University of Toronto, class of 2016

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You can still smell the sarcasm? I clearly have not used enough irony then...
 
50%, no biggie. Iv won other things that had smaller chance, like research awards.
 
I won an iPod in a raffle once, and my chances of winning were less than 1% !!!!

Based on that foolproof logic, I'm deffffffff getting in
 
i won those awards cuz i have higher grades and research potential.
and winning a raffle is probability. this is not just probability, its skill and talent.
we'll see in 1 months time if u guys have any of it.
 
PharmacyBoy said:
i won those awards cuz i have higher grades and research potential.
and winning a raffle is probability. this is not just probability, its skill and talent.
we'll see in 1 months time if u guys have any of it.
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I have no skilllz and no talentzzz so I guess I'll be stuck in the bottom of society eh bro
 
Well, whatever. We'll see what happens.
 
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On the bright side, chances of acceptance will be much higher than 50% for you guys. If I remember correctly, the faculty sends out 260 acceptance letters, and accepts many people from the waitlists each year because many succesful candiates decline their offers.
I am guessing greater number of people will be declining offers compared to previous years because the profession itself isn't doing very well to say the least.
On the more negative side, acceptance to pharmacy school is no longer a ticket to a stable well-paying job that I thought it was 2 years ago. Along with government austerity, oversaturation and ineffective lobbying are definite concerns.
Personally, I think pharmacy school is a poor idea if you are not comfortable with the idea of working in rural communities as jobs in big cities are becoming scarce. Make sure to do your own research on the job market, and work that pharmacists actually do. Needless to say, 60k+ in tuition and 4 years of pharm school (the school itself hasn't been fun at all T-T) is a very big commitment.
 
Does anyone know how to work in the US after graduating from U of T or Waterloo? I read something that if you graduated after 2003, you would need a five-year pharmacy program to work in the US, so does this mean we have to do a pharmD after getting a Bachelor degree?
 
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You wanna work in the US after studying at a Canadian university? :O
 
You need a pharmD to work in the US so if they pharmD gets approved you won't need to do nay extra schooling but if not you will.
 
Thank you for your reply. But I'm also thinking what if I went to Waterloo 😛? If U of T's pharm D got approved chances are they wouldnt have the pharmD program anymore. 🙁 So by that time I will be holding a Bachelor degree with nowhere to get a pharmD.
 
lbqjenny said:
Thank you for your reply. But I'm also thinking what if I went to Waterloo 😛? If U of T's pharm D got approved chances are they wouldnt have the pharmD program anymore. 🙁 So by that time I will be holding a Bachelor degree with nowhere to get a pharmD.
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If the PharmD gets approved within the next 4 years (which it should), then you would graduate with a PharmD and not a Bachelor's.

The new curriculum is a PharmD curriculum, it's just a matter of getting the approval to give out that degree.
 
Yeah, you'll just need to do more testing to qualify to practice in the state you're moving to if that does happen.

Assuming PharmD does happen in UofT. If you go to Waterloo, then you'll have to study more.
 
Any idea if tuition rates will increase if PharmD gets approved?
 
Realistically it seems very likely they'll increase tuition if pharmD is approved. PharmD itself right now is like ~35k if I remember correctly? So I wouldn't be surprised if tuition goes up if it gets approved.
 
CheeseCake said:
On the bright side, chances of acceptance will be much higher than 50% for you guys. If I remember correctly, the faculty sends out 260 acceptance letters, and accepts many people from the waitlists each year because many succesful candiates decline their offers.
I am guessing greater number of people will be declining offers compared to previous years because the profession itself isn't doing very well to say the least.
On the more negative side, acceptance to pharmacy school is no longer a ticket to a stable well-paying job that I thought it was 2 years ago. Along with government austerity, oversaturation and ineffective lobbying are definite concerns.
Personally, I think pharmacy school is a poor idea if you are not comfortable with the idea of working in rural communities as jobs in big cities are becoming scarce. Make sure to do your own research on the job market, and work that pharmacists actually do. Needless to say, 60k+ in tuition and 4 years of pharm school (the school itself hasn't been fun at all T-T) is a very big commitment.
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Why do people not like rural areas? Why do people want to be stuck with the urban lifestyle? Shopping, movies, and nightlife, etc etc do get boring with time.
 
