Pharmacy schools getting more competitive and exclusive

[yesican87]

Check this article out --- who feel lucky???!!!

http://drugtopics.modernmedicine.com/drugtopics/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=522778

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[RxWildcat]

They're kinda stating the obvious, but its nice to see it in writing.

 

[AbsoluteEthanol]

i don't know about this article, people still have no idea was a PharmD is. People still ask me if I'm going into pharmaceutical sales literally EVERY TIME I TELL THEM THAT I'M GETTIG A PharmD... it's so annoying!

why don't pharmacists have any lobbying power?

 

[UES Girl]

i don't know about this article, people still have no idea was a PharmD is. People still ask me if I'm going into pharmaceutical sales literally EVERY TIME I TELL THEM THAT I'M GETTIG A PharmD... it's so annoying!

why don't pharmacists have any lobbying power?

Most are nerds ?

 

[UTPharm]

if pharmacy schools are getting more competitive, i would hate to see how uncompetitive they were 5 years ago....

 

[UTPharm]

uncompetitive lol

 

[shunsistoesis]

pharmacy schools are getting more competitive, but a pharmacist's role and responsibilities are also expanding. i guess it balances out?

 

[Prepharm1214]

if pharmacy schools are getting more competitive, i would hate to see how uncompetitive they were 5 years ago....

No offense but Toledo's pharmacy program states that the average gpa of accepted students is a 3.85, and 95% of their acceptances come from Toledo's pre-pharm. So yes, pretty much everyone does get A's there.

From a global standpoint, its a very true statement.

 

[mrblah]

I wish I applied 10 years ago, maybe I wouldn't have had to try so hard....jk jk.

 

[UTPharm]

gotta go to toledo to get into toledo. its ~500 ppl in their prepharm, only 105 get into pharmD. Not everyone gets A's

No offense but Toledo's pharmacy program states that the average gpa of accepted students is a 3.85, and 95% of their acceptances come from Toledo's pre-pharm. So yes, pretty much everyone does get A's there.

From a global standpoint, its a very true statement.

 

[jackal head]

I wish I applied 10 years ago, maybe I wouldn't have had to try so hard....jk jk.

it only gets harder, i cant imagine what it will be like 5 years from now

 

[inquirer89]

if pharmacy schools are getting more competitive, i would hate to see how uncompetitive they were 5 years ago....

Yeah no kidding! I talked with a guy who graduated this year from the school I'm applying to and he said he practically walked in.

I feel like current applicants like me are among the first wave of an explosion in the field (...which is why I'm hoping to get in before it's tooo competitive!) I think pharmacy is still a relatively "unknown" field, but its growing rapidly and it would not surprise me to see the field as popular as nursing, medicine, etc. in the next 5-10 years.