Boston - Mcphs

[laua]

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Anybody got an interview from BOSTON - MCPHS

 

[rja03004]

i intervied in early march and have received my acceptance letter already

 

[xml2]

you will regret coming here...

i intervied in early march and have received my acceptance letter already

 

[cdpiano27]

I do not know if this is true about MCPHS today. But my aunt
had graduated from the Boston campus back in 1981 (Worcester)
did not exist at all! At this time
there was only a bachelors degree in pharmacy. She entered right out
of high school. She said that it was not hard getting in at the time.

However, each year was a severe weed out year, and only about a quarter
of the people who came in year one graduated in year four. Remember this
is two years of pre-pharmacy and two years of pharmacy and there were only very few rotations required.

Here is the story. She struggled in organic chemistry in her second year. (especially the second semester). She had failed the course the first time, and at that time, you could fail one course and be given one more chance.

The second time, she was almost about to fail again and a family member begged the professor to pass her , and since she was very close (right on the borderline) she passed the second time with a C.

She claimed that her time at MCPHS-Boston was some of the most stresssful in her life but when she looks back at, she was happy for the ordeal and she thinks that it made her into a better pharmacist.

I do not know what Worcester is about and if it is still the same today.

 

[pharmforme]

I do not know if this is true about MCPHS today. But my aunt
had graduated from the Boston campus back in 1981 (Worcester)
did not exist at all! At this time
there was only a bachelors degree in pharmacy. She entered right out
of high school. She said that it was not hard getting in at the time.

However, each year was a severe weed out year, and only about a quarter
of the people who came in year one graduated in year four. Remember this
is two years of pre-pharmacy and two years of pharmacy and there were only very few rotations required.

Here is the story. She struggled in organic chemistry in her second year. (especially the second semester). She had failed the course the first time, and at that time, you could fail one course and be given one more chance.

The second time, she was almost about to fail again and a family member begged the professor to pass her , and since she was very close (right on the borderline) she passed the second time with a C.

She claimed that her time at MCPHS-Boston was some of the most stresssful in her life but when she looks back at, she was happy for the ordeal and she thinks that it made her into a better pharmacist.

I do not know what Worcester is about and if it is still the same today.

I also know of a friend's husband who graduated about 10 years ago, from Boston-MCPHS and he also said it was very stressful, in that he ended up having to basically spend all of his free time studying and didn't really get to enjoy "the college experience". However, he also said that looking back he wouldn't have changed a thing, b/c now he is in a far better place than his classmates who DID get the "college experience". I think it's a bigger sacrifice than some expect, but he felt it was worth it in the end.

For what it's worth, if I were going into the Boston program, I would make sure I was fully prepared and ready to focus on school: it's apparent that the ease of acceptance does not mean the curriculum is breezy. From what I've seen (I could be wrong but this is the impression I've gotten), many of the students entering there are very young (being 31 I can say 18 is very young 😉 ), and interested on going to Boston and partying. That is fine, and normal for that age, and some may be able to pull this off without a problem, but if there is weeding, I have to wonder if those are the ones who are being weeded out. I think pharmacy especially requires significantly more dedication to studies than most want to give. My advice to anyone going there would just be to keep your eye on the ball. Good luck 🙂

 

[laua]

I turned in my application around Janaury and haven't heard anything from them yet, should I give them a call?

 

[M0df]

It is probably best you call.

I had interview March 20th. Their Dean of Admissions said this was their 6th and possibly final interview session. Twelve people were there for interviews. My guess is they interviewed 60-80 people for possibly 20-30 seats. They are very efficient and I received their answer very quickly.

My first impression of the school is a positive one. I'm sure it is very competitive and good portion of the class doesn't make it to graduation.

 

[laua]

It is probably best you call.

I had interview March 20th. Their Dean of Admissions said this was their 6th and possibly final interview session. Twelve people were there for interviews. My guess is they interviewed 60-80 people for possibly 20-30 seats. They are very efficient and I received their answer very quickly.

My first impression of the school is a positive one. I'm sure it is very competitive and good portion of the class doesn't make it to graduation.

Thanks for your advice, i just called them and I was mad cuz they said they haven't received my recommendation letters.....They lost my transcript and now they lost my letters of reccomendation....I ordered my transcript sent to their school 3 times. I guess it is too late for everything now!

 

[pharmgirl728]

Thanks for your advice, i just called them and I was mad cuz they said they haven't received my recommendation letters.....They lost my transcript and now they lost my letters of reccomendation....I ordered my transcript sent to their school 3 times. I guess it is too late for everything now!

Yea I also had a hard time with this school...They messed up my application at first and didn't tell me things were missing, which resulted in me missing the deadline. Therefore, I am now being considered for transferring into the second year of the program, which is ridiculous. I would have to repeat all my second year courses, including orgo and physics, and they think that this is something students will consider doing. I went up there to visit it about a month ago and actually didn't like it all so I'm not too upset about this whole ordeal, but if I didn't have other options I would be pretty upset about them doing something this major to their applicants.

 

[ivenacava]

you will regret coming here...

what's so bad about the school?... have your experiences been that bad?

 

[xml2]

the administration is terrible, as stated from the people above - missing letter of recommendations, transcripts for candidates who seriously put in the time in the applications? come on...

one of my friends assigned a student ID that turned out to be someone else, and at the end of her academic year, she found out about it and has to end up taking a few classes in the summer because of it. Do you ever question the ID they gave you? No ...

