I interviewed on Dec. 9 and was put in a holding category about a week later. Have not heard anything until yesterday when I received my acceptance email!
Accepted to the Asheville campus!
Who's with me?
Accepted to the Asheville campus!
Who's with me?
Rankings don't really matter in pharmacy school, IMO...if you look at the methodology behind them it seems kind of silly. I don't think a ranking needs to show UNC is a great school, though. But this way of ranking schools is more like a popularity contest. My point is, hopefully people are choosing UNC based on their visit and interview, and not because they're #2 on this website. If you're accepted to the Asheville campus, make sure you inquire about the live video lectures and staff at that campus, and make sure you want to basically take distance-ed courses throughout pharmacy school in a room with around ~25 students.UNC still 2nd in the country after new rankings posted. http://grad-schools.usnews.rankings...-schools/top-health-schools/pharmacy-rankings
Asheville is an interesting place. It's probably the biggest city in mountainous western North Carolina, although it's kind of secluded from other large NC cities (3-4 hours drive). For things to do, Asheville has a big art scene, lots of good indie musicians roll through the city, and there's some great breweries. It's seriously mountainous up there too, so any sort of hiking or camping activities will be readily accessible.
As for UNC-Asheville's campus, it's a pretty small school. I went to their winter graduation ceremony, and the entire graduating class across all majors fit into one auditorium. The campus is very hilly and a bit labyrinthine, but I'm sure you get used to it. One good thing is that parking on campus is cheap (and possibly free for graduate-level students), because it's probably a lot more difficult to get around without a vehicle in Asheville.
Hope that helped! And congrats on getting in!!!!
Thanks for the info!! Greatly appreciate it I had no idea about the area/school because I, too, like many others - interviewed at the Chapel Hill campus and was told that if you were interviewing here, you are considered for admission to this campus. So I thought that was already decided prior to our interview. I'm sure Asheville is a beautiful campus as well but I absolutely loved Chapel Hill, and I'm not too sure how well I'll do with telecomm and video-lectures. I'm actually considering withdrawing my Asheville offer and waitlisting for Chapel Hill. Anyone know someone who's done that before? I don't know how slim my chances will be, but I'm still GREATLY swaying over UNC, UOP, and UW as of now, so.....!!! eeek need to decide soon.. they were all great and it's hard to make the decision!
Thank you again~!!
Anyone have any idea how difficult it might be to gain residency status at UNC?
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Anyone have any idea how difficult it might be to gain residency status at UNC?
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University of North Carolina -- Accepted
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