics with NYU and BU on this forum.

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1) The same people are running the show. They have decieved and lost the trust of many people. It's not unreasonable for us to expect that they have not changed.

2) Both JD and I are currently attending schools of pharmacy and have no intention of attending any dental school. We simply want people to go in with their eyes open, as many pharmacy students were misled during the first HICP application cycle.

Is the pharmacy school in hawaii private? Also, how big is the class size and what percentage of your class actually has permanent residency in hawaii VS out of state students? Thanks.

ucd said:

Is the pharmacy school in hawaii private? Also, how big is the class size and what percentage of your class actually has permanent residency in hawaii VS out of state students? Thanks.

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HICP brought in 240 people last year (totally unprecedented). Most I have heard from are CA residents. Residency shouldn't matter as it's a private, for-profit venture.

I should clarify that JD and I both attend accredited (ie: other) pharmacy schools. 🙂

UNLV OMS WANABE said:

I thought you chose Arizona over UNLV because you got wait-listed at UNLV.

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LOL. Don't be a prick. He said "one of". 😛

I was a student at the Hawaii College of Pharmacy and please guys, before you even consider the 'dental school' in Hawaii, please message me so I can simply inform you about the ongoings of the pharmacy school and how we were deceived, lied to, used and abused.
the school essentially stole our 7.2 million dollars in tuition and we will never get it back, nor will anyone ever graduate from that "school."
Many students (a few dozen) have already deserted the sinking ship because we are moving on to ventures which will actually have results and because we dont appreciate being lied to and used.
Please guys, dont even think about applying to the dental school in Hawaii, it will be a total scam just like the pharmacy school was/is.
Please message me with any other questions or concerns, I want everyone to be aware of the dangers and I dont want anyone to have their lives ruined like I had mine.