Howard Pharmacy question for current students?

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For those of you who were accepted to Howard Universities Pharm D program, do you mind posting your stats? I'm currently attending a 4 year university but am thinking of dropping my Bachelors (since it would basically make me a Junior for close to 3 years) and just transferring to a community college to finish my pre-req's and take my PCAT by spring 2016. Any advice? Am I doing the right thing or should I just stay being a junior for 3 years and a senior for 2, then apply? Any advice is welcome. Also, if you just did you pre-req's did you feel you should have gone back and done your Bachelors, did you feel less adequate during application time?

 

[sosoo]

are u black? if so u have 50% chance of acceptance. do the pre-reqs and score the PCAT is sufficient. its a historically black school, not to be racist by any means.. if you're another race, u have better chance at other schools.

 

[oldstock]

are u black? if so u have 50% chance of acceptance. do the pre-reqs and score the PCAT is sufficient. its a historically black school, not to be racist by any means.. if you're another race, u have better chance at other schools.

only 50% ??

 

[cnicolef08]

Wow.... That statement incredibly stupid and completely unfounded.

 

[oldstock]

Wow.... That statement incredibly stupid and completely unfounded.

How ??

 

[sosoo]

like i say its not racist or anything. historically pharmacists are mostly white ppl, so this is one of few schools popped up back then to increase diversity.

 

[cnicolef08]

How ??

To ask "are you black? well then you only have a 50% chance of getting in. " That just didn't come off right. Its not that white students have a lesser chance of getting into a HBCU. Its moreso that the number of white applicants applying to an HBCU is generally much lower than at a PWI.

 

[sosoo]

To ask "are you black? well then you only have a 50% chance of getting in. " That just didn't come off right. Its not that white students have a lesser chance of getting into a HBCU. Its moreso that the number of white applicants applying to an HBCU is generally much lower than at a PWI.

they have a quota to accept 50% of incoming students blacks. then the remaining students from Africa. Asia. etc. regardless of the "number of white applicants applying."

 

[Digsbe]

Where are you getting those figures from? Yeah, most schools will consider non-whites and non-Asians in a preferred light due to the "under-represented in healthcare" status, but I haven't heard of schools that require quotas.

 

[Dr.Tao]

Where are you getting those figures from? Yeah, most schools will consider non-whites and non-Asians in a preferred light due to the "under-represented in healthcare" status, but I haven't heard of schools that require quotas.

Howard doesn't have "quotas", I guess some people just like to run/lie with their wild imaginations.

 

[cnicolef08]

Howard doesn't have "quotas", I guess some people just like to run/lie with their wild imaginations.

agreed. Sosoo, can you please show me where you are getting these ridiculous figures from? Preferably something that isn't a wikipedia page or somebody's twitter post.

 

[68quebec]

I'm not a racist at all but I know that Howard university is widely known as more than half of students are black.

 

[sosoo]

50% is conservative. i thought i read it somewhere. though my class size was about 75% blacks.

 

[Dr.Tao]

There's a significant difference between a school having a commitment to producing professionals that are more likely to work in underserved areas, versus specifically stating that there are quotas.

Schools like Howard serve a desperate need in this country, a need that the majority of matriculants to professional schools are unwilling for whatever reason, to fill.

 

[Dr.Tao]

Many non Black students that end up at schools like Howard probably wouldn't have had a shot at professional schools otherwise, so "biting the hand that fed you" is borderline crass.