im currently a p1 and unfortunately i failed a course due to some personal issues. The problem is now i will have to wait an entire year to retake that course and all the courses that class was a pre req for. the school now wants to put me on a reduced load which will make me finish a year later. Besides taking that course at another pharmacy school(which isnt looking good because most of the pharmacy schools curriculum are the same) is there anything else i could do to finish on time or even a semester later but not an entire year.
failed a class in pharmacy school
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Nope. Snag a minor or something.
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Have you asked Your Pharmacy school this question? Each school has own graduation requirement
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I'd be really surprised if there was an option to take it at another college.
Unfortunately, thats how the way it worked at my school as well, as most classes were prerequisite courses to the next classes,
so failing something sets you back an entire year, as each class is only offered once a year.
Unfortunately, thats how the way it worked at my school as well, as most classes were prerequisite courses to the next classes,
so failing something sets you back an entire year, as each class is only offered once a year.
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This was true for my school. If you failed a class you couldn't move on and had to wait for the next year.
My advice is to get a job now in pharmacy for experience. Dont know what state you are in but some states don't let you get an intern permit without completing p1 year so you might have to work as a tech.
However, in my opinion, working as a tech will allow you the time to learn the drugs and learn about claim adjudications. You can also learn ordering drugs, returning drugs, the profit and what third party pbms you lose money on. You can learn the computer system and learn how to talk to patients without getting angry. Roll with the punches.
In your year off, reflect on your situation. Handle your personal situation and make sure that you are ready emotionally for next year. It was unfortunate that you had this happen, but don't let it get you down. You need to prepare now for your future. This isn't the end. It's just one failure and life is full of ****ty situations so make the best of it now.
You can also use this for future interviews when they ask about a time you overcame something.
My advice is to get a job now in pharmacy for experience. Dont know what state you are in but some states don't let you get an intern permit without completing p1 year so you might have to work as a tech.
However, in my opinion, working as a tech will allow you the time to learn the drugs and learn about claim adjudications. You can also learn ordering drugs, returning drugs, the profit and what third party pbms you lose money on. You can learn the computer system and learn how to talk to patients without getting angry. Roll with the punches.
In your year off, reflect on your situation. Handle your personal situation and make sure that you are ready emotionally for next year. It was unfortunate that you had this happen, but don't let it get you down. You need to prepare now for your future. This isn't the end. It's just one failure and life is full of ****ty situations so make the best of it now.
You can also use this for future interviews when they ask about a time you overcame something.
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Ask your school, but probably not an option to push up graduation.
Delayed graduation isn't ever preferred but it can still be a useful period. It was instrumental for me.
You'll have more time to shape your experiences however you want - especially true if you'll only need to take 1-2 courses in your final year before rotations. For example, could free up opportunities for full time internships in areas you're interested in. You'll also have an extra summer too. Shorter term, since you'll have reduced load next spring and fall you'll free up time to, for example learn a technical skill.
Alternatively if the personal issue is still weighing on you, you can take the next couple semesters off to recover and recenter yourself. When life you gives you lemons...
Delayed graduation isn't ever preferred but it can still be a useful period. It was instrumental for me.
You'll have more time to shape your experiences however you want - especially true if you'll only need to take 1-2 courses in your final year before rotations. For example, could free up opportunities for full time internships in areas you're interested in. You'll also have an extra summer too. Shorter term, since you'll have reduced load next spring and fall you'll free up time to, for example learn a technical skill.
Alternatively if the personal issue is still weighing on you, you can take the next couple semesters off to recover and recenter yourself. When life you gives you lemons...
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, my guess is they went to a $40,000/yr tuition school, so even at $20,000/yr tuition, they probably aren't going to be repaying that with 1 year of work.
OP, does your school offer summer classes? That's the only hope I see of your possibly catching back up. It's not the end of the world, graduating a year late, it happens to people in every class. Just make sure you don't fail any more classes...it doesn't bode well on your academic ability when you are failing first year classes, but if it was a glitch caused by personal issues, then hopefully your next year will go better.
Am I missing something here?
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The real question is despite having personal problems, how did you fail a first semester P1 course?
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Eh.....my school had some classes and professors that were notorious for failing people, and some were indeed first semester p1 year.
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Yeah, our P1 A&P and Biochem classes were both pretty difficult for anyone who hadn't taken those classes or weren't used to a graduate level course. As luck would have it, I had taken a true graduate physiology course the semester before starting pharmacy school. It was far more difficult and thorough than the pharmacy version.
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I will now write a few paragraphs about the future of the profession!!"
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Consider yourself LUCKY if they let you even come back and take classes. Many schools will kick you out if you fail ONE class.
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gotta get that tuition money for a couple more semesters
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Easily. It's been commented at Big 10 and Pac 12 (really, Western States) that every P1 first semester/quarter failure is a failure of the AdCom to do its job. Sometimes, it's due to a particularly bad/sadistic professor (anyone from Florida like to comment about how Jacksonville worked?) which the Deanery has to cover up somehow, but an Adcom is supposed to review these cases every year before recruitment starts as a reminder not to recruit these types. But then again, I'm not at a for-profit school, I imagine it's a different proposition there (how much can they loan out). The metric reported to the state is how many state dollars per pharmacist RPh are educated in a class, and failing too many people out really screws up those numbers to the Provost and to the Higher Education Committee of the state as being particularly profligate with taxpayer dollars.
It's the St. Pete campus that is getting closed.
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I was still waking up when I wrote that and really worded it nonsensically. What I was trying to say, with the high price of many pharmacy schools, it's unlikely s/he could earn enough in one year to pay back his/her 1st year tuition.
