Well I also got into St Johns' Pharmacy D program 6 years ago. Was super easy to get into since they only look at regents chem 1 and 2 and your grades on the chem regents lol.
You know it depends. If you are 100% certain you want to be a pharmacist, go to St John's . You are guaranteed to become a pharmacist if you go there.
LIU Im not too familiar with, but I think LIU has a higher standard than st john's. I think you need a 2.3 overall and math/science gpa to stay in the pharmacy program at st john's. LIU I think is higher at 2.5 - 3.0.
I think LIU is just hard to survive. I don't know about the reputation difference, it doesn't matter becase in the end, everyone is a pharmacist, whether you come from yale or st johns.
Its up to you. I would go wherever you are closer to and is cheaper.