PiYi or to those who's in the PharmD program at USN,
What was your GPA when you got in? How's the student's life there?
What do you like and dislike about USN? How old are most of the students?
How are the teachers, students, and the classes there?
I got a 3.48 Science GPA. I'm very worried though.
Thanks for your help!
Eve
My gpa is 3.9 overall and 4.0 science. But don't be too worried about your gpa-- 3.7 is the
average gpa, so its not like they only accept students with 4.0 gpa.
I really enjoy the student life here--there are things that you can join, and there are some clubs that like to help students out with studying/assessments and things like that. There are opportunities for going out and socializing, but if you are more into studying like me, then you still don't feel out of place.
I really like the block system usn has-- I like how you can concentrate on only a few subjects at a time and then you don't have to worry too much about it after you are tested on it (well, you still have to understand it, but as long as you have a solid understanding of what was covered you can still move on without having to worry about an instructor nit-picking on stuff learned months previously).
I don't like how you have to get a 90% on every assessment--talk about stress!
There are
a lot of older students in my class. In fact, I'd say the mid-age is maybe around late twenties or even thirty. But everyone gets along, its not like the older students are ostracized or anything like that. In fact, I even forget that they're older, they all kind of blend in to me. A lot of them have families. A lot of the friends/people I talk to in my class have families.
The instructors are really, really nice; they are real easy to talk to (at least everyone I've had so far). They really want to help you (although there is at least one that likes to be tricky; but he's still really nice and his lectures are one of the more entertaining ones).
The students are quite friendly. I don't have any problems going up and talking to most of them; most are easy to get along with (at least all the ones I've talked to so far). The classes are pretty interesting for the most part. I think they really try to get to the heart of the material and try not to overload you with superfluous information, which is nice. Some of the things you'll learn, you might be thinking, "am I really going to need this?" But I have a feeling that some other schools go into
way more detail than usn (but I have no proof of that). But you do have to do a lot of studying to pass the exams. There is no "easy" material so far (at least in my opinion).
Ok, well, I hope that helps. I'm always open to questions. I'm only in my first month at this school, so my opinions may change later on of course; but this is what I feel now at least.
