In need of some advice

[swtgirlcali]

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I am a pre-pharmacy student that has a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration. However due to serious medical problems my GPA is seriously low (2.4). My pre-requisite GPA is currently a 4.0. I am very worried that I will not have a chance. I currently work full-time and volunteer at a local pharmacy on the weekends. Please advise what else I can do to ensure acceptance into a pharmacy school.

Thank you for your time.


PS. My top choices are: Xavier, Howard, Hampton South University, Loma Linda University, Midwestern University-Glendale. UMKC, USN.

 

[IrishRxMan]

If your pre-req GPA is a 4.0 and you have legitimate reasons for the lower GPA, you should be fine. I would contact the schools and ask them specifically what they think. PharmCAS is a different story, I assume. When I applied and was accepted, my school wasn't using that service yet.

 

[PharmPhanatic]

I am a pre-pharmacy student that has a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration. However due to serious medical problems my GPA is seriously low (2.4). My pre-requisite GPA is currently a 4.0. I am very worried that I will not have a chance. I currently work full-time and volunteer at a local pharmacy on the weekends. Please advise what else I can do to ensure acceptance into a pharmacy school.

Thank you for your time.


PS. My top choices are: Xavier, Howard, Hampton South University, Loma Linda University, Midwestern University-Glendale. UMKC, USN.

This is going to be a long story, but trust me there is a point to it. When I began my undergraduate classes, I didn't do well. I graduated from high school second in my class and was used to getting an A in everything. I was completely unprepared for the coursework I was faced with in college. I worked really hard and even though my grades weren't horrible at the beginning, I was determined to bring my grades up to perfection. I was accepted to both Howard and Hampton this year and I was also accepted to nearly every other school I applied to (I was waitlisted at one). The point of this long story is that you have obviously improved your grades. Tell them why you didn't do so well before and show that you are focused now. Briefly mention it in your personal statement, but don't spend too much time talking about it and also address it in your interviews if given the opportunity. Also get a letter of recommendation from the pharmacist where you volunteer, otherwise they will wonder why you didn't, which may hurt you in the end. If you do that, you will be fine. Keep working hard! 👍

 

[Passion4Sci]

If you can document that serious medical condition and it is a legitimate reason for poor grades, and you are demonstrating now that you can have excellent academic success, you should be okay. It seems like this is what you are doing... I assume then that this medical condition has since subsided and most likely will not impact you in the future?

Just out of curiosity, how many credit hours do you have in pre-pharmacy classes @ 4.0, and is it at a 4 year school or a CC?

 

[aboveliquidice]

I am a pre-pharmacy student that has a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration. However due to serious medical problems my GPA is seriously low (2.4). My pre-requisite GPA is currently a 4.0. I am very worried that I will not have a chance. I currently work full-time and volunteer at a local pharmacy on the weekends. Please advise what else I can do to ensure acceptance into a pharmacy school.

Thank you for your time.


PS. My top choices are: Xavier, Howard, Hampton South University, Loma Linda University, Midwestern University-Glendale. UMKC, USN.

Despite your Pre-req GPA of 4.0 - we would still require you to raise your overall GPA above a 2.75 before you would be considered for admissions. We have a minimum cutoff - and being below would preclude any further evaluation.

Thankfully - Retaking the courses you did poor in could rapidly offset the low GPA. If you scored any Ds or Fs - these can be retaken. An F combined with an A = a C. Over the course of two or three semesters - it would be a very doable task to target these poor grades.

You could also decide to pursue a higher degree - but you will likely face the same GPA issue applying for other programs. I would focus on completing your Pre-reqs and addressing the older low grades concurrently.

 

[swtgirlcali]

Pre-req classes completed to date ( I barely started this year, I am aware anything can happen. I will not accept anything less than an A). Also attending a local community college. I am paying for the classes myself, here in Georgia I do not qualify for a student loan nor financial aid.

-AP I w/ Lab A
-AP II w/ Lab A
-Pre-Cal A
-Speech A
-English I A

I will embark on the rest of my science sequence this summer.

Thank you very much.

I will get into a PharmD program.

 

[Pharm Phiend]

what school do you go to I n Georgia? I am going to be starting my pre-reqs at Georgia Perimeter in the fall? I am sort of in the same predicament. I took classes 9+ years ago, so i am going to retake all pre-reqs because of the schools i want to apply to, my courses are too old. University of Southern Nevada does grade forgiveness. my gpa back then was a 2.67 cum and 2.34 science so i have a lot of work to do.....i know i have the resources and time to get better grades now......dont worry we'll get in Good Luck

 

[TXFarmer]

Some schools look only at the prereqs and calculate your GPA. then they look at pcat. if both are decent, you get an interview. I start pharmacy school this fall. So keep up the good work and start studying for PCAT. Use Dr. Collins review. Its great. I have it if you need it but i think its gonna sell fast. PM me if you need it.

 

[thephoenician88]

Pre-req classes completed to date ( I barely started this year, I am aware anything can happen. I will not accept anything less than an A). Also attending a local community college. I am paying for the classes myself, here in Georgia I do not qualify for a student loan nor financial aid.

-AP I w/ Lab A
-AP II w/ Lab A
-Pre-Cal A
-Speech A
-English I A

I will embark on the rest of my science sequence this summer.

Thank you very much.

I will get into a PharmD program.

Honestly, it's good that you got A's in those courses, but they'll really want to see A's in chem i/ii bio i/ii and probably organic since your old gpa was so low...it's good that you got a's in ap 1/2 but precalc/speech/eng i should've all been easy a's.

 

[swtgirlcali]

Thank you.