Low GPA's Accepted into class of 2013

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Hello everyone, I'm applying for the fall 2010 entering class and
I was curious to see if anyone got into pharmacy school this year with a relatively low GPA(~3.0). could you post if you got in this year (2013) with a low gpa and what school you got into? thanks!
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rocky987 said:
Hello everyone, I'm applying for the fall 2010 entering class and
I was curious to see if anyone got into pharmacy school this year with a relatively low GPA(~3.0). could you post if you got in this year (2013) with a low gpa and what school you got into? thanks!
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2.98 gpa Bioengineering UC-San Diego
PCAT 91
Schools check the sig ;P
 
@JTrue14. w00t. go tritons. i graduated from UCSD too, bioE: bioI . which pathway were you?
 
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JTrue14 said:
2.98 gpa Bioengineering UC-San Diego
PCAT 91
Schools check the sig ;P
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Hi,

Congrats! Those are great schools. I am graduating from UCSD this June so I am dreading the upcoming application process. I am just curious, are you a CA native and if you are, why didn't you apply to the other CA schools? Thanks and congrats again!
 
Bachelors expected, SFSU, Spring 2009, GPA: 2.9 🙁

Accepted at: UCSF, UCSD, Touro 🙂

Will be attending: UCSD Class of 2013 :laugh:
 
extra07extra said:
Bachelors expected, SFSU, Spring 2009, GPA: 2.9 🙁

Accepted at: UCSF, UCSD, Touro 🙂

Will be attending: UCSD Class of 2013 :laugh:
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wow! extra07extra, if you dont mind, can you tell us what is it that makes you so different??
 
MRSA Sucks said:
Hi,

Congrats! Those are great schools. I am graduating from UCSD this June so I am dreading the upcoming application process. I am just curious, are you a CA native and if you are, why didn't you apply to the other CA schools? Thanks and congrats again!
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Thank you. I decided to apply really late, so I missed the application deadline for most of the california schools. I've lived in San Jose or San Diego for all my life so it definately will be a big change. But in a way, Im definately looking forward to seeing the east coast. I hope I have time to see all the cities out there and see the US Open. 😛

As for the application process, its not too bad if you start early. If you have the opportunity to work on your essays and pharmcas applications, I would go ahead and work on it little by little now.
 
2.62 (PharmCAS calculated) cum GPA (did horrible my first 2 years)
3.75 GPA from last year, 3.6 from year before
Applied via early decision to Colorado - Accepted 😀
PCAT - 94th (composite), 91st overall
Lots of intangibles
 
extra07extra said:
Bachelors expected, SFSU, Spring 2009, GPA: 2.9 🙁

Accepted at: UCSF, UCSD, Touro 🙂

Will be attending: UCSD Class of 2013 :laugh:
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WOW, I thought that UCSD didn't even consider people below a certain GPA cutoff.. props to you!
 
sungieality said:
WOW, I thought that UCSD didn't even consider people below a certain GPA cutoff.. props to you!
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Congrats to extra07extra on her acceptance at UCSD, and I remember reading her posts about this a while back. Yea, I went to their open house session one night after my classes and I think it was the dean who said that a GPA of 3.5 is low (think that's the cut-off), so I didn't bother to apply there. He did say that 1/3 of accepted students were UCSD alums, but I thought I want to save my $100 and spend it on a school that I would have a better shot.
 
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I got accepted to the University of Michigan. I had a 2.56 cumulative and a 2.78 science gpa. I got a 95 on the PCAT and did 4 years of undergraduate research in Inorganic Chemistry.

I know that my gpa is utter garbage. I just made sure to explain the reasons why and how I fixed them. I think getting my Bachelors degree and all the research helped A LOT to say the least.
 
Cumulative sGPA: 3.0 (bachelor's sGPA: 2.6, postbac sGPA: 3.7).

Applied in 2008:
UCSF: Waitlisted
Hawaii-Hilo: Waitlisted
Touro-CA: Invited to accelerated MPH, declined
Creighton Distance: Waitlisted

Applied in 2009:
UCSF: Accepted
Hawaii-Hilo: Accepted
Touro-CA: Accepted

I'm going to UCSF for class of '13. 🙂

I have a number of different things going for me--10+ years of work and volunteer experience in healthcare/pharmacy; former executive director of a nonprofit; and the 3.7 in my postbac was probably the biggest deciding point.
 
great thread guys, this shows that hard work and determination will get you into the school of your dreams! Admission committees do notice your recent achievements instead of automatically rejecting you based on mere numbers.

I need to refer my friends over to take a look at this thread.
 
Cumulative undergrad GPA - 3.2
Math/Science undergrad GPA - 3.0

Graduate GPA (all science) - 3.2-3.3
PCAT - 86

Applied to 9 schools, 9 interviews granted. Attended 5 interviews, 4 acceptances and 1 waitlist (grrr UB 🙂 )
 
haha I wonder if this thread is gonna piss passion4sci off....

2.31 sci
2.13 cum
12 pcat
no experience, no EC or volunteer.
 
cGPA was around 2.92
sGPA around 3
BS in Biochem with minor in Bio from VCU
PCAT 88

Lots of pharmacy experience, CPhT for 5+ years, Pharmacy buyer for Cardinal Health for 1.5 years

Accepted to UT-Memphis
 
Applied to UB in 2003- rejected
Applied to UB in 2006- rejected
Thought about jumping off a cliff...just kidding!!! and then went back and got an MPH...

2009
Accepted at Nova Southeastern
Waitlisted before interview @ UB
Waitlisted after interview at St. John Fisher
Interview offered at LECOM Bradenton- declined.

Stats:
BS (2006) in Biochemical Pharmacology GPA 3.0
Master of Public Health (2009) GPA 3.7
PCAT 82
1 yr. pharm experience as tech
3 months volunteer pharm experience in hospital
240 hr public health internship
various other ECs


So don't give up even if your GPA is not great!!!! 🙂
 
3.2 undergrad
3.0 science undergrad
3.6 in grad school - public health (showed improvement to make up for BAD grades early on)
80 PCAT

5 applications, 5 interview invites, 4 interviews, 2 waitlists (withdrew from each), 2 acceptances.
 
PharmCAS cumulative GPA of 2.71, math/science of 3.02

GPA since the Clinton adminstration... 3.477
BGS spring 2009

PCAT - 92
only pharmacy experience is a few hours of job shadowing

APPLIED
Creighton - interview, rejected
Colorado - accepted
LECOM (FL) - accepted
Regis - accepted
Midwestern (AZ) - waitlisted, then accepted
UNMC - accepted
Incarnate Word - declined interview
 
Cum 3.45
Pharmcas: Math 2.71, Science 3.5
Pcat: 51
Work exp. 5+ pharmacy tech
Ec: well over 1000 hrs in community involvement

South University: Accepted
U of florida: Rejected
Lecom: Rejected
Famu: Accepted:soexcited: class of 2013
 
pharmcas gpa 2.76
pcat 95


accepted to UNC 🙂
 
thanks everyone for responding! it seems that a lot of people made up for low gpa's with pretty good PCAT scores (like 80+). im taking mine this August so hopefully all goes well. Thanks again and keep them coming! 🙂
 
Keep in mind most people with low GPA's will have their bachelors.
 
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