Haha i've been in contact w/her for about 2 years now! my sincere interest in the school cannot get much deeper, or be any more obvious!
Have you decided whether or not you will be attending Umich?
Oh I have no idea how deferrals work - everything's been chaotic ever since Michigan now has to do interviews and there have been floods and floods of people applying. In the days of non PharmCAS, it used to be manageable because she single handedly runs the admissions office. Now she's not even sure if she can interview everyone she wants to given that everyone waited to the last day of the PharmCAS deadline. I think in the future she'll probably stop accepting January PCAT scores for the current application cycle.
They were probably waiting for your PCAT so she's probably mulling over whether to let you in, waitlist you, or deny you in contrasting you to the zillions of other applications (she didn't even tell me how many applied this year because even she doesn't know the total number yet. well, she might now, but this was like a month ago that I talked to her). I know that doesn't sound useful or positive at all - or she could be cruel/generous and resurrect your application around july/august of the next year and ask you if you still want to come, but I highly doubt that now that we have tons of applicants. She's awesomely sweet though
And I have officially been denied.
Just received the official letter today.. great....
awww I'm sorry
I saw another poster said that some people were granted admission after being denied, maybe that will happen to you! I would recommend calling Dean Perry and asking her what you can do when applying next year so that she knows you are persistant.
Did you appy to any other schools??
my undergrad cumulative was about 3.25, and my grad GPA currently is about a 3.4. For PCAT, amazing I'd say is above a 90 (mine is 86).Well...it's different for everyone..for me, amazing grades are anything above 3.5.
My grades are definitely not amazing
Michigan seems to be one of the few schools that actually looks at a student's complete application. I think that if you show perseverance and passion for pharmacy you'll be fine
Perhaps by taking the PCAT again you'll have a better chance next year?I'm sorry about your rejection
I don't know if you should count on the rejection reversals, as now that Michigan is done through PharmCAS and the office is swarmed with interviewing applicants, it's likely that they'll have far more applicants than they know what to do with...
True enough. I guess I'll just try again next year and hopefully with a degree and a better score I'll have a better chance...
Why don't you try calling Dean Perry and explaining your PCAT situation over the phone. She may tell you to write a little statement explaining it - that's what she had me do --- Michigan has a PCAT writing subscore requirement of 3, mine was 2.5..
Stay positive
i recently received an invite via email.
i recently received an invite via email.
That $5K is split into $1.5K need-based scholarship, and $2.5K merit based scholarship + $1K schering plough scholarship (merit based, top 20% of the class invited to apply). These are managed by the college of pharmacy, and you fill out 1 very short 1 page form to apply for all of them. In contrast, my girlfriend with a 3.1-3.2 GPA only got the $1.5K need-based scholarship. There are scholarships not managed by the college, you'll have to apply on your own. .
Also, UofM's pharmacy school hasn't completed the negotiations with the Business school over a joint degree (and I don't think it ever will given the stubborn pride of each particular entity), so you'd probably have to spend extra time in order to finish each separately. They're both fine schools, and I have little vested interest in the rivalry as it seems rather petty even though everyone gets irrationally caught up into it. However, that being said, we haven't began formalities yet: OSU sucks!