have you guys ever successfully prevented someone from going to pharmacy school?

[axelz165]

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So recently a few friends have been asking me how pharmacy school is going and that they were interested in attending. I was able to successfully disuade them from the proffession. Anyone else been able to save someone's life by swaying them away from the pharmacy trap?

 

[steveysmith54]

not really. Seems like a lot of the people who have been asking me recently are the ones with subpar GPA who have no real shot at other healthcare professions.

 

[BMBiology]

No comment from me.


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[RxPreceptor]

Perhaps several who had no clear vision of which profession to pursue. Mostly just naive students who would answer "for money/financial comfort" when asked about motivation/reason for pursuing pharmacy.

 

[PharmDBro2017]

I've tried to tell multiple pre-pharm students, but they are dead set and won't listen. They already have "pharmacy or nothing" frameset of mind it seems, and no alternative plan... so they just continue down the path of pharmacy.

 

[BidingMyTime]

I give people the pluses and minuses as I see them, it's up to people to make their own decision. I wouldn't try to dissuade anyone from any college major they desired....I would however try to dissuade them from taking on anything but a small - moderate amount of debt for such major.

 

[rxdawg21]

I give people the pluses and minuses as I see them, it's up to people to make their own decision. I wouldn't try to dissuade anyone from any college major they desired....I would however try to dissuade them from taking on anything but a small - moderate amount of debt for such major.

I agree, I let them know that some people enjoy their jobs and pharmacy can be a rewarding career. I also say that I can't recommend anyone pursue pharmacy in good conscious at this point if you are going to have >100k in debt. I honestly don't see how anyone has a true passion for pharmacy and no other legitimate passion. With the current likelihood of increasingly poor job market, unless candidate is going to graduate with <50k of debt or has an independent or government hook-up its a hard do not recommend.

 

[mustang sally]

Had at least one person tell me not to become a pharmacist way back when in 2007.

Guess I didn't listen either.

 

[Saiyo]

"Yall make 6 figures a year how bad could it really be" -every prepharm ever.

 

[CountBy5s]

It's all relative. Maybe you should watch some episodes of dirtiest jobs or volunteer as a substitute teacher (any grade) or even get a PT job at any service level or desk job. I think attitudes toward pharmacy might change after having a truly ^%$# job.

 

[Kissmyabjj]

I have. A friend of mine who failed to get into medical school after two attempts was thinking about going to pharmacy school. I was able to talk him out of it and he got into medical school on his third try.

 

[W19]

not really. Seems like a lot of the people who have been asking me recently are the ones with subpar GPA who have no real shot at other healthcare professions.

NP is always the last resort...

 

[297point1]

I've prevented more than 1,500 people from attending pharmacy school.

You're welcome.

 

[PAtoPharm]

NP is always the last resort...

Really? Ironically, here in the southeast, there is a somewhat prevailing sentiment that if you don't want to go to medical school, NP school is the way to go. There is even a moderately anti-PA sentiment here as a result of a entrenched, long-standing nursing political lobby.

 

[W19]

Really? Ironically, here in the southeast, there is a somewhat prevailing sentiment that if you don't want to go to medical school, NP school is the way to go. There is even a moderately anti-PA sentiment here as a result of a entrenched, long-standing nursing political lobby.

I was talking about the 'easiness' to get a NP degree as opposed to PharmD... As far as getting a job after graduation, NP might be the way to go.

 

[rxdawg21]

Had at least one person tell me not to become a pharmacist way back when in 2007.

Guess I didn't listen either.

Same here although I didn't start really hearing it until 2009 after I started pharmacy school. Felt it was kinda late to pursue something else after almost a year done. I realized year 3 I wish I did something else.

Will say it has worked out for me so far

 

[rph3664]

I've prevented more than 1,500 people from attending pharmacy school.

You're welcome.

YOUR pharmacy school, anyway! 😎

When I transferred in 1990 to the school where I got my degree, I got a job at a restaurant and one of the other servers, who had just graduated with a liberal arts degree, started off in pharmacy and bailed after failing a P1 class. She told me, "Get out now while you still have brain cells left." I don't even remember her name, but if our paths ever cross again and we remember each other, I will tell her that I did graduate and got out when the profession became unrecognizable.

 

[tongiecc]

So recently a few friends have been asking me how pharmacy school is going and that they were interested in attending. I was able to successfully disuade them from the proffession. Anyone else been able to save someone's life by swaying them away from the pharmacy trap?

Yes, my younger brother....he graduates Med school in May and just matched into an orthopedic Surgery residency.

 

[PAtoPharm]

I've prevented more than 1,500 people from attending pharmacy school.

You're welcome.

how did you to pull that off?

 

[owlegrad]

how did you to pull that off?

He is part of the admissions committee. Or he is the Dexter of pharmacy schools.

 

[zelman]

He is part of the admissions committee. Or he is the Dexter of pharmacy schools.

Or both.

 

[297point1]

how did you to pull that off?

He is part of the admissions committee. Or he is the Dexter of pharmacy schools.

Or both.

I used to do the Dexter thing, but was pretty careless on my last couple of eliminations- almost got caught. Almost.
Now I just tell people to pull any random posting by PAtoPharm and read it. Just as effective; no risk of incarceration.

 

[sakigt]

I tell them to do whatever they want but I pull up my myfedloan.org account, show them I had a zero balance prior to Pharmacy school, borrowed $1k/month and watch their eyes widen.

 

[Chem Blade]

Several times. And even convinced a P1 to transfer from pharmacy to PA, which he did. It's too saturated.

 

[VeeSee]

Several times. And even convinced a P1 to transfer from pharmacy to PA, which he did. It's too saturated.

why didn't you convince me