Does what school you get your PharmD. from affect your residency chances?

[moi]

In otherwords, does going to a "better rated" pharmacy school improve your chances of being accepted into a residency programs? Or are all pharmacy graduates created equal, so to speak?

Thanks.

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[genesis09]

From what I was told, this is one of the few times where your school's reputation can help you.

 

[GatorRxGirl]

It doesn't have to be like this though. Get good grades, be the total package (I feel like I say this a lot) and bust your butt. It will happen.

 

[cycloketocaine]

It doesn't have to be like this though. Get good grades, be the total package (I feel like I say this a lot) and bust your butt. It will happen.

I agree. Sure, going to a good school will help,but if you're a well rounded candidate that has shown good performance, you have as good a shot as anybody.

 

[aboveliquidice]

Unless of course your school has a pass or fail grading system. Then it can only be based off of the fact you have a pharmD and any other special things you have going on - GPA wouldn't be able to help you... Does anyone know how well USN graduates do when it comes to residency competition? Pacific U is the only other school in the genre - but they dont have any graduates...

~above~

 

[ndearwater]

Are you saying USN students don't have GPA's... it's pass/fail? I didn't realize any pharmacy schools did that!

 

[gsinccom]

Are you saying USN students don't have GPA's... it's pass/fail? I didn't realize any pharmacy schools did that!

both USN and Pacific use a pass/fail system and operate on the block system(90% is pass and you have two retries to obtain this if you don't obtain it the first time)

 

[Smilescali]

Unless of course your school has a pass or fail grading system. Then it can only be based off of the fact you have a pharmD and any other special things you have going on - GPA wouldn't be able to help you... Does anyone know how well USN graduates do when it comes to residency competition? Pacific U is the only other school in the genre - but they dont have any graduates...

~above~

I believe that UCSD is also on a pass/fail or honors system.

http://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/Schedules/policy/grading.pdf

Yeah, USN and Pacific are on the pass/fail system, but it takes 90% to pass

 

[alwaystired]

Unless of course your school has a pass or fail grading system. Then it can only be based off of the fact you have a pharmD and any other special things you have going on - GPA wouldn't be able to help you... Does anyone know how well USN graduates do when it comes to residency competition? Pacific U is the only other school in the genre - but they dont have any graduates...

~above~

From what i have heard, USN grads that have wanted a residency have not had any problems, but I get the impression that a lot of students just want to be done afterwards which makes it a little easier to obtain a residency. I think we have like 7 residency spots in Las Vegas (VA and UMC)