Is volunteering that important in the application form?I do not have much volunteering experience or anything.. just did some recycling in one club thats about it.. how important is it?
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Philanthropy is a pretty big topic in pharmacy school. Thus, it is relatively important to show that you're willing to give back to the community during your years leading up to pharmacy school. If your stats are good enough, I'm sure you'd still get an interview, but I would try to get as many hours in as humanly possible over the next few weeks/months/years (since I don't know where you are in your undergrad/applying process). It'll show that you are a good person who is willing to help other people.
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When volunteering, try to find one thing that you are really passionate about and stick with it (as opposed to cobbling together a bunch of 1 day events for many different organizations). This looks better on your application, will be easier to write about in essays, and will be a much more rewarding experience for you.
I'm kinda in the same boat where I just started volunteering this month and I want to apply this cycle. So I don't know how the Adcom will look at that. But we gotta start somewhere, right?!
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isn't it all relative? i mean if you have good grades and a good pcat score won't you still be able to get into pharm school? i don't see why you can't get into pharm school with just those two alone that's not to say volunteering isn't important.
Yes; if you are lucky enough to have your preferences on schools that rely more on high GPA's & PCAT scores for acceptances.
No; if your target schools are ones that equally take into account, your community involvements or extracurricular activities for decisions.
Generally, it is a competitive process. For applicants with a dent or two on their GPA & PCAT scores, volunteered activities, among many other things, can be a leveling play ground for them.
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