Question about Pharmacy School Accelerated

[riceman23]

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Hey I have a question,

I currently work for a pharmaceutical company but want to pursue my pharmd as a career move. I have a 4 year marketing degree and a 2 year math and science both from different institutions. I have worked for this top pharmaceutical company for 7-8 months and decided pharma sales is not what I want to do. I am highly considering going to MCPHS and trying to get into their accelerated program and am just wondering how the school is and if I have a chance to get in. I have a 3.7 GPA for each of my degrees and was super involved in college and have done a ton of community service over the years. I have some real world pharmaceutical experience as well. I was wondering if anyone could lend me their thoughts especially those that have attended or currently attend MCPHS.

Thank You

 

[riceman23]

anyone?? can anyone help me out??

 

[Prepharm1214]

Your gpa would certainly be competitive for MCPHS's 4 year program. The accelerated program usually draws more competitive applicants, to what extent i'm not sure. Either way you would put yourself in a good position to get accepted, provided the other pieces of your application were good. The fact you have worked in a pharmaceutical company would certainly help as well I would think.

From what I hear many people complain about the accelerated program at MCPHS, saying its incredible rigorous. They have a very low retention rate (comparatively) if I remember correctly. Beyond that I cannot comment since I don't go there.

 

[riceman23]

ok thanks I will be aiming for A's in the rest of my classes to take so I should bring that up to around a 3.8, thanks for the reply!

 

[pharmD1980]

I swear to God that my friend got accepted to the accelerated program at MCPHS with ~2.6 GPA (no pharmacy exp, no BS degree). With your 3.7 GPA, you're good to go. All you need to do right now is to apply EARLY & do well on pcat. Good luck

 

[jersey9000]

I swear to God that my friend got accepted to the accelerated program at MCPHS with ~2.6 GPA (no pharmacy exp, no BS degree). With your 3.7 GPA, you're good to go. All you need to do right now is to apply EARLY & do well on pcat. Good luck

MCPHS takes the PCAT?

 

[Prepharm1214]

MCPHS takes the PCAT?

http://www.pharmcas.org/collegesschools/schoolMCPHSMANpage.htm

They do not require the PCAT. The person stating someone got in with a 2.6 could possibly happen, but if it did it's not often - especially for an accelerated program. They say their minimum cutoff is a 2.7 so i question the validity of his post anyway.

 

[pharmD1980]

The school might change the minimum cutoff I don't know. I never think that someone can get in with ~2.6gpa. If she isn't my friend, I'll not believe this. She said that she had to take pcat. Check the school's website to make sure. Good luck

 

[PhenieMack]

You definitely do not need the PCAT. I go to MCPHS and got in with a 3.3 GPA, no pharmacy experience, no awesome extracurriculars... just an awesome smile. 😉

They did tell us that only one in 13 got in. It is really a lot of work and they have some stupid policies, like not handing back tests, but it's ok.