Personally, I have only lived in big cities my entire life. I don't even like the suburbs, much less completely rural areas. I just don't like the fact that you have to drive everywhere and that everything seems so far away and disconnected.

It's totally a personal preference, though. To each their own! Some people love the more quiet lifestyle, while others like to live in a busier environment. I just know that I'm definitely a city person.
 
simplicity1love said:
Realistically it seems very likely they'll increase tuition if pharmD is approved. PharmD itself right now is like ~35k if I remember correctly? So I wouldn't be surprised if tuition goes up if it gets approved.
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Yeah, PharmD is around that much. That'll suck.
 
huxald said:
Yeah, PharmD is around that much. That'll suck.
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would there be a reason why entry level pharm-d wouldn't be approved? if i get accepted into more than one school (BIG if), then i would choose u of t because of the pharm-d. if there is a chance it wouldn't get approved, then i'd have to think much harder in deciding where to go.
 
Do you guys know if UofT will be the first school in Canada to potentially be approved for PharmD or schools in other provinces have the approved program already?
 
Universite de Montreal and Universite Laval already have entry level PharmD. Toronto would be the first english university however.
 
twenty7 said:
would there be a reason why entry level pharm-d wouldn't be approved? if i get accepted into more than one school (BIG if), then i would choose u of t because of the pharm-d. if there is a chance it wouldn't get approved, then i'd have to think much harder in deciding where to go.
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That's a good question, and not one I can answer as I'm not on the committee that makes the final decision. I guess we will wait and see.
 
ryanco64 said:
Universite de Montreal and Universite Laval already have entry level PharmD. Toronto would be the first english university however.
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@ryanco64

Go to Waterloo! Toronto doesn't want you! 😀 (assuming you finished micro)
 
Hi, guys I was wondering If anybody could summarize tuition fees and how to pay, in what portions, late charges and what are other fees like books. Can you quit school and is there any penalties for that?

basically outline financial burden



thanks
 
i'm sure the u of t website can explain that better than anyone ever could on this forum azazello2012.
 
Well, they confirmed June 22 as the posting date for offers...

Why can Waterloo do this in 5 days? D=

Hax.
 
15k per year for tuition, thats all it says, how about books and other costs, late penalties
 
Does anyone else feel like their head is about to explode from waiting?! :scared:
 
17 days. I feel dead inside.

Then again, it's been almost 3 months since the first set of interviews happened. Woooh. When you think about it, we've already waited for that long...=P
 
True but I feel like the past month has gone by so slow! So these next 2.5 weeks are going to be dreadful. I can't even imagine how nervous I am going to be signing into pharmSIS that day!:scared:
 
Yeah, I hope they release the results fairly early on June 22. When I saw the line "results will be up by the end of the day on June 22," I just pictured myself logging in 700 times and refreshing the page constantly until the results came up
 
I know what you mean man... I'll be at work from 1530 - 2330. Time to hijack the internet kiosk until I'm satisfied.
 
I'm not really stressed about it, but I'm just getting kind of impatient. I'm sure I'll be stressed on the actual day, but for now I just want that day to freaking be here already. Just want to move on with my life one way or another
 
University of Toronto - 13 days
University of Waterloo - 4 days

One of them is coming up. Good luck to everyone who applied at UW!
 
Last year, I remember checking PharmSIS at work for the ENTIRE day and not seeing any results. At 5pm, I decided to check for the last time before heading home and lo and behold, the results were finally posted. Hopefully you guys won't have to endure the agonizing wait!

Good luck everyone! (MAKE SURE YOU COME TO PHROSH WEEK!!!)
 
How many are unsure if they are going to accept if they get in?
 
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