Minorities in Pharmacy School

[lgooden]

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Hi....I was wondering about people's opinions on minority?s admission to pharmacy school and treatment upon enrollment.

A girl at my school told me that a particular school is generally prejudiced and hence has a very low minority percentage of minority students; especially black students. She also said that for the few that do get in, they are treated very differently than the other students and not much is expected of them. I would like to know if anyone else agrees with this or has encountered a similar situation. I am a minority myself and would like advice on which schools (preferably in the Midwest) seem to be minority-friendly. I know that AACP has data on how race/ethnicity of those accepted for the past few years and in the whole college, but I could not find information on the percentage rejected. Any help would be greatly appreciated as I am trying to narrow down the schools to apply to this fall for 2005.

 

[lgooden]

When you said you think race is sometimes a factor, did you mean in a negative or positive way? I wasn't asking for schools that would be easier to get in because I am a minority. I just wanted to know if there were particular schools that would not be as likely to accept me because I am.

I don't think minorities should expect to get something without being qualified either. I think that diversity is a good thing, but that it shouldn't be forced.

I only asked the question because I don't have the most competitive GPA, but I do have an engineering degree, so hopefully that counts for something....

 

[dgroulx]

I don't believe UF has a spot for race on their application. Yet, we have a very small minority representation in our class. I think it's because most of the black students choose to go to FAMU instead of UF.

 

[chitowngyrl]

Hi....I was wondering about people's opinions on minority?s admission to pharmacy school and treatment upon enrollment.

A girl at my school told me that a particular school is generally prejudiced and hence has a very low minority percentage of minority students; especially black students. She also said that for the few that do get in, they are treated very differently than the other students and not much is expected of them. I would like to know if anyone else agrees with this or has encountered a similar situation. I am a minority myself and would like advice on which schools (preferably in the Midwest) seem to be minority-friendly. I know that AACP has data on how race/ethnicity of those accepted for the past few years and in the whole college, but I could not find information on the percentage rejected. Any help would be greatly appreciated as I am trying to narrow down the schools to apply to this fall for 2005.

I am African American female and I was accepted at UIC. You asked what school in the Midwestern is minority-friendly (for a lack of a better phrase), I would have to say UIC is. (This is a shameful plug for UIC, but o' well) I cant really speak for the other schools, but I know that UIC has a fairly decent number of minority students. Not a huge number, but decent nonetheless. Also, UIC has a number of student organizations geared towards minority students. For instance, I plan on joining SNPhA, which is an organization geared towards Black pharm students. And there are other organizations that are geared to other various nationalties. Plus, UIC is located right in the heart of urban Chicago. So they can't be discriminating, when a lot of the patients you will be dealing with won't be white. Hope I helped

 

[Aucdoctobe]

Good luck you guys. Make us proud!

 

[clachan3]

It wasn't that many African Americans applied for my school, I'd say almost 90% got in. I think it was mostly because my school has a Minority student organization with a influential academic advisor to help the students through their application process. They even have step-by-step instructions and individual consultations for them. However, other foreign students are not considered to be minority, I'm kind of confused about that. I think it really depends on which school you apply and the location of the school (in which states). There are schools made up of 80% minorities so don't worry. I hope this gives you a little more info. Good Luck. 👍

 

[bananaface]

I crunched numbers in this post and derived the rejection/admission ratio by race. Keep in mind that the strength of an applicant has nothing intrinsically to do with race, so don't try and derive any individual's likelihood of getting accepted or rejected from these statistics.