USN vs. Maryland

[Toade]

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I've been in another health professional program and lectures are recorded online. USN pharmacy doesn't have this set-up. If you want to record lectures, you have to ask for permission, otherwise your recording is deleted and you're charged with violating the Standards of Professional
Conduct.

Does anyone at USN have experience with asking professors for recording permission and do they usually approve?

Also, for USN, the typical lecture hours are from 8 to 3, Monday thru Thursday. I read on studentdoctor somewhere that University of Maryland has similar hours. But Maryland is a 4 year program vs. USN's 3 year accelerated program. Shouldn't the lecture hours per day be shorter in a 4 year program? It's the same amount of lecture material as in a 3 year program but dispersed over a longer time period, so the amount per day (or hours) should be less?

 

[DrDrugs2012]

I've been in another health professional program and lectures are recorded online. USN pharmacy doesn't have this set-up. If you want to record lectures, you have to ask for permission, otherwise your recording is deleted and you're charged with violating the Standards of Professional
Conduct.

Does anyone at USN have experience with asking professors for recording permission and do they usually approve?

Also, for USN, the typical lecture hours are from 8 to 3, Monday thru Thursday. I read on studentdoctor somewhere that University of Maryland has similar hours. But Maryland is a 4 year program vs. USN's 3 year accelerated program. Shouldn't the lecture hours per day be shorter in a 4 year program? It's the same amount of lecture material as in a 3 year program but dispersed over a longer time period, so the amount per day (or hours) should be less?

I can't comment on USN's program since I know nothing about it. I will say that some pharmacy schools are functional diploma mills that barely maintain accreditation (and some end up losing it anyways). At those schools, I am surprised that students are in class 2 hours a day let alone 7.

Maryland's program is very demanding and aggressive... but you expect that at a top pharmacy school. Schools like Maryland lead the profession forward. The difference is very obvious when the students get out on rotation...

 

[Toade]

I can't comment on USN's program since I know nothing about it. I will say that some pharmacy schools are functional diploma mills that barely maintain accreditation (and some end up losing it anyways). At those schools, I am surprised that students are in class 2 hours a day let alone 7.

Two hours a day is less than college and high school. This seems low-standard for a graduate program like Pharmacy.

Maryland's program is very demanding and aggressive... but you expect that at a top pharmacy school. Schools like Maryland lead the profession forward. The difference is very obvious when the students get out on rotation...

Sounds like those long hours are helping out on rotations.

btw, what is meant by 99% retention rate? Is this the graduation rate or lecture material retention rate?

We have an extremely high retention rate of 99% because we make every effort to assist students with matriculation. We work with students very closely and provide a great deal of support. Our students are assigned to working groups, which translates to a strong campus community.


http://www.pharmacy.umaryland.edu/admissions/pharmd/program.html

 

[DrDrugs2012]

Two hours a day is less than college and high school. This seems low-standard for a graduate program like Pharmacy.

Sounds like those long hours are helping out on rotations.

btw, what is meant by 99% retention rate? Is this the graduation rate or lecture material retention rate?

Retention (at all schools) means the percentage of students who continue to be matriculated as compared to the previous year. That means <1% of students leave the program for any reason.

But honestly, >95% retention is normal and expected in graduate school. Having less than that is shocking. As a result I don't necessarily agree that a 99% retention rate at Maryland (or any other school) is entirely noteworthy nor worth including in your decision calculus for where to apply and/or attend.

 

[Toade]

Retention (at all schools) means the percentage of students who continue to be matriculated as compared to the previous year. That means <1% of students leave the program for any reason.

But honestly, >95% retention is normal and expected in graduate school. Having less than that is shocking. As a result I don't necessarily agree that a 99% retention rate at Maryland (or any other school) is entirely noteworthy nor worth including in your decision calculus for where to apply and/or attend.

USN has a 94% graduation rate. They claim 4% for personal reasons and 2% for academic. There's no way to know whether part of that 4% is truly academic, but reported by the student as personal. 94% is below the ">95% retention" threshold and a sizable difference from the 99% retention of Maryland.