I am going to turn in my applications sometime next week, and I already put in my planned courses in Pharmcas for Fall 2012. However, I don't know my full schedule yet for Spring Semester 2013, and I need a class for pharmacy school and was planning on taking it then. Do I have to let Pharmcas know now even though I'm not sure if I can get in the class yet?
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I have the same exact situation.. I need a statistics class and that is it.. I am planning on reporting everything up through the winter semester. If I get interview offers from schools, and this is brought up, I will just let them know that I am scheduled to take statistics in the spring.
I see this as a trivial issue in the big picture. Just make sure that it is scheduled to be completed by the time that the school states on their website.
Otherwise, it is your application, you will ultimately have to decide how you want to handle it.
I see this as a trivial issue in the big picture. Just make sure that it is scheduled to be completed by the time that the school states on their website.
Otherwise, it is your application, you will ultimately have to decide how you want to handle it.
Once you are accepted, your courses that you take before matriculation will be between you and the school. I needed a prereq I hadn't anticipated, so I took it in spring & never reported it to PharmCAS. Then again, I was accepted early (end of September) to my first choice, so it was an easier decision what to do in my case.
If the school wants to accept you, they will look over your transcripts and tell you what you still need to do before matriculation. If they don't, I doubt that seeing spring scheduled classes makes a whit of difference either way. There is no "spring update" to PharmCAS anyway. And what will a school that denied you care whether you actually take a course you put down (or whether you take extra courses)?
So I guess what I'm saying is: if, in good faith, you are reasonably certain you will take the course, then put it down. If you don't, or you're really unsure, don't put it down. If you're still not sure what to do, you can call the school and ask whether they prefer to see it on there or don't care.
If the school wants to accept you, they will look over your transcripts and tell you what you still need to do before matriculation. If they don't, I doubt that seeing spring scheduled classes makes a whit of difference either way. There is no "spring update" to PharmCAS anyway. And what will a school that denied you care whether you actually take a course you put down (or whether you take extra courses)?
So I guess what I'm saying is: if, in good faith, you are reasonably certain you will take the course, then put it down. If you don't, or you're really unsure, don't put it down. If you're still not sure what to do, you can call the school and ask whether they prefer to see it on there or don't care.
