6 year Pharmacy School help

[doctorDP]

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I am a high school senior and I have applied to St. Louis College of Pharmacy, University of the Sciences, and Rutgers University. I have applied to the 0-6 pharmacy program at these schools. Assuming I am accepted to all of these colleges, would Rutgers be the best choice?

I would be considered out of state for all of these colleges, and as it stands, the cheapest would be St. Louis College of Pharmacy.

I am confident that I will be accepted to at least St. Louis College of Pharmacy and University of the Sciences. If I don't get accepted to Rutgers, which one of those would be the better choice?

I would love to hear your experiences if you attend one of these schools.

Also, I plan on doing some sort of residency after pharmacy school.

 

[JPD36]

I have a friend that goes to STLCOP and he HATES it. He's a 4th year and says pretty much everyone there is miserable, lol.

 

[deleted205891]

Rutgers should be your #1 choice. If you don't get in, not sure whether USP or STLCOP is better. I'm a USP (or as I try to never refer to it...USciences) grad. Didn't like the school much, everyone goes home on the weekends and not much to do at the school (and barely any frat parties anymore), but Philly's a great city. We had a good amount of people in my class match with residencies, and probably one of the highest rates of grads in the country who ended up doing industry fellowships. I know nothing about STLCOP, except I heard that St. Louis isn't as fun of a city as Philly.

 

[conperk]

I am a sophomore pre-pharmacy student at SIUE, but grew up in the suburbs of St. Louis, MO. STLCOP was one of the schools I looked into when I was in high school. It has a great reputation in the area, it is near hospitals, and it is well-established (which wold probably help you in your search for a residency). However, you will obviously be SURROUNDED by pharmacy students since STLCOP is strictly a pharmacy school. I have worked with many pharmacists that graduated from STLCOP. Some like it, but nearly all of them say it's like high school all over again. I'm not entirely sure what they mean by this, but you definitely wouldn't get a "university experience". I decided not to apply because it didn't really seem like a good fit for me. Also, I have heard it is transitioning to a 7-year program. I don't know if this is true or when they would actually switch, but an extra year is not appealing to me at all.

I am not familiar with the other pharmacy programs you mentioned (I'm staying in Illinois wherever I go), so unfortunately I really can't provide a comparison. I hope this information helps though.

 

[doctorDP]

I am a sophomore pre-pharmacy student at SIUE, but grew up in the suburbs of St. Louis, MO. STLCOP was one of the schools I looked into when I was in high school. It has a great reputation in the area, it is near hospitals, and it is well-established (which wold probably help you in your search for a residency). However, you will obviously be SURROUNDED by pharmacy students since STLCOP is strictly a pharmacy school. I have worked with many pharmacists that graduated from STLCOP. Some like it, but nearly all of them say it's like high school all over again. I'm not entirely sure what they mean by this, but you definitely wouldn't get a "university experience". I decided not to apply because it didn't really seem like a good fit for me. Also, I have heard it is transitioning to a 7-year program. I don't know if this is true or when they would actually switch, but an extra year is not appealing to me at all.

I am not familiar with the other pharmacy programs you mentioned (I'm staying in Illinois wherever I go), so unfortunately I really can't provide a comparison. I hope this information helps though.

The 7 year program starts after next year, so it would not affect me.

 

[conperk]

The 7 year program starts after next year, so it would not affect me.

Ok, then nevermind. But I'm very curious about how this will affect the future student body. I'd imagine less qualified people will decide to attend STLCOP. Why would people not go to school X for 6 years to get the same degree that they would get after 7 years at STLCOP? It really doesn't make sense to me, but it doesn't affect either of us anyway. 😕

 

[deleted205891]

Ok, then nevermind. But I'm very curious about how this will affect the future student body. I'd imagine less qualified people will decide to attend STLCOP. Why would people not go to school X for 6 years to get the same degree that they would get after 7 years at STLCOP? It really doesn't make sense to me, but it doesn't affect either of us anyway. 😕

I believe this is happening everywhere within the next few years. USP has plans for this as well, just hasn't issued a press release about it.

 

[doctorDP]

Ok, then nevermind. But I'm very curious about how this will affect the future student body. I'd imagine less qualified people will decide to attend STLCOP. Why would people not go to school X for 6 years to get the same degree that they would get after 7 years at STLCOP? It really doesn't make sense to me, but it doesn't affect either of us anyway. 😕

I looked this up, and found that students would receive a bachelors degree after the first professional year, and would have the option of dropping out after that year and maybe apply to med school or something if they changed their minds.

They also have an option for a 6 year accelerated course which would be year round for first 2 years.

But again, I would rather get it done in 6 years as it is now.