University of British Columbia Application Thread

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Well, that's annoying. Was really hoping they wouldn't draw things out like this. I guess I am still banking on Thursday. Actually, I would prefer it to be Thursday, simply because my spring course final is tomorrow night from 7-9 pm. I don't imagine I will feel much like writing it if I get rejected... and I would much rather celebrate if I get accepted.

Not to mention I keep reliving the interviews in more vivid detail each time.
 
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Arrrrghhh.

What do you think are the chances of them drawing this out until next week?
 
Gladd said:
Arrrrghhh.

What do you think are the chances of them drawing this out until next week?
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I am pretty sure they will come out before Canada Day, it would just be cruel to make us wait that much longer. But who knows.
 
lllix said:
Well, that's annoying. Was really hoping they wouldn't draw things out like this. I guess I am still banking on Thursday. Actually, I would prefer it to be Thursday, simply because my spring course final is tomorrow night from 7-9 pm. I don't imagine I will feel much like writing it if I get rejected... and I would much rather celebrate if I get accepted.

Not to mention I keep reliving the interviews in more vivid detail each time.
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Fixed. Lol
 
If this waiting game is gonna last till next week,i will be dead by then :-(
 
Yeah. I thought it would be like a formal where you get to be all dressed up.

But isn't it just like a speech from the Dean and some lab coats?

With cookies and juice?
 
Thanks for the input gladd. Those are exactly the courses i'm prepared to register for if i dont get in to pharm this year. For humanities in taking 2 terms of psych tho. =P
 
gluglugs, if you are accepted this year, i highly recommend that you reject the offer and apply again next year. this way, you can finish a bunch of second year courses and have a much easier time when you get in the following year
 
Farm said:
gluglugs, if you are accepted this year, i highly recommend that you reject the offer and apply again next year. this way, you can finish a bunch of second year courses and have a much easier time when you get in the following year
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lol. this ^^

solid advice.
 
Just a word of advice from a pharmacist…please research the profession that you’re going into. The thing that amazes me with students pursuing pharmacy is how unaware some of them are about the consequences of the legislation for regulated technicians. Please go see how many full-time positions in all of BC are available right now. It is almost HALF of what it use to be. The pharmacy chain I work for has stopped hiring pharmacists altogether. You can call this a transition period for hiring the newly trained regulated technicians. The thing that is important to know is that the model for operating a pharmacy has changed. It’s not necessary anymore to have 5-6 pharmacists employed at one pharmacy to process prescriptions. It is much cheaper in terms of operating a pharmacy to have regulated technicians transcribing and doing the final check. As a consequence, job growth for pharmacists is shrinking very rapidly, and there will not be enough jobs to accommodate all of the graduates. You can also imagine how having few job openings and lots of applicants can also reduce the wage that companies offer.
 
Farm said:
gluglugs, if you are accepted this year, i highly recommend that you reject the offer and apply again next year. this way, you can finish a bunch of second year courses and have a much easier time when you get in the following year
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I must agree with this. You have to grow as a person first and learn more complicated stuff than a review of highschool. Reject right away and tell them, "I need to do 2nd year" Otherwise you will end up wondering what if. 👍
 
pharmer2009 said:
Just a word of advice from a pharmacist…please research the profession that you’re going into. The thing that amazes me with students pursuing pharmacy is how unaware some of them are about the consequences of the legislation for regulated technicians. Please go see how many full-time positions in all of BC are available right now. It is almost HALF of what it use to be. The pharmacy chain I work for has stopped hiring pharmacists altogether. You can call this a transition period for hiring the newly trained regulated technicians. The thing that is important to know is that the model for operating a pharmacy has changed. It’s not necessary anymore to have 5-6 pharmacists employed at one pharmacy to process prescriptions. It is much cheaper in terms of operating a pharmacy to have regulated technicians transcribing and doing the final check. As a consequence, job growth for pharmacists is shrinking very rapidly, and there will not be enough jobs to accommodate all of the graduates. You can also imagine how having few job openings and lots of applicants can also reduce the wage that companies offer.
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Thanks for the advice. ........ But I still want to be a pharmacist. Maybe I'll take your job.
 
