Attended multiple colleges; which courses considered?

[MrBoba]

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I first went to UC Santa Barbara, and I'm now going back to community college for two years, so that I can transfer to Cal Poly Pomona.

I've already taken some chemistry, math, physics, and some other courses here that fulfill pre-requisites for pharmacy school. However, in order to transfer into Cal Poly Pomona, I'm going to have to retake those courses to enter as a Biology major.

For example... I'll have had taken my full years of Chemistry, Physics, and Math both at community college and at UCSB.

So when I apply to pharmacy school... which courses are going to be considered? All of them? Can I choose? What about how my GPA will be calculated?

 

[aboveliquidice]

I first went to UC Santa Barbara, and I'm now going back to community college for two years, so that I can transfer to Cal Poly Pomona.

I've already taken some chemistry, math, physics, and some other courses here that fulfill pre-requisites for pharmacy school. However, in order to transfer into Cal Poly Pomona, I'm going to have to retake those courses to enter as a Biology major.

For example... I'll have had taken my full years of Chemistry, Physics, and Math both at community college and at UCSB.

So when I apply to pharmacy school... which courses are going to be considered? All of them? Can I choose? What about how my GPA will be calculated?

Typically, All of your courses will be considered - If you retake courses at multiple colleges - they will be averaged together...

This practice varies by school however, so contact your school in question directly.

 

[Farmercyst]

Typically, All of your courses will be considered - If you retake courses at multiple colleges - they will be averaged together...

This practice varies by school however, so contact your school in question directly.

Matches what I've seen elsewhere. I attended 4 schools, but didn't repeat courses, so I can't say on that end, but all courses from all schools were taken into account. The one course I did redo was at the same school and both grades were placed into the GPA calculation. (D+D)😳

 

[MrBoba]

Ahh I see then. I guess this means I should retake classes that I didn't do so well in, since I won't be coming back to UCSB again after this quarter.

Gonna be an easy quarter this time around...

 

[Passion4Sci]

When you enter your life's work into PharmCAS, don't you enter everything?

It's sorta crummy to have taken Bio 1 three times at three different universities/colleges and have to enter it 3 times, lol. But, it should all be factored in.

I'm not entirely sure how the CC vs. 4-year thing will work though, because for CC classes, generally a higher grade requirement is placed on them (i.e., entering Pharm school from a 4 year university requires a minimum 3.0 GPA whereas entering from a CC requires a 3.7).

 

[MrBoba]

When you enter your life's work into PharmCAS, don't you enter everything?

It's sorta crummy to have taken Bio 1 three times at three different universities/colleges and have to enter it 3 times, lol. But, it should all be factored in.

I'm not entirely sure how the CC vs. 4-year thing will work though, because for CC classes, generally a higher grade requirement is placed on them (i.e., entering Pharm school from a 4 year university requires a minimum 3.0 GPA whereas entering from a CC requires a 3.7).

Where did you read this CC miminum 3.7 GPA requirement?

 

[Passion4Sci]

Where did you read this CC miminum 3.7 GPA requirement?

In e-mail correspondence with Veronica Semler, Coordinator of Pharmacy Admission;

"[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Pacific places emphasis on the following selection criteria:

1. GPA – A student should have at least a 3.0 with a Bachelor's Degree to be considered competitive. Students applying from junior colleges should have a 3.7 or above. Heavy course loads of 16 or more units per term are favored. Students who are below the suggested GPA or who have an inconsistent or downward grade trend should strengthen their academic profile by enrolling in at least two years (4 semesters/6 quarters) of heavy science course loads (16 units or more) with grades of all A's and B's. The committee will want to see this as demonstration you can handle an accelerated upper division curriculum of strictly science courses. Anything you can do to show the committee success in this area will make you stronger academically.".

 

[MrBoba]

Thanks. That info is really helpful, especially finally seeing it in some form from the actual college.

 

[Passion4Sci]

Thanks. That info is really helpful, especially finally seeing it in some form from the actual college.

Indeed, it took a load off my mind.

She went on to detail how she accepts students from all manner of CCs across the state/country. Overall, she is very helpful, and has made the entire experience very enjoyable, unlike other graduate programs to which I was applying.