Hey just starting a thread to see when everyone hears something from south after interviewing jan 23. How do you all feel you did and anyone that wants to post stats please go ahead so i can see how i stack up... I have 3.88 GPA with bachelors in biology from UGA, made a not so hot 77 on pcat, pharm exp, great LORs. Good luck to all.
South University Interview Group JAN 23
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They called me this morning and invited me to an interview. Seeing your stats makes me not want to bother going lol!
Anyway, since you asked i'll post my embarrassing stats... lol
3.2 Science GPA / 3.13 overall
<60 on PCAT... speaking of your "not so hot 77" yeah. BUT i retook it last weekend so hopefully I did much better 2nd go around!
2+ years retail pharmacy experience / volunteer in hospital pharmacy
Good LORs
I'm pretty excited though because this is the first school i've heard back from.
well im sure you will do fine.... it is a pretty fun interview. You will write a short page essay over a given topic, wasnt too hard. Then you tour and interview with 2 seperate people. I was pretty surprised by the amount of people they do at one time, we had like 40 and i was used to the UGA format when its more like 4 at a time.
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I just received an acceptance email today from them!! I am really excited, I was impressed with the faculty and program at the interview and I think that bumped South up to my #1! 🙂 Your stats are better than mine (at least gpa (3.55), similar pcat) so I am sure you will be hearing good things from them to! Good luck everyone!
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do you most of you guys/girls that got accepted already have a degree? i plan on applying to south for fall 2010 but it seems like they are accepting more people with a bs, and i will only be a junior so i hope they will look at me......
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I will graduate in May with a BS in biology/chemistry but while a degree probably helps i dont think it is necessary to be competitive (i tried to find stats on this but was unsuccessful). if you are well-rounded and have a good application (not just good gpa/pcat, but pharmacy experience in different areas, volunteer/extra curricular activities, leadership positions, and great LORs etc) than you should be competitive whether you have a degree or not. Because I can tell you it wasnt my gpa and pcat that got me in lol, oh and an awesome personal statement couldnt hurt 🙂.
So dont worry about applying as a junior, if you are well-rounded you should be fine and it is worth a shot, if you get in, Great! if not it will be good experience for applying the next time and you will know how you can improve by either working towards your degree or gaining more experience. Just keep working towards your goals! Good luck!
So dont worry about applying as a junior, if you are well-rounded you should be fine and it is worth a shot, if you get in, Great! if not it will be good experience for applying the next time and you will know how you can improve by either working towards your degree or gaining more experience. Just keep working towards your goals! Good luck!
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Got my email last wednesday and my acceptance letter today in the mail. I did not have a degree and i was extremely worried about my stats. PCAT-69 and GPA-3.45. I do not think it matters if you have a degree. I was pumped to get in and finally stop worrying about this whole process.
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Got my email last Thursday and my letter yesterday. I have an 80 on my PCAT with 3.48 GPA and lots of extracurricular + research experience. Will graduate in May with BS in Biology.
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