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[LinaBeana]

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Thanks for your response! I actually just got an email from UMB again saying they're meeting this week after all and we'll find out at the end of this week or early next week. ahhh so nervewracking haha

UGH! I know it was so frustrating. I got the first email and I did not want to wait another 2-3 weeks to hear from them. But then at 10:30 last night I received the second email and I am so glad they changed it. I'm sure somebody complained! Just these 2 or so weeks I have been impatient as it is...I don't think I would be able to wait anymore...

 

[noahsark415]

does anyone know when the earliest day is to apply for housing at fayette?

 

[Utterdevotion]

does anyone know when the earliest day is to apply for housing at fayette?

I don't remember the exact date, but it is in the spring - the app would be posted on the fayette square website. I wouldn't worry too much about it because I have yet to know of a person that didn't get a fayette apartment.

 

[Utterdevotion]

I heard that ED acceptances have gone out -
where are my new future classmates?? 🙂

 

[labgal]

I'm very excited to be one of your future classmates! I decided to do Shady Grove, but I will drive to Baltimore as needed for meetings and activities, like legislative day, etc. It was tough to decide between the two, but I already live in Montgomery County. The flexibility of Shady Grove is nice because we have one daughter, who will be starting kindergarten in the fall. So mommy and daughter are starting school together 🙂 I am a morning person, so I envision getting her off to school and then watching lectures, but it will just be less stressful on a daily basis to have a little flexibility time-wise, except on exam days, which seem to all be at 7:30 am, right? Her daddy will be in charge on those days!

 

[Utterdevotion]

I'm very excited to be one of your future classmates! I decided to do Shady Grove, but I will drive to Baltimore as needed for meetings and activities, like legislative day, etc. It was tough to decide between the two, but I already live in Montgomery County. The flexibility of Shady Grove is nice because we have one daughter, who will be starting kindergarten in the fall. So mommy and daughter are starting school together 🙂 I am a morning person, so I envision getting her off to school and then watching lectures, but it will just be less stressful on a daily basis to have a little flexibility time-wise, except on exam days, which seem to all be at 7:30 am, right? Her daddy will be in charge on those days!

YAY Congrats!!! 🙂

I'm from Moco too!

Yup - Exams are at 7:30am-9am! I'm having one tomorrow on that note...which is why I'm unfortunately still awake....

The best part of pharmacy school for me at least, is getting involved - organizations are not just good for the resume, but lots of fun! So I hope that the distance will not stop you!

Let me know if you have any questions! You can PM me too!

 

[LinaBeana]

YAY Congrats!!! 🙂

I'm from Moco too!

Yup - Exams are at 7:30am-9am! I'm having one tomorrow on that note...which is why I'm unfortunately still awake....

The best part of pharmacy school for me at least, is getting involved - organizations are not just good for the resume, but lots of fun! So I hope that the distance will not stop you!

Let me know if you have any questions! You can PM me too!

ill be at shady grove too!
it just seems so long before we will actually be taking classes though
look forward to meeting you both 😳)

 

[jiiniix2]

Yay for Shady Grove people!

 

[pharm5]

Congrats to my fellow class of 2013 classmates! I am also going to Shady Grove next fall!

I was just wondering if anyone has received information in the mail about acceptance. So far, I've only received an email and have paid my deposit. I'm just wondering if the admissions office is flooded with applications and are late in getting information out or if my mail got lost!

I look forward to meeting you all! Thank goodness our wait is over!

 

[noahsark415]

Congrats everyone! I'll be at the Baltimore campus. Looking forward to meeting everybody =)

Quick question about the PharmD/MBA program:
I'm planning on applying for the dual degree program. Dr. Morgan came to speak at our Pre-pharm society meeting a couple weeks ago and she mentioned that there are some courses at UMCP that can count towards the MBA, for example accounting. I was planning on taking Intro to Accounting next semester but it's divided into I and II for 2 semesters and I'd only be able to take one since it'll be my last semester. If I only take Accounting I....so would that still count towards an accounting course? I don't want to take it and find out that I'd still need to take the one at UMB because I only took half of the intro course. If it doesn't count, do you know of any other courses that I can take now that will count towards the curriculum later?

Thanks!

 

[Utterdevotion]

Congrats everyone! I'll be at the Baltimore campus. Looking forward to meeting everybody =)

Quick question about the PharmD/MBA program:
I'm planning on applying for the dual degree program. Dr. Morgan came to speak at our Pre-pharm society meeting a couple weeks ago and she mentioned that there are some courses at UMCP that can count towards the MBA, for example accounting. I was planning on taking Intro to Accounting next semester but it's divided into I and II for 2 semesters and I'd only be able to take one since it'll be my last semester. If I only take Accounting I....so would that still count towards an accounting course? I don't want to take it and find out that I'd still need to take the one at UMB because I only took half of the intro course. If it doesn't count, do you know of any other courses that I can take now that will count towards the curriculum later?

