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I joined a Pharmacy school that was in Pre-candidate status. Now it is Candidate.
Please, if I come off as whining or angry, please bear with me. I am at my lowest point of my life. I am facing $100,000 in loans - it is a private school.
After 2 years, and a GPA of 3.34, I was dismissed for failing. I got an F in my first pharmacotherapy class (went down with the flu, talked to the dean and he advised me to try it out anyway instead of moving the exam date forward. I am generally good academically, but this flu was just too hard on me. I failed and did a re-take which I passed). The second F was because of a rotation.
I was scheduled in a city that was 1.5 hours away. I called as required before going. I went very early and found it closed. The biggest mistake I made was to leave the place (it was out in a small town and a funny looking truck drove by making me think otherwise about sitting in my car in the lot). I did not return home, but followed directions to a nearby college to wait in the library - until the opening time on the door (0900am). I arrived at 07:30am, left for Library at 0745am.
Unfortunately, I got lost from the Library to the site. The way the streets are named is very confusing. I called the pharmacy several times with no response. Went back to google map, keeps giving me wrong direction. 1 hour later, I gave up and returned to the school. Once there, I called the pharmacy again and found the pharmacist who agreed to let me return the following day.
I went to school and talked to the Director: and not to whine, she straight away started blaming me for not calling te pharmacy, luckily, I had the records and showed her. Somehow, when I returned the following day, the pharmacist refused to let me finish the rotation. So I was awarded an F.
After that, I was told to appeal the grade, denied. Then dismissed. Told to re-apply for re-admission, was denied. On re-admission appeal, the committee was furnished with a misconduct record of things I had not even heard of.
We have a system where anyone can write a note on small cards complimenting or complaining about anything and anyone. So I had this list of complains from students, some faculty, apparently some emails even an allegation that I had illegally looked at someone's work.
I will admit I was furious. Here I was, Dean's list, even in the "looking at someone's work allegation" which was a compounding competition, I got a certificate for it. One was a quote that I had written previously (form my literature class) and was alleged to have been an inflammatory remark.
I found it hard to apologize and be humble, I still do. My problem is that if I apologize without knowing what it is, it is quite visible in my expression. It was more "What are they talking about?". I had requested not to appeal in person, but the dean insisted I had to. So I ended up shutting up and looking down.
My greatest weakness is that I did not bond with many faculty, especially in my second year. In the first, most were diversified and did not want students running to their offices for every little thing. I thrive in this environement where I have to do much of the work on my own - class work is my initiative. In the second year, students spent alot of their time in the offices. I was not part of it. It was not uncommon to go to school and find a date changed for the exam because a few students have plans. That was my second year - different faculty from first year. Suddenly, students who were doing verry badly in the first year were the best. Additionally, I had to work to stay afloat. It is a 3-year school, $40,000/year - with several additional expenses. Each quater (10 weeks) was anywhere between 16-19 credits; and i worked anywhere between 32-45 hours/week. I basically was from class to work. I did volunteer occasionally: but generally did not have time.
Dissapointed, I sought help from any source I thought of. Finally the Vice-president has granted me a hearing. I am not very positive about it. I am missing my 3rd month of APPE this February. I asked to go with a lawyer, they declined. In my previous hearings, the professor who gave me the F was laughing through out the hearing. I don't know how anyone cannot be upset about that.
I have gone on and asked other schools to admit me. I have sent my stuff to one in Kentucky.
But they want the dean to write a letter for my transfer there/dismissal terms.
My questions are:
1. Even though I feel there is bad-blood between me and some of my APPE/IPPE/pharmacy school faculty, how should I prepare for the Vice-President Hearing?
2. Is there a chance the dean will write a positive letter? Can I convince the other school that the letter will not be coming?
3. If all these fail, am consiredering legal options. I owe $100,000. What can I do?
Please, if I come off as whining or angry, please bear with me. I am at my lowest point of my life. I am facing $100,000 in loans - it is a private school.
After 2 years, and a GPA of 3.34, I was dismissed for failing. I got an F in my first pharmacotherapy class (went down with the flu, talked to the dean and he advised me to try it out anyway instead of moving the exam date forward. I am generally good academically, but this flu was just too hard on me. I failed and did a re-take which I passed). The second F was because of a rotation.
I was scheduled in a city that was 1.5 hours away. I called as required before going. I went very early and found it closed. The biggest mistake I made was to leave the place (it was out in a small town and a funny looking truck drove by making me think otherwise about sitting in my car in the lot). I did not return home, but followed directions to a nearby college to wait in the library - until the opening time on the door (0900am). I arrived at 07:30am, left for Library at 0745am.
Unfortunately, I got lost from the Library to the site. The way the streets are named is very confusing. I called the pharmacy several times with no response. Went back to google map, keeps giving me wrong direction. 1 hour later, I gave up and returned to the school. Once there, I called the pharmacy again and found the pharmacist who agreed to let me return the following day.
I went to school and talked to the Director: and not to whine, she straight away started blaming me for not calling te pharmacy, luckily, I had the records and showed her. Somehow, when I returned the following day, the pharmacist refused to let me finish the rotation. So I was awarded an F.
After that, I was told to appeal the grade, denied. Then dismissed. Told to re-apply for re-admission, was denied. On re-admission appeal, the committee was furnished with a misconduct record of things I had not even heard of.
We have a system where anyone can write a note on small cards complimenting or complaining about anything and anyone. So I had this list of complains from students, some faculty, apparently some emails even an allegation that I had illegally looked at someone's work.
I will admit I was furious. Here I was, Dean's list, even in the "looking at someone's work allegation" which was a compounding competition, I got a certificate for it. One was a quote that I had written previously (form my literature class) and was alleged to have been an inflammatory remark.
I found it hard to apologize and be humble, I still do. My problem is that if I apologize without knowing what it is, it is quite visible in my expression. It was more "What are they talking about?". I had requested not to appeal in person, but the dean insisted I had to. So I ended up shutting up and looking down.
My greatest weakness is that I did not bond with many faculty, especially in my second year. In the first, most were diversified and did not want students running to their offices for every little thing. I thrive in this environement where I have to do much of the work on my own - class work is my initiative. In the second year, students spent alot of their time in the offices. I was not part of it. It was not uncommon to go to school and find a date changed for the exam because a few students have plans. That was my second year - different faculty from first year. Suddenly, students who were doing verry badly in the first year were the best. Additionally, I had to work to stay afloat. It is a 3-year school, $40,000/year - with several additional expenses. Each quater (10 weeks) was anywhere between 16-19 credits; and i worked anywhere between 32-45 hours/week. I basically was from class to work. I did volunteer occasionally: but generally did not have time.
Dissapointed, I sought help from any source I thought of. Finally the Vice-president has granted me a hearing. I am not very positive about it. I am missing my 3rd month of APPE this February. I asked to go with a lawyer, they declined. In my previous hearings, the professor who gave me the F was laughing through out the hearing. I don't know how anyone cannot be upset about that.
I have gone on and asked other schools to admit me. I have sent my stuff to one in Kentucky.
But they want the dean to write a letter for my transfer there/dismissal terms.
My questions are:
1. Even though I feel there is bad-blood between me and some of my APPE/IPPE/pharmacy school faculty, how should I prepare for the Vice-President Hearing?
2. Is there a chance the dean will write a positive letter? Can I convince the other school that the letter will not be coming?
3. If all these fail, am consiredering legal options. I owe $100,000. What can I do?
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