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xprettygirl11

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I've tried numerous Google searches and searching the individual school's website, but I'm searching for the percentages of minority population at pharmacy schools.

Anyone know which schools have the highest percentages?
 
Medwell said:
Wow, this is literally the last thing I'd worry about when choosing a school... lmao
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It's not the primary thing I'm looking for, but it is something I'm taking into consideration. Sorry if it's not on yours, I was just asking a question as to where I could find such information.
 
xprettygirl11 said:
It's not the primary thing I'm looking for, but it is something I'm taking into consideration. Sorry if it's not on yours, I was just asking a question as to where I could find such information.
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FAMU, I believe, has a really high AA percentage. It's in the Florida panhandle, not sure how that works for your plans and whatnot, but they're worth a shot!
 
xprettygirl11 said:
It's not the primary thing I'm looking for, but it is something I'm taking into consideration. Sorry if it's not on yours, I was just asking a question as to where I could find such information.
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Nothing wrong with that, prettygirl! I think people underestimate what it actually FEELS like to stick out like a sore thumb. It's not necessarily a bad feeling, just... well, odd...
 
xprettygirl11 said:
Just as a minority, it's important that I have students who look like me in my classes.
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My best friend in college was a black guy and as I've said in another thread I'm as white as they get. I'm sorry you don't like diversity.
 
xprettygirl11 said:
Just as a minority, it's important that I have students who look like me in my classes.
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I definitely agree with that. As an African American, I do like having someone that looks like me in my classes, it makes things less awkward, for me, between me and my classmates.😉
 
In higher level education, I feel that the school's need to fulfill whatever diversity obligation is eliminated. When choosing students, pharmacy schools look at the applicant as a whole according to GPA and activities. Sure, there are programs that cater to minorities but most do not. That's why pharmacy schools do not bother posting such stats.
 
Temple really prides itself on its diversity, it's not African Americans specifically, but I believe they have a good percentage. Plus it's in Philadelphia.
 
I think it's unfortunate that this is something you feel like you have to consider.

Along with the historically black universities, try urban schools i.e. Wayne State (in Detroit).
 
lovnpharmacy11 said:
I definitely agree with that. As an African American, I do like having someone that looks like me in my classes, it makes things less awkward, for me, between me and my classmates.😉
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You feel awkward being around white people? How are they any different than you besides their skin color?
 
DrPepsi said:
You feel awkward being around white people? How are they any different than you besides their skin color?
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I remember the first day of school. I drive up in my battered ass early 90s Taurus...rust on the wheel wells...giant dent on the hood...the kids on either side of me pull up...one in an immaculate Audi A4...the other in a brand new Camry. My first thought was "Wow, I didn't think the professors parked here, too." Followed by, "Who the **** buys their kid a $30,000 car?"

If I had the chance to go to a school with no pampered ass suburban white kids, I'd have gone, too. Thankfully it was just WVU...which wasn't that bad. I don't want to imagine how the kids at schools in richer areas of the country were...
 
lovnpharmacy11 said:
I definitely agree with that. As an African American, I do like having someone that looks like me in my classes, it makes things less awkward, for me, between me and my classmates.😉
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Must be the region you live in because I haven't viewed someone for the color of their skin in... well ever.

Then again, that's how I was brought up
 
Are you also searching for statistics on the distribution of the heights of the other pharmacy students at the school? What about their weights? Shoe sizes? Eye colors? Since you're worried about skin colors, I'd assume you care equally about these factors as well, all of which contribute to appearance.

No? Why is skin color more important?
 
xprettygirl11 said:
I've tried numerous Google searches and searching the individual school's website, but I'm searching for the percentages of minority population at pharmacy schools.

Anyone know which schools have the highest percentages?
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Medwell said:
Are you also searching for statistics on the distribution of the heights of the other pharmacy students at the school? What about their weights? Shoe sizes? Eye colors? Since you're worried about skin colors, I'd assume you care equally about these factors as well, all of which contribute to appearance.

