when did you all submit your Pharmcas?

[hopefulDMD]

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When do most pre-pharm students submit their Pharmcas? Is it a rolling admissions kind of acceptance? For dental school, the apps were open for submission starting June 1st; interviews were conducted as early as August and the first day that any offer is made to any student is Dec 1st.

I am a dental student now but I'm really curious what the application process is like for pre-pharm students. Is it a huge disadvantage if someone submits their app later..let's say October? (My sibling is applying and I wish I could help her but I don't really know anything about the process!)

Thanks so much for your help!

 

[hopefulDMD]

wow! 65 views but no responses? Can anyone give me insight?

 

[xtsukiyox]

Tell your sibling to join the pre-pharm boards! 😀

It highly depends on the school - some schools are rolling admissions, some are more like what you're used to (all apps reviewed at the deadline, interviews, then offers).

PharmCAS opens in June. Apps begin to be sent to the schools in August, no matter when you submit prior to that. You can submit PharmCAS up through the last deadline... It's really late, like March or April I think.

Some schools do early decision, which has a very early deadline. You can apply to one school ED, and you're guaranteed a response by October sometime. If accepted, you are obligated to take the acceptance at that school; if not accepted, you can then apply to other schools. Interviews for ED takes place sometime between the PharmCAS deadline & the offer deadline.

Some non-ED schools began interviewing in September. I believe the last school interviews through June, or at least that's what someone mentioned in another thread. I submitted in September, interviewed September 30 at MWU-CPG & received acceptance that day (first interview block was Sept 29/30), but that is very much the exception to the rule.

Just to play a possible Capt. Obvious for a moment: The way rolling admissions works is the school reviews apps as they come in, first-come first-serve, and invite people for interviews throughout the cycle. They make offers as they go, so they (generally) stop interviewing when they've filled the class. It can grant an advantage to apply early to these schools, because you've got a better chance if you're trying for 1 of 100 seats (before they fill) rather than, say, 1 of 10 seats if you apply late cycle.

Caveat: I am an applicant for this cycle, so my experience is limited.

PS, I suspect a good number of those 65 views are search engine spiders. I always find SDN answers at the top of google searches I do related to pharma school...

 

[PharmtoCS]

Late June.

 

[hopefulDMD]

thank you so much for the insight! You've been extremely helpful. Congratulations on MWU! You're near me -- I'm in SoCAL!

 

[xtsukiyox]

thank you so much for the insight! You've been extremely helpful. Congratulations on MWU! You're near me -- I'm in SoCAL!

No problemo. Come visit us over here in pharma land any time. 😎

Thanks. It was the only school I applied to / planned to apply to this cycle. I live about 20 min away. 😀

Does your sister have any idea where she wants to go?

 

[hopefulDMD]

No problemo. Come visit us over here in pharma land any time. 😎

Thanks. It was the only school I applied to / planned to apply to this cycle. I live about 20 min away. 😀

Does your sister have any idea where she wants to go?

I think UCSF, USC, Western or LV! What are your thoughts on those schools. I know UCSF is pretty top notch but her GPA is pretty high (even higher than mine when I was applying to dental schools) I'm just a little concerned that she might not have enough leadership. She has many yrs of experience in a research lab, pharmacy tech and her community service is sub-average (in my opinion). I have a lot of admiration for you pharm students! I couldn't do it!