Hampton University

[dnguyen35]

---

Members do not see this ad.

is there any one interested in Pharmacy programs in Hampton University? What is the requirement for PCAT? How many scores such as?
thanks

 

[SmKN808]

is there any one interested in Pharmacy programs in Hampton University?

ooh, i guess just "ME" then...👍😀👍

What is the requirement for PCAT?

don't know off hand because i'm applying straight out of high school. so it doesn't apply just yet. buuut, most pharmacy schools are between 50~99% with the average being 70~80%. although, since it's VERY competitive, i would recommend you staying above 80% at the very least. but that's just me... and good luck, by the way...

 

[PharmD2Be2014]

I wouldn't go to Hampton if I were you. I sincerely looked at applying there. I mean, as a minority at a HBC, I would get my schooling paid for. Who wouldn't love tha? However, there are a few things that told me it was a bad idea.

1) I've been told that their accreditation is under review. Not a good sign.

2) I've worked with students at Hampton. They have told me they take only an average of 5 classes per semester in pharmacy school. VCU students start with 10 classes.

3) Hampton doesn't have exactly the greatest NAPLEX passing rates. VCU is the only school in VA with NAPLEX passing scores consistently above 90%.

4) This school is in what I consider a dangerous area of Hampton. Not only that, but you have to deal with HRBT (for those not familiar with Hampton Roads traffic, that's Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel) traffic. Don't even get me started on that! Hampton University is off of 64 right before the HRBT and you STILL hit awful traffic.

5) HU is private. It is extremely expensive for people who don't get minority scholarships. I don't want to pay high prices for a sub-par education.

With that said, HU is a good option if you didn't score so well on the PCAT or don't have the greatest GPA. I've heard they accept people with 2.8 GPAs. What does that say to you about the caliber of the students that attend there?

Please don't be offended. I've really done a bunch of research into Hampton. If it is the school you really want to attend, by all means apply. *They also don't use PharmCAS, which is just plain annoying.* If you are a VA resident, though, please consider VCU. It is by far the best school VA has to offer. 20th best in the nation, over 100 years old, and public (and therefore much cheaper than all of the other private schools in VA)- how can you get any better than that?

 

[Dr Coke]

Just to shed some light on the issue of Hampton, not all of that is entirely true. I'll be graduating from their school of Pharmacy spring 2011, so I have a little more knowledge of their program as opposed to being an outsider so I can address them a little better.

1. Yes, their accreditation was under review, we were placed on probation for 4 months. What people fail to realize however is that it had NOTHING to do with the curriculum. ACPE has regulations for pharmacy school based on the student:faculty ratio which is the reason we were placed on probbation, NOT the program. We hired 10 new faculty members over the summer and the issue was resolved. Hampton is an HBCU, that being said you will never find an HBCU that at some point hasn't bumped heads with ACPE for pharmacy accreditation. Howard and FAMU have also had their fair share of issues, but no one seems to pay as much attention to them.

2. The average amount of classes per semester isn't the same as other schools because we have a combined curriculum. For instance, Hampton (as well as a few other schools who are starting to follow the same curriculum style) teaches the course Drug and Disease State Management over a course of 8 "blocks" with each block representing a different targeted body system. In the course you will cover pathology, pharmacology, as well as therapeutics. Considering that this course alone is taught over three semesters, it would account for 24 classes over three semesters. Taking this into account as well as the additional classes we are required to take and it is about the same. I know because a former co-worker is in the exact same year I am in at FAMU. I usually take my tests on the same information she studies, but my class is a little bit ahead and so far I have had the opportunity to gain more experience outside of the classroom.

3. The statement that we have low NAPLEX scores is completely incorrect. We have an all school meeting each year to review our graduating class NAPLEX scores. This year was the lowest year we've had since I came in, and it was 92%. In the past we had separate courses offered specifically for our graduating class to help prepare them for the NAPLEX exam. While this isn't the case anymore, we've still been able to graduate and pass without problems.

4. Hampton isn't any more dangerous than any other college area. There has been plenty of shootings at VCU just like there has been at any other school. Though you are right, HRBT is terrible if you're coming from the Norfolk side of the water. Early in the morning it's not quite as big of an issue, but if you're going home at the end of classes, expect to lose about 45 minutes of your day.

5. If you look at the prices, unless you are a resident of the state wherein you pay less for state tuition, ALL pharmacy schools are expensive. Not only that but you have to take into account cost of living if you don't plan to stay on campus. That being said I actually opted to come to Hampton because it was cheaper than going to some of the other schools I was accepted to, which included schools like Palm Beach Atlantic, and NOVA Southeastern schools of pharmacy in Florida.

The teachers here will do their best to cater to your educational needs, so if you feel like you're getting a "sub-par" education, then they will teach you outside of the classroom and guide you towards other mentors who can teach you as well. Currently I have a professor who teaches my entire class outside of school so that we can have a better grasp of infectious diseases pharmacology. Speaking for myself alone I've also been offered fellowships and position to work with companies including the CDC, which is an option for those who don't want to simply work for Walgreens, CVS, or any other chain pharmacy. School rankings are more so based on the amount of money a school brings in each year, the time they've been established, and the amount of students they bring in than they are the ratings and average placement post grad. Schools like VCU are higher than Hampton is, but at the end of the day as long as you have a PharmD. that's what matters most. Hampton doesn't require particularly high GPA but if you look at most schools, the requirements aren't much different. It's a MINIMUM requirement, which means it isn't necessarily what everyone has only a 2.8. When I was in high school I had a 2.9 GPA but I had a 1290 SAT score and I was recruited to go to UF, which at the time was the 7th rank in the country. While I can't say that if I had teh chance I wouldn't go to another school, I can say that so far I've felt prepared for any of the rotations and job sites I've been on.