No? Why is skin color more important?
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This. OP, you sound pretty freakin' racist. This thread should be closed and the user banned.

If a thread was started asking which school had the highest percentage of whites, there would be a giant uproar. I'm not a hypocrite; I see THIS thread as a huge problem. I didn't even THINK about that when I was applying to pharmacy schools...because I'm not a racist, and I'm friends with people I like - not just people with the same skin color as me.

OP, you should be ashamed of yourself.
 
Medwell said:
Are you also searching for statistics on the distribution of the heights of the other pharmacy students at the school? What about their weights? Shoe sizes? Eye colors? Since you're worried about skin colors, I'd assume you care equally about these factors as well, all of which contribute to appearance.

No? Why is skin color more important?
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I agree, why does it matter what color skin you have? When you get into a pharmacy school are you going to ask what the color of the skin your patients have?
 
phathead said:
Must be the region you live in because I haven't viewed someone for the color of their skin in... well ever.

Then again, that's how I was brought up
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Same here and when I grew up I loved participating in other peoples culture. I went with a friend in high school to his family reunion and I had the best asian food ever plus I got to meet a 99 year old woman who flew in from Thailand. My second year of pharmacy school I went to an all black church with a friend in Alabama and that was exciting! The way they did their sermons was incredible and the fest afterwards was to die for.

Maybe I'm too multicultural :laugh: but I love meeting people that are different than I am in the sense of how they do things.

Carboxide said:
This. OP, you sound pretty freakin' racist. This thread should be closed and the user banned.
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I don't think they should be banned but I do think the OP needs to take a look in the mirror and find out what's wrong.

Passion4Sci said:
Where's Sparda's popcorn gif thing...
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I can sorta understand OP's issue here (coming from UH, which is next to TSU - having a huge black American population.)

The Black American race is a proud race... it has a culture all their own, separate from the mainstream American culture that we seek to all be a part of.

Yes, I still agree with the rest, saying it's not important what races there are in whatever school you go to. But, everyone, I think we can all kinda ease up on the OP's request.

OP, if you're that into having a more majority black population, check out HBCUs. If you're not racist, then I would just apologize if I were you.
 
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I think its probably easier to call them racist if you're from a background that normally blends in with the majority. Btw I'm latin/spanish but I could pass for 'white' (whatever that word means right?) so I'm not going to claim to know how the op feels, but I definitely don't think this post deserves someone being banned and flamed as much as they have been. You can't claim to be so 'multiculural and educated on different races' when you'll never know how it feels to possibly be the only person of your race/ethnicity in your entire class.
 
Tinkerbell22 said:
you'll never know how it feels to possibly be the only person of your race/ethnicity in your entire class.
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It wouldn't feel like anything... you know why? Because I actually believe that all people are equal. Those who agree with me will feel the same way.
 
phathead said:
Must be the region you live in because I haven't viewed someone for the color of their skin in... well ever.

Then again, that's how I was brought up
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Good to see that some future pharmacists were raised properly, then, unlike the OP.
 
Medwell said:
It wouldn't feel like anything... you know why? Because I actually believe that all people are equal. Those who agree with me will feel the same way.
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I honestly wouldn't care. Stuff like that doesn't really bother me.

On the other hand, I kinda sorta understand what the OP is saying. If you went to an all black club and being the only caucasian there, I am sure you might feel a little weird as though you stood out. I am sure most people that aren't of color might feel that way and I think it's natural. Nothing wrong with standing out though in my opinion. It's similar to if you were like 6ft 11 and everyone else around you were under 5ft. Might be a bad comparison but I just don't think it's that important. I agree with Phathead as well.
 
Whoa. Okay, let me clarify.

First, I'm not a racist, so I apologize if anyone took it that way, seriously.

