thoughts on a "sneaky" idea

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leelo_x said:
Will be a new pharmacy grad this May
No intern hours in the state where I want to work/live in
Considering doing something bad...really bad
Lying on pharmacy intern applications..
saying I am taking the year off and graduating next year
..so I can land an intern position..they say interns are usually hired to pharmacists right?
THEN taking the naplex next year instead...a year to study and hang out..
will it work?

thoughts?
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You'd never get away with it. Any quick state board search will show your date of graduation. I'm trying to follow the logic of why you're considering this.
 
Assuming you can pull the plan off, how are you going to feel if after a year they tell you they have no pharmacist positions for interns at the moment and they wish you well in your future endeavors?
 
Wait, your plan is to get paid as much as a pharmacy tech for an entire year after you graduate? While your student loans are accumulating interest? A year to study for the Naplex? Buddy, you are going to forget more than you learn in that year. This sneaky idea doesn't seem to have any benefit. Are you just trying to run away from the responsibility of being a pharmacist?

Do not do this.
 
Just suck it up and work for a year then transfer your license. Why would you give up a year's salary?
 
How could literally throwing away 2% of your total, lifetime career earnings seem like a good idea?
 
CetiAlphaFive said:
How could literally throwing away 2% of your total, lifetime career earnings seem like a good idea?
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This...
how could OP graduate pharmacy school and still think earning 1/3 - 1/2 wages for a year be a good idea? Mind blown.
 
PharmDBro2017 said:
This...
how could OP graduate pharmacy school and still think earning 1/3 - 1/2 wages for a year be a good idea? Mind blown.
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That's why I think resident IQ temporarily drops in their final year of school to accept such a preposterous deal.
 
WTF? You know you can transfer intern hours to other states, right?

My thoughts (because you asked): you are dumb for asking this.
 
So, lying on an application to a state pharmacy board generally counts as grounds for rejection of the application or future revocation of the license if caught. Pharmacists don't have to be geniuses or all-knowing with drug knowledge. We don't have to always have the best customer service skills. But we are expected to exhibit a degree of integrity. You are very literally flirting with ruining your career before it even begins.
 
msweph said:
Why not, in this case, do a residency?
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Residents have to be licensed pharmacists....since he's planning to study for a year before taking the NAPLEX, he won't be able to be a resident.
 
Ten bucks says OP's diploma will have

"... I guess" after Pharm.D
 
MountainPharmD said:
Sparda is confused. This is right up your alley! This idea has Sparad29 written all over it!
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While it's shady, it's definitely not a Sparda idea. He's all about that hustle. No way would he consider a scheme like this that results in him making less money. He'd find a way to work a deal to get an employer to vouch for the intern hours with some creative accounting involved.


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y0ssarian87 said:
While it's shady, it's definitely not a Sparda idea. He's all about that hustle. No way would he consider a scheme like this that results in him making less money. He'd find a way to work a deal to get an employer to vouch for the intern hours with some creative accounting involved.


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Yep. What I'd do is find a job at an independent pharmacy. I'd tell them I'll take $5/hr less than market rate in exchange for them vouching that I worked there as an intern for a few years.
 
I got an offer!...so screw this bad idea but thanks for all of your feedback
 
gwarm01 said:
Wait, your plan is to get paid as much as a pharmacy tech for an entire year after you graduate? While your student loans are accumulating interest? A year to study for the Naplex? Buddy, you are going to forget more than you learn in that year. This sneaky idea doesn't seem to have any benefit. Are you just trying to run away from the responsibility of being a pharmacist?

Do not do this.
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lol..you know what? I really think I am without even being conscious of it...
 
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