Taking the PTCB today...wait till I get scores to submit application?

[Omegadramon]

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The wait is 3 weeks, which I think is reasonable. I don't have any volunteering or working experience in a pharmacy, so do you think it will show the adcoms my commitment?

btw, the exam is at 6:30pm...which I don't like. I'm a morning person. Hope I'm not too tired....😴😴

 

[Omegadramon]

What the Hell, man? The directions to the test were frickin' wrong! I took the subway and got there 30 minutes early but it turned out the test wasn't where it should have been. For the next hour I was looking around the whole block trying to find the damn testing center. I asked everyone I could find, I even had a guy look up the directions online and all that happened was I was just walking in circles.

So I didn't take the test. Infuriating.

 

[terse]

Was there a phone number you could have called?

 

[Omegadramon]

I tried calling the main office, but nobody picked up.

 

[steveysmith54]

sorry to hear that.

try working in a pharm as a clerk.

 

[googleit]

maybe it is a sign that you should not wait to submit your pharmcas

i think you should to do some shadowing or something so you can have some experience

 

[Twinsmom]

I am also worried about the volunteer /working experience part. Since I am pregnant with twins, my doctor ask me to be off work since 26 weeks. And I did not know that before so missed the volunteer part. I am thinking to apply first, then get some experience after the babies come out.

 

[ndearwater]

Do not wait to submit Pharmcas for any reason whatsoever!!!
The best thing you can do to increase your chances of being accepted is to APPLY EARLY. By the time you have an interview you can discuss volunteer hours or work experience. These things are of course important but the longer you wait to submit an application the more people you are competing with. This is especially true for schools with rolling admissions.