How will you explain this????

[Bill_252001]

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I have a friend who applied to pharmacy school last year and her application was rejected. Her GPA is 3.98 and PCAT composite is 81. She wasn't given a reason why her application was rejected.

Now I am in the same boat and applying this year. I would like to know possible explanations for her application rejection.

Any Ideas?????

 

[sdgirl1507]

I have a friend who applied to pharmacy school last year and her application was rejected. Her GPA is 3.98 and PCAT composite is 81. She wasn't given a reason why her application was rejected.

Now I am in the same boat and applying this year. I would like to know possible explanations for her application rejection.

Any Ideas?????

Which school(s) did she apply to? Does she have a BS? Does she participate in any activities outside of school? Is she a social and likeable person?

 

[manapharm]

I have a friend who applied to pharmacy school last year and her application was rejected. Her GPA is 3.98 and PCAT composite is 81. She wasn't given a reason why her application was rejected.

Now I am in the same boat and applying this year. I would like to know possible explanations for her application rejection.

Any Ideas?????

Maybe she got a bad letter of Rec. On the past I received a negative letter of Rec. from people applying for a research position. Yeah believe it. I cannot tell them that I rejected them because their letter of Rec are bad. It is confidential! So be careful whom to ask for the letter of Rec.

 

[Jaquabeem]

Perhaps she was lacking in other aspects of her application such as her LORs, interview, and pharmacy experience. Maybe it was just a very competitive year, which could make a 81 pcat seem not so great.

 

[NuclearFission]

I'd have to go with the LOR or even the specific University she applied to didn't liker her interview.

 

[aboveliquidice]

I agree - A guy in a different O Chem class as me applied to UF. He scored a 93 on the PCAT and his GPA was around 3.9 - maybe 3.91. He was rejected. Turned out he had a minor felony for marijuana. From the outside he looked like an excellent canidate - one thing jacked up with your application can make matriculation impossible.

 

[shaq786]

Maybe she got a bad letter of Rec. On the past I received a negative letter of Rec. from people applying for a research position. Yeah believe it. I cannot tell them that I rejected them because their letter of Rec are bad. It is confidential! So be careful whom to ask for the letter of Rec.

I wish people would just say they cant write you a good recommendation. That would solve the LOR problem alltogether.

 

[savvysearch]

I wish people would just say they cant write you a good recommendation. That would solve the LOR problem alltogether.

My feeling is that there must be a lot of professors out there who are evil and mean spirited. I can't imagine why any person would do that. It's sick. It's called a letter of RECOMMENDATION. If you can't recommend your student, don't be a weasel and agree to write it, and then diss them behind their back.

 

[pharmd4me@510]

I agree - A guy in a different O Chem class as me applied to UF. He scored a 93 on the PCAT and his GPA was around 3.9 - maybe 3.91. He was rejected. Turned out he had a minor felony for marijuana. From the outside he looked like an excellent canidate - one thing jacked up with your application can make matriculation impossible.

That's messed up. Did they do a background check or something?

 

[Bill_252001]

from what i know, she wasn't invited to even interview. And she's been a favorite student of few professors who wrote LORs, so that possibility is out.

 

[NuclearFission]

I agree - A guy in a different O Chem class as me applied to UF. He scored a 93 on the PCAT and his GPA was around 3.9 - maybe 3.91. He was rejected. Turned out he had a minor felony for marijuana. From the outside he looked like an excellent canidate - one thing jacked up with your application can make matriculation impossible.

A felony for just having marijuana? Sounds suspicious. You don't get a felony for just having marijuana unless it was a lot. Maybe he was trying to sell it.

 

[twester]

A felony for just having marijuana? Sounds suspicious. You don't get a felony for just having marijuana unless it was a lot. Maybe he was trying to sell it.

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