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[yt851128]

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How important do you guys think the work experience and the recommendation are in applying for pharmacy school?

If i dont have the experience, do i need to seek for an entrylevel job in a pharmacy to get it?

Helppppppppp.....................

 

[PrepharmKID]

How important do you guys think the work experience and the recommendation are in applying for pharmacy school?

If i dont have the experience, do i need to seek for an entrylevel job in a pharmacy to get it?

Helppppppppp.....................

LOR's are extremely important. I was told by a friend that works in admissions at a pharm school that they will basically ignore your application if you have a bad LOR.

As for work experience, it's a really good thing to have, and some schools actually require you to have it.

 

[nerv12345]

if your grades aren't phenomenal then work experience could give you an edge...it also gives you something to talk about/relate to in your personal statements and interviews

 

[PharmDream10]

LOR's are extremely important. I was told by a friend that works in admissions at a pharm school that they will basically ignore your application if you have a bad LOR.

What exactly do you mean by "bad" LOR? Do you mean one that says negative things about you or one that isn't great? Because why would you ask someone if there is a chance they would write something bad about you? I already have my pharmacist LOR lined up for my application next year, and I did make a point to say "would you write a GOOD LOR for me?" Just curious.

 

[PrepharmKID]

What exactly do you mean by "bad" LOR? Do you mean one that says negative things about you or one that isn't great? Because why would you ask someone if there is a chance they would write something bad about you? I already have my pharmacist LOR lined up for my application next year, and I did make a point to say "would you write a GOOD LOR for me?" Just curious.

By bad i mean it may not make you sound like a perfect person. My dad wrote a LOR for someone to be a police officer and he was completely honest in it. He said he knew the kid his whole life and he thought he was responsible and a nice kid but had problems taking advice and listening to people in charge of him.

That's why I asked my professors if they would be willing to let me read them before then send them off. I know there is nothing bad that they could possibly think of, but it wont hurt to know what they say before it gets sent.

 

[homeslice]

It depends on the school I think. A pharmacy school representative came to my university and basically said that LOR's are hardly looked at. They only have an effect if there is a big red flag in them.

 

[PrepharmKID]

It depends on the school I think. A pharmacy school representative came to my university and basically said that LOR's are hardly looked at. They only have an effect if there is a big red flag in them.

Or that. I would assume though that someone willing to even write a LOR for you would realize that if they are going to do it for you, it's gotta be good. I would hope so anyway! lol

 

[Sparda29]

By bad i mean it may not make you sound like a perfect person. My dad wrote a LOR for someone to be a police officer and he was completely honest in it. He said he knew the kid his whole life and he thought he was responsible and a nice kid but had problems taking advice and listening to people in charge of him.

That's why I asked my professors if they would be willing to let me read them before then send them off. I know there is nothing bad that they could possibly think of, but it wont hurt to know what they say before it gets sent.

Yeah, the head pharmacist at my store pretty much said that I have a lot of potential in the pharmacy field(in terms of knowing what drugs do, interactions, etc), but he said that I'd be better as a physician because I like doing things my way even though I'm not in charge, or that I have problems following orders if I disagree with them.

That and I kinda have a bad habit of leaving my house 15-25 minutes before my shift begins, so if there are any unplanned problems on the road like construction or *******s who don't drive above the speed limit that block the fast lane, I end up late.

 

[PhatPharm2012]

To op, I think the most important factors are G.P.A, LORs and then it's a tossed up between PCAT and experience. I got accepted to all three pharm schools that I applied for without having any pharm. exprience besides from volunteering. What worked in my favor was that I had LORs from 2 pharmacist and 1 really good LORs from my Bio. prof. My PCAT score was really high which helped to offset the lack of experience.

 

[Farcus]

To op, I think the most important factors are G.P.A, LORs and then it's a tossed up between PCAT and experience. I got accepted to all three pharm schools that I applied for without having any pharm. exprience besides from volunteering. What worked in my favor was that I had LORs from 2 pharmacist and 1 really good LORs from my Bio. prof. My PCAT score was really high which helped to offset the lack of experience.

you mean GPA and PCAT then LOR.

 

[samuricool]

How important do you guys think the work experience and the recommendation are in applying for pharmacy school?

If i dont have the experience, do i need to seek for an entrylevel job in a pharmacy to get it?

Helppppppppp.....................

I am not sure exactly what school(s) you are applying to, but I know that six of the ones that I am applying to all say in their addmission criteria that working in a pharmacy is required. In each of those schools I know of atleast one student that did not have any prior experience, including one which is now an intern at my store (and very clueless). However, as others have stated, Im sure if your GPA/LoR/PCAT are all great perhaps pharmacy experience can be looked over.

 

[ruth265]

always read what they write.