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[Sparda29]

Have a degree in pharmacy. (Just graduated this year, 25 years old, haven't started working yet though.) I have this kinda inner feeling that I'm not done with the whole school/learning process yet.

Do Med Schools look at your stats from your grad school, or do they want your stats from undergraduate only? Also, will having a doctorate in pharmacy suffice, or will I have to go back and complete my bachelor's. (I had 101 credits on the way to a Biology degree when I got accepted to pharmacy school.)

Any advantages/disadvantages having a doctorate degree vs the traditional students.

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[lilanon]

Hi Sparda, I don't know about the pharmacy degree situation, so I hope someone else can help. However, I do know that adcoms will look at ALL of your grades. Undergrad, grad, anything post-bacc, etc.

 

[Catalystik]

Have a degree in pharmacy. (Just graduated this year, 25 years old, haven't started working yet though.) I have this kinda inner feeling that I'm not done with the whole school/learning process yet.

1) Do Med Schools look at your stats from your grad school, or do they want your stats from undergraduate only?
2) Also, will having a doctorate in pharmacy suffice, or will I have to go back and complete my bachelor's. (I had 101 credits on the way to a Biology degree when I got accepted to pharmacy school.)

3) Any advantages/disadvantages having a doctorate degree vs the traditional students.

1) Most med schools mainly consider undergrad grades, including generally the first few years of the PharmD which are typically marked as undergrad on your transcript. All college grades and undergrad-level coursework from pharm school are calculated to gether to create the cGPA. Some give weight to the BCPM of grad school grades. All of the rest will look at all your grades and grade trends, mainly in the respect that if the most recent were dismal, it doesn't reflect well.

2) Some med schools absolutely will not consider you without a bachelors degree. Most will, if you have a PharmD.

3) You will have to do some major fancy footwork to explain the shift in focus from one professional program to another to avoid the "unable to commit" label.

 

[Sparda29]

1) Most med schools mainly consider undergrad grades, including generally the first few years of the PharmD which are typically marked as undergrad on your transcript. All college grades and undergrad-level coursework from pharm school are calculated to gether to create the cGPA. Some give weight to the BCPM of grad school grades. All of the rest will look at all your grades and grade trends, mainly in the respect that if the most recent were dismal, it doesn't reflect well.

2) Some med schools absolutely will not consider you without a bachelors degree. Most will, if you have a PharmD.

3) You will have to do some major fancy footwork to explain the shift in focus from one professional program to another to avoid the "unable to commit" label.

Is a ****ty job market a good enough reason for #3?

 

[Catalystik]

Try to do better. That's what all the JDs and engineering grads are up against, too.

 

[Sparda29]

Try to do better. That's what all the JDs and engineering grads are up against, too.

What about lack of professional power/authority? It's like when we go on rounds, people know you're there to give drug recommendations about the patients, but they don't really care or listen and they end up doing what they want, even though they are wrong according to the books.

 

[Catalystik]

What about lack of professional power/authority? It's like when we go on rounds, people know you're there to give drug recommendations about the patients, but they don't really care or listen and they end up doing what they want, even though they are wrong according to the books.

That's better.

 

[Sparda29]

That's better.

Hmm, that's the message I'd be trying to send, except what I can't have them know is that I'm an egotistical narcissistic glory seeker who wants to be King of the hospital. (Which is something that I won't get as a pharmacist.)

 

[Catalystik]

It will be our secret. And why stop at King of the Hospital when there are entire Medical Centers out there in need of dictatorial guidance. Be Emporer.