PharMarley said:
Thanks for the advice. ........ But I still want to be a pharmacist. Maybe I'll take your job.
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HA HA HA HA.

Gone are the days when a little to no competitive index can land you a very good paying job.
 
pharmer2009 said:
Just a word of advice from a pharmacist…please research the profession that you’re going into. The thing that amazes me with students pursuing pharmacy is how unaware some of them are about the consequences of the legislation for regulated technicians. Please go see how many full-time positions in all of BC are available right now. It is almost HALF of what it use to be. The pharmacy chain I work for has stopped hiring pharmacists altogether. You can call this a transition period for hiring the newly trained regulated technicians. The thing that is important to know is that the model for operating a pharmacy has changed. It’s not necessary anymore to have 5-6 pharmacists employed at one pharmacy to process prescriptions. It is much cheaper in terms of operating a pharmacy to have regulated technicians transcribing and doing the final check. As a consequence, job growth for pharmacists is shrinking very rapidly, and there will not be enough jobs to accommodate all of the graduates. You can also imagine how having few job openings and lots of applicants can also reduce the wage that companies offer.
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I would look at this as an opportunity for improvement in this profession since from now on just having a degree won’t land you a job in a pharmacy.
We all have seen many pharmacists with zero interpersonal skills. Regulated technicians may put these kind of pharmacists’ jobs at risk.
 
PharMarley said:
You have to grow as a person first and learn more complicated stuff than a review of highschool. Reject right away and tell them, "I need to do 2nd year" Otherwise you will end up wondering what if. 👍
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wow PharMarley, you sound like you really know your stuff! people should really listen to you.
 
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pharmer2009 said:
Just a word of advice from a pharmacist…please research the profession that you’re going into. The thing that amazes me with students pursuing pharmacy is how unaware some of them are about the consequences of the legislation for regulated technicians. Please go see how many full-time positions in all of BC are available right now. It is almost HALF of what it use to be. The pharmacy chain I work for has stopped hiring pharmacists altogether. You can call this a transition period for hiring the newly trained regulated technicians. The thing that is important to know is that the model for operating a pharmacy has changed. It’s not necessary anymore to have 5-6 pharmacists employed at one pharmacy to process prescriptions. It is much cheaper in terms of operating a pharmacy to have regulated technicians transcribing and doing the final check. As a consequence, job growth for pharmacists is shrinking very rapidly, and there will not be enough jobs to accommodate all of the graduates. You can also imagine how having few job openings and lots of applicants can also reduce the wage that companies offer.
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This is true. The extra 75 seats is good for admission to the program, bad for job prospects all around (for new and current pharmacists). Might as well think twice about the profession you choose or aim for other avenues of pharmaceutical science (such as clinical, research, government, etc.).
 
lulz said:
This is true. The extra 75 seats is good for admission to the program, bad for job prospects all around (for new and current pharmacists). Might as well think twice about the profession you choose or aim for other avenues of pharmaceutical science (such as clinical, research, government, etc.).
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Or even in pharmaceutical law, where you can actually make changes to what can/cannot pass in terms of granting regulated techs the authority to do as much as a pharmacist can, without the 4 years of schooling.
 
