Maybe the Doubters are Right.

[pharmacyrx90]

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I took the PCAT today. I got a 61%. I am not going to lie, I almost got emotional as I was leaving the testing center. This way my 5th time taking the PCAT. I have reached my limit for the amount of attempts on the PCAT. A few schools have told me that I can no longer take the PCAT because i have reached my limit. The highest i ever got was a 68%.

As I have said before, I applied for this past cycle and I got rejected by the 4 schools that I applied to. My overall GPA is 3.0 and my Math/Science GPA is 2.8. i don't know what to do anymore. My whole life I have never had support from anyone and everyone has constantly doubted me. I really thought I would do well on this test. I needed to score at least an 80 to balance out my low gpa.

Where do I go from here? i will still apply to 30 or 40 schools. Somehow some way I will get into at least one pharmacy school. I am feeling so down right now. I am so close to achieving my dream but yet so far away.

 

[BiologyBoy102]

Please don't lose hope! That is that last thing that you can do. Continue to do your best! You should not throw in the towel until you feel its necessary; please do not let others dictate your decision because at the end of the day your decision affects your life. I recently posted a thread titled "A word of encouragement." Feel free to look into it. Alot of people that have posted on the thread are folks that are in our - yes i said our situation. I am in an against all odds situation as well. I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers. Please stay hopefull

- Mike

 

[pharmtech23]

Don't give up!! You'll eventually get in somewhere.
Keep fighting the good fight brother.

 

[y0ssarian87]

I took the PCAT today. I got a 61%. I am not going to lie, I almost got emotional as I was leaving the testing center. This way my 5th time taking the PCAT. I have reached my limit for the amount of attempts on the PCAT. A few schools have told me that I can no longer take the PCAT because i have reached my limit. The highest i ever got was a 68%.

As I have said before, I applied for this past cycle and I got rejected by the 4 schools that I applied to. My overall GPA is 3.0 and my Math/Science GPA is 2.8. i don't know what to do anymore. My whole life I have never had support from anyone and everyone has constantly doubted me. I really thought I would do well on this test. I needed to score at least an 80 to balance out my low gpa.

Where do I go from here? i will still apply to 30 or 40 schools. Somehow some way I will get into at least one pharmacy school. I am feeling so down right now. I am so close to achieving my dream but yet so far away.

I don't want to be a Negative Nancy, but you're in a tough situation. I think if I were in your shoes, I would take a long, hard look at my motivations for pharmacy school and my abilities. This isn't something that should be taken lightly. If you stubbornly pursue admission into pharmacy school, you could be wasting several years and lots of money applying and taking classes without any guarantee of a payoff.

What is preventing you from doing well, both on the PCAT and gradewise? Until you address that, nothing is going to change.

I have a few questions:

1) Do you have any working experience? If so, doing what?

2) What classes did you do well in during undergrad?

3) Do you have a bachelors degree?

4) Are you well-rounded? Do you have passions that you engage in that aren't pharmacy related?

Your path to pharmacy school doesn't have to be over, but you are at a point where I recommend some serious reflection.

Best of luck.

 

[Jessica1992]

Hey, if you really want to be a pharmacist, don't give up hope! I'm applying my first time this year, so I don't have much life experience. If you want to PM me and talk, please do! I don't know anyone (besides my co-workers, but I don't talk to them outside of work) who is attempting to get into pharmacy school, and misery loves company. 🙂

 

[AlPacino]

The worse thing you could do if give up and give into the doubt people are feeding you. That is just what they want. Don't give those kind of people the satisfaction. If pharmacy is really your passion, keep going no matter what!

 

[714]

I don't want to be a Negative Nancy, but you're in a tough situation. I think if I were in your shoes, I would take a long, hard look at my motivations for pharmacy school and my abilities. This isn't something that should be taken lightly. If you stubbornly pursue admission into pharmacy school, you could be wasting several years and lots of money applying and taking classes without any guarantee of a payoff.

What is preventing you from doing well, both on the PCAT and gradewise? Until you address that, nothing is going to change.

I have a few questions:

1) Do you have any working experience? If so, doing what?