Thanks!

I don't know ALL that much about the MBA dual degree program but from what I saw from our school website, if you didn't get a degree in accounting or business, Towson will evaluate the course and determine whether or not it's equivalent and can be waived. Classes include accounting I and accounting II (3 credits each). To be safe, I would definitely call them!

You can check out the website here:
http://mba.ubalt.towson.edu/fund_waivers.asp

 

[RoA1098]

never mind!

 

[AbsoluteEthanol]

Congrats everyone! I'll be at the Baltimore campus. Looking forward to meeting everybody =)

Quick question about the PharmD/MBA program:
I'm planning on applying for the dual degree program. Dr. Morgan came to speak at our Pre-pharm society meeting a couple weeks ago and she mentioned that there are some courses at UMCP that can count towards the MBA, for example accounting. I was planning on taking Intro to Accounting next semester but it's divided into I and II for 2 semesters and I'd only be able to take one since it'll be my last semester. If I only take Accounting I....so would that still count towards an accounting course? I don't want to take it and find out that I'd still need to take the one at UMB because I only took half of the intro course. If it doesn't count, do you know of any other courses that I can take now that will count towards the curriculum later?

Thanks!

hey there Noah, congratulations on your acceptance! I'm going to start the MBA program in the spring, now, if i were you I'd wait before taking extra classes because you should have at least a semester under your belt before you decide that the MBA is something that you want to do. now, if you're sure you want to do the MBA, you should take the accounting courses, but keep in mind, that in order for those to transfer, you have to take a 500 or 600 level courses. if you take a 100-200, they will NOT count. if you have more question feel free to PM me.

---sasha

 

[waryman]

Just want to bump up this thread and see f anyone got any interviews scheduled for the new year. I applied in the summer and still have not gotten anything back from them.

 

[Nottingham]

I think the only acceptances thus far are early decision. Don't know if they've started sending out interview invites for the regular applicants yet.

 

[orgoishard]

This thread is for those of you interested in the University of Maryland SOP. As a P1 attending the institution, I will be glad to field any questions, so post them here instead of spamming my PM inbox, thanks!

Hi, I'm very interested in UMB. My only concern is my GPA. The minimum GPA for applying is 2.5 and my GPA is slightly higher. However, I have never failed or dropped any courses I have taken so far. As of now, I am a sophmore taking orgo II, calc II, Anthro, and Anat. When reviewing my application, do you think that admissions' committee will favor me taking course loads of rigourous courses, or will they focus on GPA more?

 

[waryman]

Hi, I'm very interested in UMB. My only concern is my GPA. The minimum GPA for applying is 2.5 and my GPA is slightly higher. However, I have never failed or dropped any courses I have taken so far. As of now, I am a sophmore taking orgo II, calc II, Anthro, and Anat. When reviewing my application, do you think that admissions' committee will favor me taking course loads of rigourous courses, or will they focus on GPA more?

With specs like that I would be surprised if you even got sent a supplemental. GPA is still a solid rating is many aspects and even though you have not repeated any courses with a GPA like that you just did awfully in most if not all of your classes. Ant that's after only a year in college. You haven;t even taken the essentials for pharm school yet and you are already crashing and burning. Trust me you will not get accepted anywhere at all this year. You have a chance next year if you smash the pcat and don;t go lower than a B+ in any course but you'll need a 3.8+ GPA for the next three semesters in order to bring your cumulative up to a decent setting. You are going to reach a point where your GPA will not alter much as you will accumulate a lot of credits and only VERY high semester GPAs will improve the overall. You are in a bad start and if you do not ace the next three semesters then you might never get accepted with stats like those.

 

[JABBAWOCKEE]

Just want to bump up this thread and see f anyone got any interviews scheduled for the new year. I applied in the summer and still have not gotten anything back from them.