pharmer2009 said:
Just a word of advice from a pharmacist…please research the profession that you're going into. The thing that amazes me with students pursuing pharmacy is how unaware some of them are about the consequences of the legislation for regulated technicians. Please go see how many full-time positions in all of BC are available right now. It is almost HALF of what it use to be. The pharmacy chain I work for has stopped hiring pharmacists altogether. You can call this a transition period for hiring the newly trained regulated technicians. The thing that is important to know is that the model for operating a pharmacy has changed. It's not necessary anymore to have 5-6 pharmacists employed at one pharmacy to process prescriptions. It is much cheaper in terms of operating a pharmacy to have regulated technicians transcribing and doing the final check. As a consequence, job growth for pharmacists is shrinking very rapidly, and there will not be enough jobs to accommodate all of the graduates. You can also imagine how having few job openings and lots of applicants can also reduce the wage that companies offer.
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This is just one of the initial steps in revamping our healthcare system and preparing it for the retirement of baby boomers. Nurses are being given prescribing rights and so too will pharmacists. The logistics need work, clearly there is too much stress on physicians in our system and they cannot handle it even now, what will happen in 15 years? Pharmacists will one day use drug therapy through direct contact with patients to slash costs across the board; fewer people in the ER, doctor's offices, spreading diseases etc. (based on contact with many healthcare professionals).

Edit: If I don't see this change by the time I'm a pharmacist, I will personally start some type of movement. Kind of like a freedom fighter but for change in the healthcare system.

After all, pharmacists know more about all drugs than anyone else. If I had to pick who prescribed for me, I'd take a good pharmer over a physician any day.
 
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VPN said:
I would look at this as an opportunity for improvement in this profession since from now on just having a degree won't land you a job in a pharmacy.
We all have seen many pharmacists with zero interpersonal skills. Regulated technicians may put these kind of pharmacists' jobs at risk.
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lol don't get too excited that your interpersonal skills will land you jobs left and right. If the worst case scenerio does happen it will most likely hurt new grads, no matter what their skills. Last ones in, first ones out.

Companies would rather take the impersonal loner who's been working as a pharmacist for 20 years rather than some fresh grad. This is always the case. Not to mention companies can't just hire and fire people as they please, there's certain procedures in place. When a company makes cutbacks they usually institute a hiring freeze and then they don't fill positions of people who retire/quit.
 
OptimistPrime said:
This is just one of the initial steps in revamping our healthcare system and preparing it for the retirement of baby boomers. Nurses are being given prescribing rights and so too will pharmacists. The logistics need work, clearly there is too much stress on physicians in our system and they cannot handle it even now, what will happen in 15 years? Pharmacists will one day use drug therapy through direct contact with patients to slash costs across the board; fewer people in the ER, doctor's offices, spreading diseases etc. (based on contact with many healthcare professionals).

Edit: If I don't see this change by the time I'm a pharmacist, I will personally start some type of movement. Kind of like a freedom fighter but for change in the healthcare system.

After all, pharmacists know more about all drugs than anyone else. If I had to pick who prescribed for me, I'd take a good pharmer over a physician any day.
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Word. Physicians should diagnose and pharmacists should prescribe. That's how you truly maximize the strengths of each profession, as opposed to the current system.
 
like yesterday, i am very sure the emails wont be sent today
 
pharmer2009 said:
Just a word of advice from a pharmacist…please research the profession that you’re going into. The thing that amazes me with students pursuing pharmacy is how unaware some of them are about the consequences of the legislation for regulated technicians. Please go see how many full-time positions in all of BC are available right now. It is almost HALF of what it use to be. The pharmacy chain I work for has stopped hiring pharmacists altogether. You can call this a transition period for hiring the newly trained regulated technicians. The thing that is important to know is that the model for operating a pharmacy has changed. It’s not necessary anymore to have 5-6 pharmacists employed at one pharmacy to process prescriptions. It is much cheaper in terms of operating a pharmacy to have regulated technicians transcribing and doing the final check. As a consequence, job growth for pharmacists is shrinking very rapidly, and there will not be enough jobs to accommodate all of the graduates. You can also imagine how having few job openings and lots of applicants can also reduce the wage that companies offer.
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What are the job prospects like in hospitals?
 
clonazepamR said:
Word. Physicians should diagnose and pharmacists should prescribe. That's how you truly maximize the strengths of each profession, as opposed to the current system.
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How would that work exactly? What if you don't respond to treatment, would you go to your Doctor for another diagnosis or your Pharmacist for another drug? What if there's a disagreement between the two? Are pharmacists even trained to diagnose improvements in patient outcome?
 
