Long Island University: Pre-Pharm vs. Regular Students

[LZusman]

I just wanted to know the difference between the two and their chances of getting in. Is it true that if you are a Pre-Pharm student you have a MUCH better chance of getting in?

Also if anyone here is in their 3rd year of LIU and was a Pre-Pharm can you list your grades and PCAT score.

Thank You.

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[kidkay]

Ummm, what do you mean by 'regular student'? Please clarify...

 

[Sparda29]

From what I know with my experience at LIU, since they changed to PharmCAS, there really isn't a preference between LIU Pre-Pharm and outside students unless the applicants have similar stats.

 

[LZusman]

By regular students i mean not PrePharm students, Everyone else, transfer students, even students with no majors in LIU applying for pharmacy at LIU.

 

[kidkay]

From what I know with my experience at LIU, since they changed to PharmCAS, there really isn't a preference between LIU Pre-Pharm and outside students unless the applicants have similar stats.

That's good to know, I could have sworn I read LIU give preference to LIU students during the admission process. I have to check their website, again.

 

[indizzzle]

What is the interview process like at LIU? I am just NOW submitting my supplemental; do you guys think its a little late?

 

[kidkay]

What is the interview process like at LIU? I am just NOW submitting my supplemental; do you guys think its a little late?

I dont think it too late. I believe the deadline for everything at LIU is first week of January. I recently gave LIU a call, the adcom panel looks over applications after the deadline according to what i was told. So, no rolling admissions. Go for it...you never know till you try, right?

 

[indizzzle]

I dont think it too late. I believe the deadline for everything at LIU is first week of January. I recently gave LIU a call, the adcom panel looks over applications after the deadline according to what i was told. So, no rolling admissions. Go for it...you never know till you try, right?

I'm so glad they dont have rolling admissions! I just submitted my online supplemental app! They waived the 30 fee; so I was happy. Does anyone here currently attend LIU? What is it like? Where do you live--student apartments?

 

[Duc888]

Someone should tell LIU their online application and Brooklyn campus web interface look like they were created in 1998 in an intro to webpage design class. Other than that, I hear the school is ok, I am just doing the supplemental now

 

[indizzzle]

Someone should tell LIU their online application and Brooklyn campus web interface look like they were created in 1998 in an intro to webpage design class. Other than that, I hear the school is ok, I am just doing the supplemental now

I am totally hating on their webpage! haha

 

[indizzzle]

are transcripts to LIU due by January 5th as well?

 

[naseuy]

From what I know with my experience at LIU, since they changed to PharmCAS, there really isn't a preference between LIU Pre-Pharm and outside students unless the applicants have similar stats.

As far as I know, and from overhearing conversations while at the department at LIU, this is false.

 

[onehot]

There is no way they are not going to favor someone who has given them 55k worth of tuition money over a person from a another college. Pre-pharmacy gets the priority before any transfer student.

 

[Sparda29]

As far as I know, and from overhearing conversations while at the department at LIU, this is false.

Based on my experience there, I didn't get any preference. Hell, I didn't even get an interview.

 

[naseuy]

Based on my experience there, I didn't get any preference. Hell, I didn't even get an interview.

Because there were students with better stats in the pool?

 

[shadchan1]

I am currently a p3 student( first year professional student) at LIU . I transferred with a Bachelor's degree from a local college in NY. There are many transfer students in our class. According to pharmcas, it says 50 but I think there are definitely more. My friends and I who transferred from other institutions with or without a Bachelor's degree had probabaly over a 3.7 GPA and prob even higher( I had a 3.9 and 71 pcat). The students from LIU who get a conditional acceptance very often gets kicked out b4 the program starts because they dont meet the minimum GPA requirements before skool starts. I know other pple who didnt get in but because they had bad grades the first year and a half. They had C or D or failed classes and had to retake them. So I think LIU would take a student with a 3.8 GPA from another college as opposed to a student who has a 3.0 which I think is their minimum requirement.