I just got my interview invite today from UMD. Here is a list of the days to choose from once you get an invite:

Friday, January 23rd from 8:45am-12pm
Friday, January 23rd from 12:45-4pm
Friday, January 30th from 8:45am-12pm
Friday, January 30th from 12:45-4pm
Friday, February 6th from 8:45am-12pm
Friday, February 6th from 12:45-4pm
Monday, February 9th from 8:45am-12pm
Monday, February 9th from 12:45-4pm

I'll be there on the 30th at 12:45....best of luck to you all

 

[keepingthehope]

I just got my interview invite today from UMD. Here is a list of the days to choose from once you get an invite:

Friday, January 23rd from 8:45am-12pm
Friday, January 23rd from 12:45-4pm
Friday, January 30th from 8:45am-12pm
Friday, January 30th from 12:45-4pm
Friday, February 6th from 8:45am-12pm
Friday, February 6th from 12:45-4pm
Monday, February 9th from 8:45am-12pm
Monday, February 9th from 12:45-4pm

I'll be there on the 30th at 12:45....best of luck to you all

I'll see you there. I might have to camp out at the school coz I'm dead broke 🙁 Where are you coming from?

 

[PharmRx77]

I will cancel my interview. One open spot! Good luck to everyone 👍!

 

[JABBAWOCKEE]

I'll see you there. I might have to camp out at the school coz I'm dead broke 🙁 Where are you coming from?

I'm going to be commuting from NYC. I doubt i'll drive up the night before. You?

 

[ccpharmd]

I'll be joining the both of you guys! 30th at 12:45PM 🙂

 

[xangelx]

🙂

 

[alenadoma]

I got the interview invite today too! But I don't think I'll be attending 🙂 Good luck to everyone!!!

 

[Jammerdez1]

Got the interview invite as well. Not sure what day I'm going yet. Still have to rearrange two previously scheduled interview thanks to a a**hat professor I have. Ughh! Anywho, yay Maryland!

 

[luckyphooey]

I just got my invite. I am so excited. One step closer to getting into Maryland. wohooo! I think I am going to be there jan 30, 12:45pm.

 

[waryman]

I will cancel my interview. One open spot! Good luck to everyone 👍!

Where will you end up going? UMB is a great school so your decision is very curious to me.

 

[RXFanatic]

did they send out all their invites today only? and do they send it via email or snail mail or telephone?

 

[Utterdevotion]

did they send out all their invites today only? and do they send it via email or snail mail or telephone?

Congrats to everyone who got invites 🙂
I look forward to meeting some of you during your interviews!!

Invites will come in batches, and mostly all by email. So if you didn't get one today, don't give up hope!

 

[waryman]

I am glad to say however that I will also be there on the 30th. I was so hapy today as UMB is my dream school and I wanted to attend for such a long time. Just receiving the email made my day so much brighter.

 

[Nottingham]

I also got my invite today, just sent back my reply so I don't know when I'll be going yet. I start back at school tomorrow and this has TOTALLY brightened my day 🙂

 

[pkp]

I got the invite as well. I am not sure if I will be accepting yet.

 

[Utterdevotion]

Hi, I'm very interested in UMB. My only concern is my GPA. The minimum GPA for applying is 2.5 and my GPA is slightly higher. However, I have never failed or dropped any courses I have taken so far. As of now, I am a sophmore taking orgo II, calc II, Anthro, and Anat. When reviewing my application, do you think that admissions' committee will favor me taking course loads of rigourous courses, or will they focus on GPA more?

A very low GPA DOES NOT mean you will not get in, but your chances are lowered. I DO know of ppl that got in with a very low GPA, but got in because they had an amazing application, PCAT score, interview, and retaking classes that they didn't do so well in. So there's a lot of factors to your admission. Even though admissions might take your courseload into consideration, keep in mind that pharmacy school is a rigorous program and we would hope that you can handle it in the future.

Good luck!

 

[ufdlim]

I just got an interview, but it seems all the given dates conflict with my courses. Either I have an exam or I have a quiz on every given date. I will ask for a later interview date, if possible. Otherwise, I am just unable to accept, as my professors have all been very inflexible.

 

[go4mojo]

i got an interview invite and i'm thinking about this school but i'm not sure if its worth it coming outta from michigan. i got into wayne state last week and i still have osu on jan 30th and u of m interview on feb. 20th, but how is baltimore in general and are you guys happy at the school? is there any distinct or special aspects of the school that would rank it in the top 10 but bit lower then osu and umich?

 

[Jammerdez1]

I just got an interview, but it seems all the given dates conflict with my courses. Either I have an exam or I have a quiz on every given date. I will ask for a later interview date, if possible. Otherwise, I am just unable to accept, as my professors have all been very inflexible.

