How were your interviews? It was stressful going into my interviews, but once the interviews started it wasn't stressful anymore. They felt more like conversations. Most schools know how nervous candidates are going to be and try to make them feel more relaxed.
Rhetorical or not, I'd say it would be tough. In my case, I had six years of work experience before I decided to pursue pharmacy.
A lot of different reasons, but mostly because of cancer patients I've come to know over the years. Pharmacists were directly involved in their care. Their work pointed me in this direction. Whether I go in that field remains to be seen. I have four years to decide where I want to go.
Intersting to consider. This topic has been coming up a lot lately with pharmacists that I know. Let me know if you have any questions
That's some interesting insight. I can't claim to know whats going to happen in the future, but I do think people should pursue pharmacy if it's their passion.
The people applying these days, sad thing is this kid will get in somewhere and you people dont think this field is saturated by letting everyone in?
You have to i put all your coursework into pharmcas, they will calculate your gpa for you. If you search "pharmcas gpa calculation," there is a link for a chart showing how they weight your grades.
I think people deserve a chance at pursuing something they have a passion for. Pharmacy schools accept students with higher and lower end gpa. The school I'll be attending has an expected 3.4 gpa. Candidates just need to have a strong app (ie. Volunteer work, a previous career, school clubs, research pubs, etc.) There is no guarantee a lowgpa would get in. Candidates have to show that they are prepared to take on graduate level curriculum.
Ok then, in regards to your original "AMA". Would you want a doctor examing you who could barely average better than a C in undergrad? Let alone the person checking the medications that could kill you?
I've actually never asked a doctor what grades they got in graduate school or undergraduate. I'm sorry, I can't really answer that. All I can say is that I haven't had any issues.
I can see a some validity in this statement. The school I will be attending has an acceptance rate of about 20%. I guess depending on the point of view, that is pretty high. However, the caliber of students applying has increased gpa-wise according to the AACP over the past few years.
What does it matter if a doctor averaged a C in undergrad? If he/she made it to med school then obviously we should judge on that alone. Must've done something right to make it through that rigorous coursework. Same as Pharmacist. If someone made it through the course load then apparently they were worthy enough. Nobody in their right mind will look up a doctor or pharmacist, run straight past their DOCTORATE to judge them on their undergrad gpa......
Yeah, you're right! Why should we judge someone who could (or obviously couldnt) grasp the very basic concepts of their prepharm work? At this point since theyre letting people in with sub 3.0 GPAs and sub 50 PCAT scores why have any prework requirements ar all, who are we to judge? Our surgeons shouldnt have to understand anatomy, who are we to judge!? Our engineers shouldnt have to pass calculus, who are we to judge!? Our dentists shouldnt have to know how to dose anesthesia when drilling, who are we to judge!? Our nurses shouldnt have to know how to read a patient chart, who are we to judge!? Our mechanics should have to know how to properly assemble our vehicles, who are we to judge!? And of course asking that our pharmacists, the very profession who are fighting for extended scope of practice, certainly shouldnt be asked to know their core anatomy, chemistry, and biology at a proficient level, who are we to judge!?
You're obviously a troll. If someone who is a DOCTOR OF MEDICINE has passed every test, every assessment to practice medicine then obviously they understand basic anatomy REGARDLESS of their undergrad gpa.... same for a pharmacist. If someone GRADUATED with a DOCTORATE in pharmacy and passed all test and assessments to be a registered them OBVIOUSLY they know the core anatomy, biology and chemistry REGARDLESS of, once again, their undergrad gpa...... what's hard to understand about that. It doesn't matter if YOU think they don't qualify. Bottom line is If they don't have the basic knowledge they obviously won't make it through pharmacy school and therefore won't get the chance to kill someone... Same with any other profession.
Then it's the same with undergrad gpa by your standards. If Anyone can pass a test and regurgitate info what makes you think someone with a 4.0 actually understands the material?
"How I got into pharm school
I don't see a problem with a pharmacist or a doctor who was an average student in undergrad. They are where I want to be, where hundreds of students couldn't cut it.... so kudos to them. They also have the same credentials that I assume you have.
Congratulations on your success!!!
Mostly the usual suspects. I have taken gen bio, genetics, micro, cell bio, metabolic biochem, and structural biochem. I'm still working on human anatomy and physio, finishing those up soon.
Thanks so much! I'm really excited for what comes up next.
Theoretically, yes. If deadlines are pushed back, you can submit anytime before then. I would check with each school specifically to make sure all your ducks are in a row.
or "how the caliber of students applying has increased gpa-wise"
, then I would appreciate it if you would back it up with objective data. I saw your previous comments on how you got accepted to the University of Colorado School of Pharmacy.
Most doctors were superstars in undergrad. The average GPA of a medical school applicant is now 3.55, and the average GPA of those who were accepted is 3.70. That means those people had more A's than B's and almost no C's. A C-average GPA is 2.00. Those people don't get accepted to medical school. So I have not idea what you're talking about when you make a claim that there are doctors out there with C-average undergrad grades. I'm sorry to say this but it's sad to see pharmacy schools let in substandard students into their so-called professional schools. Pharmacy used to attract very bright students, but now it's relegated to letting in anyone who will apply. It's no wonder the pass rate for the pharmacy licensing exam has been going down.
In before the obligatory "Im gonna kick ass and replace you!!!!!!!" comment from some ***** prepharmer who is too young and dumb to realize how bad the school and corporations are going to take advantage of them. The girl above who says "its none of our business" what someones grades are only confirms what you say. Preach it brother!
Mind if I ask which schools you applied to? And what else did you do to strengthen your application? Thanks
If you can read, I didn't make that claim in the first place. ASUPharm started the convo about C average doctors. Go troll somewhere else...
Corporations take advantage of everyone no matter what career path you take. So your point is..... what again??
I applied to SJFC, LIU, Touro College, Belmont, Lipscomb, and LECOM. (Plus the schools I listed in a previous response (above).
Reality check Einstein, you were the one who said you were okay with a doctor's having C grades in undergrad.
You're the one who said you had no problem with pharmacists or doctor's being average students. Then you inferred that these "average" students were C students. A C-grade is not considered average even in high school. C's are considered to be way-below agerage grades by most colleges. Undergraduate work has been dumbed down so much with grade inflation these past two decades, you have to be very stupid or try very hard to fail in order to get below a 3.0 GPA in this day and age.The majority of grades received by students at college these days is an A.
When I do I'll be sure you'll be the first to know
Be sure to tell us when you start failing classes, get put on academic probation, and then expelled. There's plenty of subpar students who've been admitted to pharmacy school who then get crushed by the curriculum. The attrition rate is now 10-16%. We can thank the C-students and students with 2.69 GPAs for those stats.When I do I'll be sure you'll be the first to know
