Well it is clear that students dropped out. How many students did you lose? Care to tally it out for us?
So who is running APPE Prep and how long have they been at PSOP? I bet they haven't been there long.
Why would they kick anyone out? They need the tuition money.
Unlike you, I don't get bothered about how bad my class is or was. It doesn't affect me the slightest bit. I know that the professors bad mouth your class and the class behind yours. Feel free to take it up with the professors if that fact bothers you. I also know that your class did the poorest of all the classes before on the renal block. Feel free to dispute this because this isn't just a rumor. I won't go into too much detail as I want to remain anonymous.
You should ask more informed students from your class on whether they agree or disagree with my post. It seems like you are the only one from Pacific who feels the opposite of what I have posted. That should make you critically think and reassess your opinion. Additionally, you should tell us about the job market and the 2019 graduates from Pacific and the NAPLEX pass rate.
Your post is 100% accurate -- for some reason, I decided to google PSOP and found this thread. It is very old too. Very happy I did. I was part of the infamous c/o 2018. I was also an ambassador, on the admissions committee, and did some focus groups outside our program. I read the original post and would have to say that the things that happened in the 4th-floor rooms were terrible. The education was terribly set up, constantly gaslit by multiple professors/admin, and the fellows who brought it were not knowledgeable.
We were told specifically what to say, and when to say it. The panels typically were only students, no faculty. I tried to be honest in those sessions.
Additionally, APPE prep was not like that when I was there -- but they needed a way to handle students before the p3 year. We would see Oregon state students often, and we were not equal. We were told specifically what to say during alumni/interview events. My class struggled a lot with things that happened that year. When we asked for help, we were told to try harder. Or just go to a therapist, but in reality, we were needing help academically. My advisor was one of the great professors, but otherwise, we often got left behind. The things that so many of the p1/p2 students pled for over and over were told "not possible." And then on their website in the past year, they are now huge advocates of these things now.
PSOP exposed us to the tremendous stress, and they said "well you did sign up for this." I developed a chronic condition from stress, and when I did receive an FEL P2 year, they said "oh you're struggling with this? Why did you say something, we would have given you an extension on your FEL."
I followed up by explaining that I did try and was told to use a 'therapist.' I was then reminded to be sure I got to my FEL the next day and would absolutely not be receiving an extension.
We were reminded constantly, that this is grad school, pharmacy isn't meant for everyone, and if you keep going it will pay off.
When I decided to leave PSOP it was a huge deal to the program. I'm in a different program now, the grass is greener. 3-year programs are not worth it and PSOP me a letter years later.
They asked for donations from past/former students. They were disappointed with the number of services offered, that it didn't work out.
Lastly, the current enrollment is down 50% from last year, all school enrollment is down everywhere -- but people are talking about PSOP specifically.