A few classes in the 3 yr are a waste of time. Disorganized and uneventful. Huge classes (they just want the money from you), poor retention rate (about 60 people wont see the light of graduation with their classmates), professor retention rate is low - some good ones left, lower than average NAPLEX result according to a professor here, role-playing pharmacy module (you dont get the actual experience you would get working in a REAL pharmacy), biased grading in pharmacy role-playing module, wont feel like you learn and retain as much in your 3rd yr, huge cost of living and schooling, small school yet ironically huge classes (300 students - they wont graduate that much in a year, they are not stupid so they will fail 20%), pharmcokinetics is ridiculously "hard", compared to other schools, people actually LEARN.

in the final to last year before rotation, students panic, and cry in this class called APEP. counterproductive there, eh. you go to school to learn your mistakes before you get out of the real world.

apply to this school ONLY if you are local or this is a safety school.

what's so bad about the school?... have your experiences been that bad?

 

[ivenacava]

the administration is terrible, as stated from the people above - missing letter of recommendations, transcripts for candidates who seriously put in the time in the applications? come on...

one of my friends assigned a student ID that turned out to be someone else, and at the end of her academic year, she found out about it and has to end up taking a few classes in the summer because of it. Do you ever question the ID they gave you? No ...

A few classes in the 3 yr are a waste of time. Disorganized and uneventful. Huge classes (they just want the money from you), poor retention rate (about 60 people wont see the light of graduation with their classmates), professor retention rate is low - some good ones left, lower than average NAPLEX result according to a professor here, role-playing pharmacy module (you dont get the actual experience you would get working in a REAL pharmacy), biased grading in pharmacy role-playing module, wont feel like you learn and retain as much in your 3rd yr, huge cost of living and schooling, small school yet ironically huge classes (300 students - they wont graduate that much in a year, they are not stupid so they will fail 20%), pharmcokinetics is ridiculously "hard", compared to other schools, people actually LEARN.

in the final to last year before rotation, students panic, and cry in this class called APEP. counterproductive there, eh. you go to school to learn your mistakes before you get out of the real world.

apply to this school ONLY if you are local or this is a safety school.

i went to mcphs-Boston for an interview in march, and i fell in love with the area. as of now i'm on the waiting list, however, even if i am offered a seat i may pass it up (i need to do some personal/emotional recuperating). if that is the case, i plan to re-apply to boston pharm schools later on. would you suggest northeastern? i've talked to people at mcp-boston who passionately recommend northeastern.. on the other hand, i have a friend that transferred to my current university from northeastern who says the selling point, that co-op program, is busted. should i just avoid boston in general?

 

[xml2]

i've talked to people at mcp-boston who passionately recommend northeastern.

majority vote! 🙂


mcp-boston isnt a clinical-oriented school (more than 70% graduates do retail) - so you would assume that the professors would gear toward teaching, it's either research or teaching as a professor. What they lack in research, they ALSO lack in teaching unfortunately. It can be terrible. Some professors basically graduate from this school, and they cant teach crap! Northeastern is more clinical-based, and they gear students toward clinical residency.

In college, there is a thing called reading week. Here, it's a reading DAY. one day, one weekend, and you are faced with daily finals for a week.

You want to go to school, where you see brothers, sisters, moms, then come here. You want to go to school, where students "passionately" talk about is complaints of the school, come here.

In orientation, it's one day, cough up 100 bucks for it and take an English proficiency exam and oral exam. Uh, I assume we are proficient in english mastery. What is that for? As a transfer, one of the prequisite course is ENGLISH 101. Why are we taking a test on that again?! How about making students feel adjusted to campus? What else does orientation mean?

 

[eddie269]

Are you guys talking down on the 6 yr program out of high school or the 4 year graduate program? Or just in general?

As a resident in CA, I was looking at schools out of state and this was one of my top OUT OF STATE schools. Now I have to reconsider. Hopefully it isn't THAT bad.

 

[xml2]

in general

the 6th year program, where transfers could get in as a 3rd year or 2nd year to finish up the prequisites.

why is it one of your top out of state colleges?

there is no campus, one building. you want to relive high school life all over again, then come here.

online class registration is so behind - it hasnt even started yet. school is built somewhere in the 1800s, and yet we still use paper forms to register? wow, man, the high tuition sure are going somewhere unproductively.

Are you guys talking down on the 6 yr program out of high school or the 4 year graduate program? Or just in general?

As a resident in CA, I was looking at schools out of state and this was one of my top OUT OF STATE schools. Now I have to reconsider. Hopefully it isn't THAT bad.

 

[eddie269]

Well, I have only briefly browsed through the schools websites. I just look for bigger cities since I am from San Francisco. I guess I'd rather go to a smaller school in a larger city than a nicer campus in a smaller city/town.

But I never knew people had such bad feelings about this specific "campus."

I'll do more research.

 

[AlohaLendingInc]

does anyone here know what happens to MCPHS phone line?
I tried to call them almost everyday, but all i could only get in touch with the answering machine. Wsup with them?

Last time, i called them they told me that my file is in the review committee, and since then, i couldn't get in touch with them at all. I am just wondering when will the school notify the admission status for student like me applying to their 6 years program.

my Units status: GPA: 3.0, Completed 45 units (all chemistry, and math,) not physics and statistic, and expecting to finish these class at their school -
- 6 years program. 😎

what do you all think about my chances. 😕 I just think it's best for me to go to this school because i could enter into their profesional program after finishing up all of the req. and just want to get out of this island and experience different environment. Hawaii is so boring 🙄 ...please help me out on this one

any ideas please help me clear this confusion. 😍

Mahalo,