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Hi Pharm.D. candidates:
I've heard mixed things on whether it matters where you go to pharmacy school and how that will affect your future career. I've heard from a pharmacist who went to UOP who said it doesn't matter really where you go. And as long as you have good grades, you can pretty much get a residency somewhere. I have also heard from another pharmacist that it does matter where you go in terms of where you want to find employment (i.e. the more prestigious or well-established a pharmacy school is, the more likely an employer will hire you over someone from a lesser-established school). But since many of you are in the process of job hunting/residency getting/fellowship getting, I thought maybe you guys could shed some light on this issue for me. But, in theory, it just makes sense to me that the more prestigious/high ranking a pharm school is, the better it is for your career. I guess I'm just not quite sure how much better.
I've heard mixed things on whether it matters where you go to pharmacy school and how that will affect your future career. I've heard from a pharmacist who went to UOP who said it doesn't matter really where you go. And as long as you have good grades, you can pretty much get a residency somewhere. I have also heard from another pharmacist that it does matter where you go in terms of where you want to find employment (i.e. the more prestigious or well-established a pharmacy school is, the more likely an employer will hire you over someone from a lesser-established school). But since many of you are in the process of job hunting/residency getting/fellowship getting, I thought maybe you guys could shed some light on this issue for me. But, in theory, it just makes sense to me that the more prestigious/high ranking a pharm school is, the better it is for your career. I guess I'm just not quite sure how much better.