Chances at top schools

[bmclinn]

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I'll be applying ED to Kentucky, pending that I'll apply to UT-Austin, UT-Memphis, Purdue, butler, UofI-Chicago, and a few others.

B.S. in Nutrition Science, minor in Bio

GPA: 3.17, past 4 semesters above a 3.5.

PCAT: 88, one try

Related Experience: 8 hours shadowing (4 retail, 4 compounding)

Extracurriculars: ~100 hours volunteering (not-health related), leadership position in my organization, very comfortable in interviews

LoRs: 2 good, 1 decent all from professors with Doctorates

 

[NejixRockS]

8 hours of shadowing? I don't know why that looks bad to me... If I were you, I would try to get more pharmacy experience since your GPA is kind of low (a good GPA for a top school is 3.5+)

 

[bmclinn]

8 hours of shadowing? I don't know why that looks bad to me... If I were you, I would try to get more pharmacy experience since your GPA is kind of low (a good GPA for a top school is 3.5+)

I'm actually working on this currently. All of the retail chains aren't very receptive though.

 

[bmclinn]

Update: found a pharmacist to shadow at an independent pharmacy next week. Still trying to find hospital experience though