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Attrition rates
Started by Peaches84
I don't know the answer, but I wanted to congratulate you on the correct use of "i.e.". 👍
This sounds like a great interview question!
Now some practical advice, if you don't mind. Moving forward you may want to rethink how you communicate with your colleagues. I bet most of your audience knows what attrition means, especially considering that you are on a forum for college students (pre-pharmacy no less). Although sometimes you wouldn't know it from what we see posted around here!
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I appreciated the i.e. explanation of attrition. 😀 Even though I know what it means...you know there's going to be that guy (or girl) out there who doesnt. Its polite.
It's patronizing. It would be appropriate in a different setting (e.g. when talking to someone who is not in college, like your parents) but on a college forum? Not so much.
in one post. Not too shabby.It's simple. How many students enter each class, and how many actually graduate?
For example, my alma mater admits 108 students every fall, and graduates about 90.
Yes, but where do you find this information? I don't think my school has it readily posted.
My school posts it on the website but my class is driving the average down so it might not be up there after I graduate. You might have to ask the school. If the school is proud of their rate, they will either post it or readily tell you. If it is high, watch them dance around and try not to give a number. I read about one person in an interview that had to ask the question three times before she got a number. Be wary of any school that won't give you a straight answer.
Some people just have life happen and have to drop out. Maybe they have to care for a sick parent or are going through a divorce. Some of those people might come back and graduate with a later class but some will never go back.
My class had 2 students not graduate out of around 100. One of the students was in an accident with illegal prescription drugs. I don't know what happened to the other student. We also had about 3 students fall back a year.
My school's website says it admits 108 people, and the alumni newsletter lists the people who graduated after commencement.
As for my class, there were several who fell a year behind for a variety of reasons (failed a class, pregnancy, death of parent, serious illness, excessive partying - yeah, I know) and I know of two who transferred to other schools (don't know why) and several who decided they didn't want to be a pharmacist after all and switched majors. And there was one who was arrested for selling weed; he wasn't directly kicked out but he did leave the COP anyway.
ETA: Nobody in my class died while in school, but there was a woman who would have been in the class behind me who did. 8(
My class actually did lose someone to cancer, but I didn't mention him because it was P4 year and his family was awarded his diploma. The whole thing was awful; he was the nicest and one of the smartest people in our class. And he was so optimistic through the whole thing. 🙁