Does anyone know when student loans are due?

I don't know what to do cause if I get into UBC, I don't need or want to take on a student loan. But if I have to go to UofT then i'll need to.

What do I do? :S
 
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Gladd said:
Does anyone know when student loans are due?

I don't know what to do cause if I get into UBC, I don't need or want to take on a student loan. But if I have to go to UBC then i'll need to.

What do I do? :S
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second ubc = uoft?

You are right.., we need to find out ASAP for the sake of applying for student loans as well!
 
BandaidRx said:
second ubc = uoft?

You are right.., we need to find out ASAP for the sake of applying for student loans as well!
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Haha yeah. Fixed it. Oops.


And I know... come on UBC. Do it todaayyy.
 
OptimistPrime said:
This is just one of the initial steps in revamping our healthcare system and preparing it for the retirement of baby boomers. Nurses are being given prescribing rights and so too will pharmacists. The logistics need work, clearly there is too much stress on physicians in our system and they cannot handle it even now, what will happen in 15 years? Pharmacists will one day use drug therapy through direct contact with patients to slash costs across the board; fewer people in the ER, doctor's offices, spreading diseases etc. (based on contact with many healthcare professionals).

Edit: If I don't see this change by the time I'm a pharmacist, I will personally start some type of movement. Kind of like a freedom fighter but for change in the healthcare system.

After all, pharmacists know more about all drugs than anyone else. If I had to pick who prescribed for me, I'd take a good pharmer over a physician any day.
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totally agreed. if people aren't willing to take the time to truly understand and revolutionize the inner workings of their profession, especially when people are starting to worry about saturation of basic pharmacist jobs in metropolitan areas then they really need to reconsider what they wanna do.

clonazepamR said:
Word. Physicians should diagnose and pharmacists should prescribe. That's how you truly maximize the strengths of each profession, as opposed to the current system.
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Exactly. Health care providers need to work together and figure out a way to minimize a way of alleviating the strains on the system without stepping on each other's toes. It'll be harder than it looks, but that's what has to be done.

Gladd said:
Does anyone know when student loans are due?

I don't know what to do cause if I get into UBC, I don't need or want to take on a student loan. But if I have to go to UofT then i'll need to.

What do I do? :S
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I am also freaking out about this. No matter where I get accepted (also applying to U of A but don't have high hopes) I'll have to move to a different city and apply for student loans. It would be really nice to get my crap together sooner than later.
 
They finally sent the admission offers!!! Hope to see you all in September! 🙂
 
Just got it! Does anyone know if we have to somehow reply that we are accepting the offer, or would they just assume we're taking it if we dont decline. I'm not sure what I have to do now since it doesnt sound like we have to reply from what the email says. And congratz to everyone who got in, and for those who didn't receive it yet it might always come later!
 
Gladd said:
Guess I'm out..


no email.
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You said you were accepted to U of T?

In all seriousness, I am under the impression that U of T offers a new integrated PharmD program of some sort starting this year. That's definitely going to be to your benefit so this may work out in your favor.
 
Im in too guys! Looking forward to meeting you all in September!🙂
 
I just got in! yay! so unbelievably happy right now=)=)
 
clonazepamR said:
You said you were accepted to U of T?

In all seriousness, I am under the impression that U of T offers a new integrated PharmD program of some sort starting this year. That's definitely going to be to your benefit so this may work out in your favor.
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Yeah I guess. It's gonna be expensive though. And I am leaving a lot behind here...

****. 🙁

Have rejections been sent out?
 
Don't give up too early, Gladd, need to wait for a confirmation letter. If you haven't received anything yet, you may be on the WL (or if your email provider is Yahoo!, it may be horrendously slow...).
 
YEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!
IM IN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
😍😍:laugh::laugh::laugh::clap::soexcited::soexcited:
time to parrtty!!!

now where the class of 2015 facebook page?
 
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