I hear you on that. I have a professor that has two "unannounced" midterms during the quarter that are during lecture. Thus, if you miss a lecture and it happens to be the day he's giving his "pop midterm" you're SOL. And of course the lecture is Friday, so that eliminates the Friday interviews. But I have lab classes on Mondays, so I can't just up and miss that either, since they won't let us make up labs. Grrrrr... so either I miss a lab or potentially lose 1/4 of my grade in my other class. Tough decisions... 😕

 

[PharmersMarket]

Well I got interview invite so very happy, but have a bit of a dilemma:

The problem is I have placed my deposit for MWU-CCP. I only planned to forfeit the deposit if I went to one of my top priority schools in southern califonia. I'm wondering if UM is that much better than MWU-CCP to warrant the cost of the trip to interview there and if I do get accepted, warrant giving up the deposit already placed. It is a tough decision. Both schools seem very good, but my family is in so much debt right now that it is hard to make a decision just to "check out the school to see if I like it." On the other hand I do plan on going community pharmacy (possibly residency) so if I go to a school with a better reputation it may be beneficial in the long run.

Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

 

[PharmRx77]

Where will you end up going? UMB is a great school so your decision is very curious to me.

Oh I know UMB is GREAT, no doubt about it! Its just that i am out of state, and i got accepted to my state school which is not as good as UMB for sure but is my first choice due to many other factors as you well know... I wish i had money to make it to the interview at UMB to learn more about their program and visit Johns Hopkin hospital... but Im dead broke now! I applied to 11 schools, got 9 interviews so far, went to 4 and accepted to 4... I'll go to 2 other interviews this week and next week (because they are close, i can drive), but UMB is too far............... Good luck!

 

[mdsweetie1]

hey guys i'm extremely interested in UMB. i'm currently a sophomore right now just switching to prepharm from premed and my gpa after this past semester is 3.5. I know a 3.5 gpa isn't that bad but I'm still unhappy that my overall dipped down that much after this semester. I'm just wondering what my chances are. UMB is such a good school and their acceptance rate is pretty much 10% these days. I'm planning on taking my PCATs this summer and hopefully make early decision requirements. I'm trying to get pharmacy experience over this spring semester and over the summer as well. Will that be enough? Please help me get an idea of what my chances are. Thanks 🙂

 

[ffpickle]

probably see some of on jan 30, afternoon.

 

[ziptree]

For those who have interviewed there already...what's a cheap hotel around there, preferably with complimentary shuttle service to the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy?

Thanks!

 

[Utterdevotion]

i got an interview invite and i'm thinking about this school but i'm not sure if its worth it coming outta from michigan. i got into wayne state last week and i still have osu on jan 30th and u of m interview on feb. 20th, but how is baltimore in general and are you guys happy at the school? is there any distinct or special aspects of the school that would rank it in the top 10 but bit lower then osu and umich?

I don't know alot about OSU and Umich to compare very much for you. But I can tell you how I feel about Maryland.

The Baltimore area is urban, not as much city like if you were to compare it to NYC. I'm not much of a city person but I have come to like the kinks that is Baltimore -there's fun places to go and GREAT places to eat. Baltimore is close to a lot of other areas including DC (about 45min-1 hour away) and Georgetown, Columbia, Bethesda (that has NIH, Naval Medical Center), Annapolis (1/2 hour). There's always good and bad things about a city - it all depends on where you live. There is always a question about the safety of the Baltimore area and I would say that aside from Baltimore Harbor (the tourist place of Baltimore), the area around the school is the SECOND most safest place in Baltimore.

By being so close to the capital, we have access to a lot more governmental rotations, and possible internships. There's even 4 hospitals w/in a 10 min drive from the school.

Aside from the unique opportunities provided by its location, the school offers a variety of electives that some school's curriculum. We're currently in the process of implementing (starting next year) an even better curriculum that will integrate concepts of all three years so classes are more disease states oriented, than to separate information by different classes and pulling them all together in the third year (ISAT).

By Fall 2010, the construction will be done on our pharmacy hall addition. You can check out the website to see how amazing our addition will be (while I won't be there! sigh!) that will have more lecture halls, labs, etc.

Mmm thats all I can think of right now. Feel free to ask me specific directed questions about the school, I'd be glad to help answer them!

 

[Utterdevotion]

hey guys i'm extremely interested in UMB. i'm currently a sophomore right now just switching to prepharm from premed and my gpa after this past semester is 3.5. I know a 3.5 gpa isn't that bad but I'm still unhappy that my overall dipped down that much after this semester. I'm just wondering what my chances are. UMB is such a good school and their acceptance rate is pretty much 10% these days. I'm planning on taking my PCATs this summer and hopefully make early decision requirements. I'm trying to get pharmacy experience over this spring semester and over the summer as well. Will that be enough? Please help me get an idea of what my chances are. Thanks 🙂

I'm not admission so I can't say what your "chances" are, but I can say that your GPA is still decent. Just continue to work hard, do well on your PCAT, and have an outstanding interview 🙂

Good luck!