 

[SmKN808]

Just to shed some light on the issue of Hampton, not all of that is entirely true. I'll be graduating from their school of Pharmacy spring 2011, so I have a little more knowledge of their program as opposed to being an outsider so I can address them a little better.

1. Yes, their accreditation was under review, we were placed on probation for 4 months. What people fail to realize however is that it had NOTHING to do with the curriculum. ACPE has regulations for pharmacy school based on the student:faculty ratio which is the reason we were placed on probbation, NOT the program. We hired 10 new faculty members over the summer and the issue was resolved. Hampton is an HBCU, that being said you will never find an HBCU that at some point hasn't bumped heads with ACPE for pharmacy accreditation. Howard and FAMU have also had their fair share of issues, but no one seems to pay as much attention to them.

2. The average amount of classes per semester isn't the same as other schools because we have a combined curriculum. For instance, Hampton (as well as a few other schools who are starting to follow the same curriculum style) teaches the course Drug and Disease State Management over a course of 8 "blocks" with each block representing a different targeted body system. In the course you will cover pathology, pharmacology, as well as therapeutics. Considering that this course alone is taught over three semesters, it would account for 24 classes over three semesters. Taking this into account as well as the additional classes we are required to take and it is about the same. I know because a former co-worker is in the exact same year I am in at FAMU. I usually take my tests on the same information she studies, but my class is a little bit ahead and so far I have had the opportunity to gain more experience outside of the classroom.

3. The statement that we have low NAPLEX scores is completely incorrect. We have an all school meeting each year to review our graduating class NAPLEX scores. This year was the lowest year we've had since I came in, and it was 92%. In the past we had separate courses offered specifically for our graduating class to help prepare them for the NAPLEX exam. While this isn't the case anymore, we've still been able to graduate and pass without problems.

4. Hampton isn't any more dangerous than any other college area. There has been plenty of shootings at VCU just like there has been at any other school. Though you are right, HRBT is terrible if you're coming from the Norfolk side of the water. Early in the morning it's not quite as big of an issue, but if you're going home at the end of classes, expect to lose about 45 minutes of your day.

5. If you look at the prices, unless you are a resident of the state wherein you pay less for state tuition, ALL pharmacy schools are expensive. Not only that but you have to take into account cost of living if you don't plan to stay on campus. That being said I actually opted to come to Hampton because it was cheaper than going to some of the other schools I was accepted to, which included schools like Palm Beach Atlantic, and NOVA Southeastern schools of pharmacy in Florida.

The teachers here will do their best to cater to your educational needs, so if you feel like you're getting a "sub-par" education, then they will teach you outside of the classroom and guide you towards other mentors who can teach you as well. Currently I have a professor who teaches my entire class outside of school so that we can have a better grasp of infectious diseases pharmacology. Speaking for myself alone I've also been offered fellowships and position to work with companies including the CDC, which is an option for those who don't want to simply work for Walgreens, CVS, or any other chain pharmacy. School rankings are more so based on the amount of money a school brings in each year, the time they've been established, and the amount of students they bring in than they are the ratings and average placement post grad. Schools like VCU are higher than Hampton is, but at the end of the day as long as you have a PharmD. that's what matters most. Hampton doesn't require particularly high GPA but if you look at most schools, the requirements aren't much different. It's a MINIMUM requirement, which means it isn't necessarily what everyone has only a 2.8. When I was in high school I had a 2.9 GPA but I had a 1290 SAT score and I was recruited to go to UF, which at the time was the 7th rank in the country. While I can't say that if I had teh chance I wouldn't go to another school, I can say that so far I've felt prepared for any of the rotations and job sites I've been on.

DARN... i wish you were here before i cancelled 2 weeks ago 🙁 all last month i was wondering, where the hell is all the hampton students[NOT one]??? STUDYING, i suppose eh? 😳 but, anyway... i'm not sure i would have gotten accepted to Hampton. but, it was my top choice as far as 0-6 programs go. the only other 0-6 program that seemed to matched up fairly well "statistically" aside from the accreditation issues an such, was St. Louis CoP. NO DISRESPECT!!! by the way to ALL the other schools that offer 0-6 programs. that's just MY take on it okie...😀

 

[pharm B]

I'll only comment on pt 4. The traffic is awful on the HRBT. I had some problems in Hampton and know someone held up at gunpoint there. The good news? At least it's not in Newport News 😉

 

[pearljam5a1]

4. Hampton isn't any more dangerous than any other college area. There has been plenty of shootings at VCU just like there has been at any other school. Though you are right, HRBT is terrible if you're coming from the Norfolk side of the water. Early in the morning it's not quite as big of an issue, but if you're going home at the end of classes, expect to lose about 45 minutes of your day.

This is completely false and inaccurate. There have not been any shootings at VCU. I did my undergrad there and this is a blatant lie. While I'm not saying there hasn't been incidents of crime, there definitely weren't any shootings on the campuses. Shootings in Richmond? Sure! On VCU's campuses? No.

 

[BelleMD2B]

Shootings at VCU?

Perhaps you are are thinking about Virginia Tech.

 

[fruity]

DARN... i wish you were here before i cancelled 2 weeks ago 🙁 all last month i was wondering, where the hell is all the hampton students[NOT one]??? STUDYING, i suppose eh? 😳 but, anyway... i'm not sure i would have gotten accepted to Hampton. but, it was my top choice as far as 0-6 programs go. the only other 0-6 program that seemed to matched up fairly well "statistically" aside from the accreditation issues an such, was St. Louis CoP. NO DISRESPECT!!! by the way to ALL the other schools that offer 0-6 programs. that's just MY take on it okie...😀

hampton is 2-4 not 0-6