Dean's letter for Pharmacy??

[janepharm]

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Hi all!

My friend currently is in the process of matriculating at a medical school and had to turn in something called a "dean's letter" or "dean's certification". Basically it was him stating that he had no academic conduct violations at any of his undergrad schools and that he was in good standing. As I am preparing for applying to pharmacy school, I was wondering if this was common practice to pharmacy as well? I know at my school to get one of these is a long process where you have to meet with the Dean months in advance of you needing this letter. Is this common in pharmacy school applications and if so, was it difficult to get one from your dean?

Thank you very much!

 

[358265]

Hi all!

My friend currently is in the process of matriculating at a medical school and had to turn in something called a "dean's letter" or "dean's certification". Basically it was him stating that he had no academic conduct violations at any of his undergrad schools and that he was in good standing. As I am preparing for applying to pharmacy school, I was wondering if this was common practice to pharmacy as well? I know at my school to get one of these is a long process where you have to meet with the Dean months in advance of you needing this letter. Is this common in pharmacy school applications and if so, was it difficult to get one from your dean?

Thank you very much!

I never heard of such a thing. However, in the PharmCAS, there is a box to check whether you've had any academic dishonesty or problems like that. If so, then you would need to submit an additional explanation.

 

[janepharm]

Thanks for the info!

By the way, I'm curious as to why student's need to give their consent on these forms to release their records. I thought according to FERPA, educational records could be released without consent to any schools that the the student plans on enrolling or transferring to? I guess this relates to transcripts too...why do we always need to sign the consent if the school can just ask our previous schools for that info?