I attend an HBCU for undergrad, so I'm not looking for a strictly African American student population for pharmacy school. Nor am I looking for schools that "cater" to underrepresented populations, or whatever BS they are calling it now.

I simply wanted to know WHERE I could find the makeup of the student body. Obviously some schools know this is something of importance to their applicants, or they wouldn't put statistics on their websites. I'm not basing any of my school choices on what races attend there, however, as I stated before, I am interested in attending a school where "some students look like me." Trust, I'm very social and have a wide variety of friends from different backgrounds, but I don't think it's wrong to wonder if I'd stick out like a sore thumb at a certain school, or if a campus wouldn't offer certain cultural aspects that I am used to.

Once again, I apologize if anyone took this the wrong way. I embrace diversity and would like to attend a school with a diverse population, which some schools just don't offer.

And nexus14, thank you for your answer. That really helped. 🙂
 
Carboxide said:
This. OP, you sound pretty freakin' racist. This thread should be closed and the user banned.

If a thread was started asking which school had the highest percentage of whites, there would be a giant uproar. I'm not a hypocrite; I see THIS thread as a huge problem. I didn't even THINK about that when I was applying to pharmacy schools...because I'm not a racist, and I'm friends with people I like - not just people with the same skin color as me.

OP, you should be ashamed of yourself.
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You know the reason why you don't ask which school has the highest percentage of whites? Because it's no question. With the exception of the few HBCU SOPs, you will almost always find someone that looks like you. I'm friends with people I like, too, but I'm almost positive you've never been the ONLY one in a classroom and felt the awkwardness that entails. This wasn't a post to say "Oh, I only want to go to school with Blacks." The real world isn't like that. It was a post to ask which schools, like SOME users answered, have diverse populations. If you could not contribute the post like some users, you seriously could have kept your opinions to yourself.
 
Medwell said:
It wouldn't feel like anything... you know why? Because I actually believe that all people are equal. Those who agree with me will feel the same way.
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Seriously, lol... That's all I have to say. And I agree with P4Sci, white lens all the way. I was raised exactlyyy like Phathead... Which is why I'm actually able to understand the point of view of other people who may or may not be exactly like me (bc news flash: different races and cultures exist which allows our world to be the fascinating place it is). People have legitimate concerns... But it seems like people with the most 'real life' (not 'omg I went on vacation to another country) exposure to diversity (and whether you wanna believe it or not, adversity) are the least offended by the op's question.
 
Medwell said:
Good to see that some future pharmacists were raised properly, then, unlike the OP.
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And please don't take it there. Yes, I have grown up in the South and have faced discrimination. My parents have taught me to never hate the people who treated me the way that they did. Once again, this post wasn't meant to be a race bashing post AT ALL. Since everyone claims to be so "aware of diversity," it shouldn't be an issue that I asked a question regarding something that everyone seems to be in favor of.
 
WVUPharm2007 said:
I remember the first day of school. I drive up in my battered ass early 90s Taurus...rust on the wheel wells...giant dent on the hood...the kids on either side of me pull up...one in an immaculate Audi A4...the other in a brand new Camry. My first thought was "Wow, I didn't think the professors parked here, too." Followed by, "Who the **** buys their kid a $30,000 car?"

If I had the chance to go to a school with no pampered ass suburban white kids, I'd have gone, too. Thankfully it was just WVU...which wasn't that bad. I don't want to imagine how the kids at schools in richer areas of the country were...
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Dude...I'd drive to school in my shiny new Acura the parents bought and I'd have a Mercedes CLK on my left and a Range Rover on my right. I felt freakin' poor, I'd ask, "who the **** buys their kid an $80k range rover?"

it's all relative man.

That's not even the $$ part of it...parents would just buy their kids condos for a couple hundred grand instead of making them live in slummy rentals. I'm talking like...private garage parking, concierge, full granite/stainless steel appliances, the works. Makes that $80k range rover look like an accessory.

