Any advice is truly appreciated

[manutdmax]

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I have a friend who is currently 28 years old and will be posting this question on their behalf: I had a pretty difficult time during college and currently i have a low GPA of about 2.3. I did pretty bad in my last 2-3 years at college (2001-2005) with several F's and D's and several W's on my transcript. I did not graduate from there but rather transferred to another university and took a couple more biology and science classes and got my bio degree from there. I did much better at that university with straight B grades. I currently work as a pharmacy technician and I got a 60 on my last PCAT and iam currently at another college taking more science courses and repeating some of the pharmacy prerequisite i did so bad at college to hopefully raise my GPA. I wanted to post my situation and hopefully get anyone's advice about what is the best thing to do at this point. Do i take these extra science courses, and if yes what courses should i take? where do i go from here? Should i take the PCAT again and try to get a much higher score? Is working at a retail pharmacy an advantage? Does having a bio degree boost my chances despite the low GPA? Should i pursue a masters degree while taking over the pharm prerequisites at another college? Will that help my chances? What do pharm schools mostly look at? Will taking these classes over help at all or am i wasting more time? Letting go of the dream of becoming a pharmacist is not an option no matter how long it takes for me to get in. Any advise would be greatly appreciated. Thank you

 

[rxlea]

Your friend needs to retake the pre-reqs that are below a B and try to get all A's. He/she also needs to retake the PCAT to get in the 80-90 range. Having a degree will help, but most people applying to pharmacy school have a degree now, so it won't help TOO much in coming years, but it does show you are capable of taking upper divison courses. You need some EC's (community service, involvement in organizations, and some leadership experience). An M.A. or M.S. would certainly help but it will cost money. If you are an URM, it will be an advantage as well. You will have to explain your academic record in your personal statement (which will HAVE to be awesome) and your supplementals. Furthermore, you are going to need some seriously strong letters of recommendation.

 

[Passion4Sci]

A-yep, that sums it up.
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