 

[ffpickle]

I don't know alot about OSU and Umich to compare very much for you. But I can tell you how I feel about Maryland.

The Baltimore area is urban, not as much city like if you were to compare it to NYC. I'm not much of a city person but I have come to like the kinks that is Baltimore -there's fun places to go and GREAT places to eat. Baltimore is close to a lot of other areas including DC (about 45min-1 hour away) and Georgetown, Columbia, Bethesda (that has NIH, Naval Medical Center), Annapolis (1/2 hour). There's always good and bad things about a city - it all depends on where you live. There is always a question about the safety of the Baltimore area and I would say that aside from Baltimore Harbor (the tourist place of Baltimore), the area around the school is the SECOND most safest place in Baltimore.

By being so close to the capital, we have access to a lot more governmental rotations, and possible internships. There's even 4 hospitals w/in a 10 min drive from the school.

Aside from the unique opportunities provided by its location, the school offers a variety of electives that some school's curriculum. We're currently in the process of implementing (starting next year) an even better curriculum that will integrate concepts of all three years so classes are more disease states oriented, than to separate information by different classes and pulling them all together in the third year (ISAT).

By Fall 2010, the construction will be done on our pharmacy hall addition. You can check out the website to see how amazing our addition will be (while I won't be there! sigh!) that will have more lecture halls, labs, etc.

Mmm thats all I can think of right now. Feel free to ask me specific directed questions about the school, I'd be glad to help answer them!

you're awesome. thanks for the help. great school, great location...very expensive city though.

 

[binghamkid]

Wow, I see this thread is still alive and kicking =P

Yay Maryland!

Ok, I promise I will check this thread more often =)

 

[binghamkid]

For those who have interviewed there already...what's a cheap hotel around there, preferably with complimentary shuttle service to the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy?

Thanks!

I don't know if any that offer complimentary shuttle serivce to the School of Pharmacy, but check out the Quality Inn. It's halfway between the BWI airport and Baltimore, so it shortens travel both ways. When I interviewed, I rented a car from Enterprise and explored the area a little bit. Be careful though, Baltimore isn't the safest city in the world.

Hope that helps!

 

[binghamkid]

Hi, I'm very interested in UMB. My only concern is my GPA. The minimum GPA for applying is 2.5 and my GPA is slightly higher. However, I have never failed or dropped any courses I have taken so far. As of now, I am a sophmore taking orgo II, calc II, Anthro, and Anat. When reviewing my application, do you think that admissions' committee will favor me taking course loads of rigourous courses, or will they focus on GPA more?

Contrary to what others say about you not having a good chance, I will say that you still have a fighting chance. Granted your GPA is not stellar, but neither was mine. I was in the exact same position as you are. The important thing is the overall package. Although my GPA was just above the minimum, I made sure the rest of my package was as strong as I could make it; in addition, I did everything I could to demonstrate that I could handle a challenging courseload, and try to improve my GPA as much as I could. A high PCAT score is of course necessary, but it is not impossible to get in with a low GPA. Don't give up hope =) As for your specific question, the committee wants to know you can take rigorous course loads WHILE getting a good GPA. There's no room for excuses in pharmacy school, because the courseload only gets harder. I can vouch for that because second year pharmacy school here, you have about two exams a week, not including labs and papers and quizzes.

Remember, there's no point getting into school, if you're going to fail out of it. If you know you are weak in an area, take some extra time or get some extra help to make sure that you will get where you need to be. Good luck with your studies!

 

[binghamkid]

Yea...if they keep raising rent the way they do, I'll be broke before I graduate...

I don't remember the exact date, but it is in the spring - the app would be posted on the fayette square website. I wouldn't worry too much about it because I have yet to know of a person that didn't get a fayette apartment.

 

[Frigo]

Quick question for anyone who got an interview. Have you been able to get a hold of Ms. Patrice Sharp? It seems like everytime I call to pick the date for my interview she's either in a meeting, on another line or not at her desk. Leaving messages/emails ends up not getting a response 🙁. Is there an optimal time to call her or something?

 

[binghamkid]

Quick question for anyone who got an interview. Have you been able to get a hold of Ms. Patrice Sharp? It seems like everytime I call to pick the date for my interview she's either in a meeting, on another line or not at her desk. Leaving messages/emails ends up not getting a response 🙁. Is there an optimal time to call her or something?

Is that the name of the individual who is scheduling the interviews? I would go ahead and leave a message and have her call you back. I'm not familiar with the name, and I go here, so I'm not sure what that's about. She may be the front desk assistant who is handling the scheduling.