Good thing I got out of there, almost changed me for good. Then I got a reality check moving to a city with decidedly less money/glitz/glamor.
 
Tinkerbell22 said:
Seriously, lol... That's all I have to say. And I agree with P4Sci, white lens all the way. I was raised exactlyyy like Phathead... Which is why I'm actually able to understand the point of view of other people who may or may not be exactly like me (bc news flash: different races and cultures exist which allows our world to be the fascinating place it is). People have legitimate concerns... But it seems like people with the most 'real life' (not 'omg I went on vacation to another country) exposure to diversity (and whether you wanna believe it or not, adversity) are the least offended by the op's question.
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First, thank you for voicing your opinion without such a harsh undertone. I didn't take offense to you or Phathead's comment, the world needs more people like you all. But this wasn't even about you (or anyone else) being able to accept others, it was simply asking the question of, "Hey, does this school have a wide variety of students?" Maybe I should have worded it differently. Like I said earlier, I attend an HBCU for undergrad so I am more than ready to matriculate to a school with WAY more diversity than I am experiencing now. At the same rate, I wanted to make sure I was considering schools (& possibly consider others at the advice of this forum) that had what I was looking for in a student body, students that I could culturally relate to.
 
xprettygirl11 said:
And please don't take it there. Yes, I have grown up in the South and have faced discrimination. My parents have taught me to never hate the people who treated me the way that they did. Once again, this post wasn't meant to be a race bashing post AT ALL. Since everyone claims to be so "aware of diversity," it shouldn't be an issue that I asked a question regarding something that everyone seems to be in favor of.
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I mean it's important to some people...I think the people thinking you're race bashing have never been the only (insert minority here) person in a class of 500.

We had one AA in my biology lecture freshman year undergrad...ONE, he stood out in a sea of tiny little asians whether he wanted to or not. He was a total nerd too.

I've gotten weird looks driving around rural Utah & the midwest...it's downright uncomfortable.

but yeah, look at your HBCU's listed in this thread and i think Chicago State comes to mind as one of the newer programs. Other than that, focus on big cities & their population demographics and search for schools that way.
 
xprettygirl11 said:
First, thank you for voicing your opinion without such a harsh undertone. I didn't take offense to you or Phathead's comment, the world needs more people like you all. But this wasn't even about you (or anyone else) being able to accept others, it was simply asking the question of, "Hey, does this school have a wide variety of students?" Maybe I should have worded it differently. Like I said earlier, I attend an HBCU for undergrad so I am more than ready to matriculate to a school with WAY more diversity than I am experiencing now. At the same rate, I wanted to make sure I was considering schools (& possibly consider others at the advice of this forum) that had what I was looking for in a student body, students that I could culturally relate to.
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Nothing wrong with having expectations or being curious. I don't think I have seen many schools that post stats such as the ethnicities represented in their programs so it might be a little hard to get that info. I usually see what percentage is male or female and more general info.
 
I can see where someone might think the original post sounded racist, but obviously, it's not. When you are the minority in certain settings, there are times when you feel either left out or just a bit uncomfortable. It's a reason why some people don't apply to certain schools because certain ones only let in a very small number of minority applicants compared to the number of Caucasian applicants. This can be a bit disheartening as a minority might feel like their chances of getting in are slim to none. Getting in to professional schools is really like a lottery. There are no perfect grades or curricular activities that always set people apart (obviously there's why an interview portion exists). If you really think about how many applicants may have the same GPA and so on, something else has to come into play, like family connections, alumni status, etc. HBCUs were built for the purpose of serving as a place where African Americans were actually allowed to go to schools, but now as race relations are better, they don't have to serve that purpose. As a student at an HBCU pharmacy school, I feel like our class and those after ours are much more diverse than other schools. When I look at the makeup of another pharmacy school in my state, it looks the complete opposite and since they actually post pictures of which applicants made it in, I went back a few years up to now and counted that in almost every school there were less than 10-15 minorities (where only less than 5 were African American) out of 60-70 students. The OP wanted to know the makeup of the student pop. in each class. She never stated that she only wanted to be in a school with AA, as that would never happen anyway. Xprettygirl11, no need to apologize as there was just a misunderstanding or an inability to relate to the situation if it never occurred to some individuals.
 