2) What classes did you do well in during undergrad?

3) Do you have a bachelors degree?

4) Are you well-rounded? Do you have passions that you engage in that aren't pharmacy related?

Your path to pharmacy school doesn't have to be over, but you are at a point where I recommend some serious reflection.

Best of luck.

This is pretty on point. Do you still consider it worth your money, but more importantly your time to keep pursuing pharmacy school? If I was in your situation I would really ponder that. I'm not trying to be a downer, but you have to reflect on the reality of your situation and not just buy into the never give up idealism you see everywhere because it makes you feel better. It's not going to come to you overnight so just give it some time to think about it. Best of luck.

 

[68quebec]

I took the PCAT today. I got a 61%. I am not going to lie, I almost got emotional as I was leaving the testing center. This way my 5th time taking the PCAT. I have reached my limit for the amount of attempts on the PCAT. A few schools have told me that I can no longer take the PCAT because i have reached my limit. The highest i ever got was a 68%.

As I have said before, I applied for this past cycle and I got rejected by the 4 schools that I applied to. My overall GPA is 3.0 and my Math/Science GPA is 2.8. i don't know what to do anymore. My whole life I have never had support from anyone and everyone has constantly doubted me. I really thought I would do well on this test. I needed to score at least an 80 to balance out my low gpa.

Where do I go from here? i will still apply to 30 or 40 schools. Somehow some way I will get into at least one pharmacy school. I am feeling so down right now. I am so close to achieving my dream but yet so far away.

here is word of encouragement. think this way. if u got 68 from pcat, which means u are better than 32% of other candidates. why dont you go with your scores? if you havent submitted your pharmCAS, go for it. all you need is couragement of stepping forward. however, u must prove urself why u want to be a pharmacist strongly to pharmacy schools. if u r passionate, u will be fine. trust me. pharmacy schools are easier to get in than you think. why? because matter of staying in school and graduating is a lot harder than matter of getting accepted. whoever u got negative comment from, ignore it. they are not your father lord. have faith on urself and applying.

 

[radio frequency]

think this way. if u got 68 from pcat, which means u are better than 32% of other candidates.

No. A 68th percentile means he scored better than 68% of the people taking the PCAT. Also, these percentiles don't equate with pharmacy applicants; many people stop the application process after taking the PCAT (my guess would be mostly those at the lower and upper ends of the bell curve).

 

[owlegrad]

No. A 68th percentile means he scored better than 68% of the people taking the PCAT. Also, these percentiles don't equate with pharmacy applicants; many people stop the application process after taking the PCAT (my guess would be mostly those at the lower and upper ends of the bell curve).

Not exactly correct. You get graded against a standardized pool of historical first time test takers, not against all current test takers. More info on the pact website.

 

[pharmacyrx90]

I don't know what to do with my life anymore. Everyone is doubting me even more now. I still have the drive and passion to be a pharmacist but it's hard dealing with so much negativity. People that I have talked to my score about have been even more skeptical about me ever getting into pharmacy school. They keep telling me I am dreaming if I ever want to be a pharmacist. That I am not capable of doing something great with my life. I don't want to give up. I am trying to stay optimistic. I have come too far only to give up and accept that I will never be able to achieve my dream of becoming a pharmacist.

 

[radio frequency]

Not exactly correct. You get graded against a standardized pool of historical first time test takers, not against all current test takers. More info on the pact website.

True. That was greater detail than I thought I could succinctly describe. Nice work. 🙂

 

[68quebec]

No. A 68th percentile means he scored better than 68% of the people taking the PCAT. Also, these percentiles don't equate with pharmacy applicants; many people stop the application process after taking the PCAT (my guess would be mostly those at the lower and upper ends of the bell curve).

oops i put wrong number. but my point is still same. hou still did better than 'historic' candidates or wutever that percentile for.

by the way, why do you even care about all negative comment? its your life. you decide and act on what you want to do. this will be my last advice. stop listening to negative comments and follow your instict. later on u will laugh about this momen after u get in school. ok? once again, you need a confidence about yourself. PCAT and GPA might be important part of ur application but thats not all. try find your way to move forward.