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[PhaseShift]

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Hey All,
I'm new here (been browsing the forums for a few weeks, but didn't registered until today) and just wanted to say hi to all my fellow pre-pharm students and wish them luck this admissions cycle!

I am a Community College student hoping to make it into pharmacy school without spending big bucks on a bachelor's degree. Right now I have a 3.82 GPA through about 35 credit hours and not much experience in the area of volunteering. However, recently I have been given the opportunity to tutor students at my college in math and science. This will be a paid job, and I will not take it unless the job will look good to the Adcoms (it will be a major pay cut from current job in retail).

So, here's my question:

Will tutoring students as a an employee of my college be a plus, minus, or neutral addition to my transcript? It will be a tough for me to transition to the tutoring position as I will be making a couple bucks an hour less, and I only want to take the job if it will help me get into Pharmacy School.


Thanks

 

[thephoenician88]

don't worry, you'll be spending the big bucks on your Pharm doctorate depending on where you go.

Otherwise you're doing fine, i'd say keep building those extracurriculars and job experience.

 

[aboveliquidice]

Hey All,

Will tutoring students as a an employee of my college be a plus, minus, or neutral addition to my transcript? It will be a tough for me to transition to the tutoring position as I will be making a couple bucks an hour less, and I only want to take the job if it will help me get into Pharmacy School.


Thanks

It would certainly add to your application - but it is an intangible addition - it's difficult to quantify how much it would help. Does that outweigh the amount of money lost by taking a pay cut? Only you can decide that.

 

[jasonbourne]

Hey All,
I'm new here (been browsing the forums for a few weeks, but didn't registered until today) and just wanted to say hi to all my fellow pre-pharm students and wish them luck this admissions cycle!

I am a Community College student hoping to make it into pharmacy school without spending big bucks on a bachelor's degree. Right now I have a 3.82 GPA through about 35 credit hours and not much experience in the area of volunteering. However, recently I have been given the opportunity to tutor students at my college in math and science. This will be a paid job, and I will not take it unless the job will look good to the Adcoms (it will be a major pay cut from current job in retail).

So, here's my question:

Will tutoring students as a an employee of my college be a plus, minus, or neutral addition to my transcript? It will be a tough for me to transition to the tutoring position as I will be making a couple bucks an hour less, and I only want to take the job if it will help me get into Pharmacy School.


Thanks

Wow, the only differences between me and you is that I have been accepted to pharm school, i have 62 hours, and i have taken the PCAT. We have exactly the same story, job, GPA, school (community college). I guarantee you that it will be a plus on your application if you keep tutoring. It will enable you get into pharm school. I am a living example.

 

[aboveliquidice]

Wow, the only differences between me and you is that I have been accepted to pharm school, i have 62 hours, and i have taken the PCAT. We have exactly the same story, job, GPA, school (community college). I guarantee you that it will be a plus on your application if you keep tutoring. It will enable you get into pharm school. I am a living example.

The only difference between you and I is that my 350z is daytona blue...

Yeah... I like your car

 

[PhaseShift]

Thanks for the replies. Looks like I will try and take the tutoring position, and also keep the other job going on weekends. I wasn't sure whether or not the tutoring would be beneficial to my application as it's not volunteering per se, however, I have now been relieved of my doubts.


Also, I do play both varsity baseball and football for my community college, would the leadership experience gained through these activities outweigh the potential drop in GPA (.2-.3) due to the vast amount of time spent on these sports? I've realized that I probably am not going to make a living off athletics, however, they are fun as hell and I do not want to give them up.

 

[4apharmd]

You can make it into pharmacy school without a bachelors degree. I did. The BEST thing you can do is get pharmacy experience. If your ECs are great, but you don't have any pharmacy experience, whether it is shadowing or actually working in a pharmacy, you probably won't be looked at twice.