browneyes021 said:
I can see where someone might think the original post sounded racist, but obviously, it's not. When you are the minority in certain settings, there are times when you feel either left out or just a bit uncomfortable. It's a reason why some people don't apply to certain schools because certain ones only let in a very small number of minority applicants compared to the number of Caucasian applicants. This can be a bit disheartening as a minority might feel like their chances of getting in are slim to none. Getting in to professional schools is really like a lottery. There are no perfect grades or curricular activities that always set people apart (obviously there's why an interview portion exists). If you really think about how many applicants may have the same GPA and so on, something else has to come into play, like family connections, alumni status, etc. HBCUs were built for the purpose of serving as a place where African Americans were actually allowed to go to schools, but now as race relations are better, they don't have to serve that purpose. As a student at an HBCU pharmacy school, I feel like our class and those after ours are much more diverse than other schools. When I look at the makeup of another pharmacy school in my state, it looks the complete opposite and since they actually post pictures of which applicants made it in, I went back a few years up to now and counted that in almost every school there were less than 10-15 minorities (where only less than 5 were African American) out of 60-70 students. The OP wanted to know the makeup of the student pop. in each class. She never stated that she only wanted to be in a school with AA, as that would never happen anyway. Xprettygirl11, no need to apologize as there was just a misunderstanding or an inability to relate to the situation if it never occurred to some individuals.
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Thank you. Which pharmacy school do you attend, by the way?
 
confettiflyer said:
Dude...I'd drive to school in my shiny new Acura the parents bought and I'd have a Mercedes CLK on my left and a Range Rover on my right. I felt freakin' poor, I'd ask, "who the **** buys their kid an $80k range rover?"

it's all relative man.

That's not even the $$ part of it...parents would just buy their kids condos for a couple hundred grand instead of making them live in slummy rentals. I'm talking like...private garage parking, concierge, full granite/stainless steel appliances, the works. Makes that $80k range rover look like an accessory.

Good thing I got out of there, almost changed me for good. Then I got a reality check moving to a city with decidedly less money/glitz/glamor.
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Oh, did you go to UM too? lol
 
confettiflyer said:
Dude...I'd drive to school in my shiny new Acura the parents bought and I'd have a Mercedes CLK on my left and a Range Rover on my right. I felt freakin' poor, I'd ask, "who the **** buys their kid an $80k range rover?"

it's all relative man.
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No, your parents are *******es. Their parents are richer *******es.

And what part of "I don't what to imagine what they are like in richer areas" don't you understand?
 
lovnpharmacy11 said:
I definitely agree with that. As an African American, I do like having someone that looks like me in my classes, it makes things less awkward, for me, between me and my classmates.😉
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Pharmacy school is a professional institution, not high school. Every part of US has been exposed to african americans, lol. No one will point their fingers at you or mistreat you based merely on your race. Now, if you act funny... then maybe.
 
At OP, honestly, this is a question better asked to adcoms, or alums of schools you are targeting. If you've ever read an iota of any of the threads on this board, you'd learn quickly that this is not the sort of topic that will result in an objective answer, without inflammatory sarcasm waiting in the wings.

That being said, pretty much every where you go, there should be someone that looks like you. I grew up in the South as well. And I was ALWAYS the only one that looked like me. But regardless, I don't think that should stop you from applying to whatever school appeals to you on an educational level. If you don't want to attend an HBCU for pharm school, then it is almost irrelevant. Just go to school in a major city for "cultural" purposes, and make friends with your classmates that are like you in whatever regard.

Most of my closest friends are people of "other races" because we have the most in common.

Good luck on your search!
 
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