Extracurriculars for Pharmacy school?

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dahwsi

dahwsi

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Hey everyone so I'm new to these forums and I've researched a bit and couldn't find anything that was specific help to my question so I'm hoping that you guys could help me out a bit. I'm just starting out as an undergraduate student looking to going into Pharmacy and just wanted some advice on what i should do in particular to help my acceptance into Pharmacy school.

-I know that GPA is by far one of the most important factors so that is my top priority.

-I am also working on getting a Pharm. tech job as well hopefully within the next year or so as I will get certified.

-I also plan to volunteer at hospitals

But what I am confused on is what should I do extraciricular wise? Is the volunteering enough? Or should I also become involved in extraciricular activities such as a student organization? Or is what I plan to do as said above enough? Because a common problem that I see is that so many students get involved to much and therefore their GPA isn't so great. So if anybody can help me I would greatly appreciate it.
 
dahwsi said:
Hey everyone so I'm new to these forums and I've researched a bit and couldn't find anything that was specific help to my question so I'm hoping that you guys could help me out a bit. I'm just starting out as an undergraduate student looking to going into Pharmacy and just wanted some advice on what i should do in particular to help my acceptance into Pharmacy school.

-I know that GPA is by far one of the most important factors so that is my top priority.

-I am also working on getting a Pharm. tech job as well hopefully within the next year or so as I will get certified.

-I also plan to volunteer at hospitals

But what I am confused on is what should I do extraciricular wise? Is the volunteering enough? Or should I also become involved in extraciricular activities such as a student organization? Or is what I plan to do as said above enough? Because a common problem that I see is that so many students get involved to much and therefore their GPA isn't so great. So if anybody can help me I would greatly appreciate it.
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the activities you listed are good, but it would help to become more involved. It helps your application a lot to join a prepharmacy club and gain some kind of leadership position. It is entirely possible to get involved without hurting your GPA with good time management.
 
I personally think you hit the nail on the head. Yes GPA is very important, but it isn't everything, and I think you got the whole concept of ec's down. The fact that your going to be a pharm tech shows that your into pharmacy, and that you believe that is something that you want to do.. I would say that you should do a couple more activities that you enjoy and want to do, it doesn't have to be pharmacy related b/c you are already doing something in that area.
 
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