Why 0-6 programs suck :(

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What I'm saying is I don't want NO SCRUBS.


I'm not one to get played. So if I'm making 50k I expect a guy to be earning the same. B/c if we get divorced I'm not supporting HIM and giving him alimony checks every month...hell naw. With equality either spouse doesn't risk anything. If he makes 50k and I make 50k we're not equal.... he should be earning more. Now if he makes 67-68k and I make 50k, think of the salary inequalities. Women make only 75.5 cents for every dollar that men earn- so we're equal now. 😎

So, if you two are making "equal" amounts, and you get promoted to make more than he does, but he still makes the same and is now making less than you do, would you leave him? :laugh:

Sounds like something you might do because you said that you would want your guy to be making more or the same. If you do, then you might not have gotten married for the right reasons. Or you're not being faithful and using that as an excuse to see someone else :laugh: just kidding. But really, what would you do in that case?

Agreed. I wish I had researched 0-6 programs back in HS, although I'm not sure I would have been ready for the curriculum at the time.

Anyways sorry to interrupt the discussion about gold digging, carry on.
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Boy...never would have guessed this thread to turn out like this.
 
Better yet...24 year old PharmD entering the VA system or government work. You can retire at 44 w/ 50% pension. Imagine that.. 44 and you get paid $50k to sit at home if you want...go work retail and double dip, you'll be making close to $200k.
I can vouch for this one. clinical pharm work at the va = real good juju. 👍
50K to sit at home + marry an MD = Dream come true! 🙂
atta girl! 😉
 
I can vouch for this one. clinical pharm work at the va = real good juju. 👍

atta girl! 😉

What kind of a doctor would be ok with his wife just sitting at home all day unless they have like 2~3 kids?
 
I'm guessing that you are from MCPHS becuase that looks just like their course load for 2nd year. How do you like it there? I got accepted but haven't decided.
 
Obviously 0-6 programs are challenging academically. But who says going to pharmacy school is easy? I was accepted to a 0-6 program four years ago and I opted not to go because I decided that at 18 years old, I wasn't mature enough to handle that kind of class load. I'm not saying that you aren't mature enough.. I'm just explaining my logic for not going. I'm sure you can do it. Good luck!

I think youre 100% right on this.
 
So, if you two are making "equal" amounts, and you get promoted to make more than he does, but he still makes the same and is now making less than you do, would you leave him? :laugh:

Sounds like something you might do because you said that you would want your guy to be making more or the same. If you do, then you might not have gotten married for the right reasons. Or you're not being faithful and using that as an excuse to see someone else :laugh: just kidding. But really, what would you do in that case?


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Yes, I would, if he's not pulling his weight.

🙂

Idk what I'd do, we'll cross that bridge when it comes time to. 🙂
 
Yes, I would, if he's not pulling his weight.

🙂

Idk what I'd do, we'll cross that bridge when it comes time to. 🙂

Only if the bridge is still there. 🤣

Oh and remind me to never fall in love with you 😆 jk nicole. I'm sure you're a nice girl and plenty of people like you 🙂
 
Only if the bridge is still there. 🤣

Oh and remind me to never fall in love with you 😆 jk nicole. I'm sure you're a nice girl and plenty of people like you 🙂
oh shut up lol you already have 100000000000000000 and 1 girls that catch your eye (every day) lol.

Yes, people enjoy my company, but that doesn't mean I enjoy theirs.... I'm a very difficult person to please, I'll admit it.
 
oh shut up lol you already have
:laugh: Even if I did, I'd never admit it :laugh:
100000000000000000 and 1 girls that catch your eye (every day) lol

I already told you that I go to school with a lot of pretty girls :laugh:

Yes, people enjoy my company, but that doesn't mean I enjoy theirs.... I'm a very difficult person to please, I'll admit it.

Have you ever tried to let anyone please you? (oh, that sounds bad lol) I meant,
have you tried to let people make you happy?
 
What kind of a doctor would be ok with his wife just sitting at home all day unless they have like 2~3 kids?
um....who said anything about sitting home all day or kids? 😕

we got zebras.
 
I just have to interject with a little old person wisdom. In my short 22.5 years on this planet I've dated quite a few individuals, and had two long term relationships (4 years and 3 years and counting). I can honestly tell you that it is extremely hard to even know what you want, or the inevitable give and takes of a relationship until you've actually experienced a few long ones for yourself. Of course most people ideally are searching for someone who has it all (money, looks, intelligence, kindness) but in reality it's harder than you think, even as a young, attractive, professional, to come across someone who will actually live up to that in the long term, regardless if they seem perfect in the beginning. After the first year the novelty and 'new-ness' wears off and it's not so easy to accept the negative quirks and traits of someone just because they're paying for everything (male or female). This might seem shallow on a totally different level, but I think it is more important to find someone who is physically attractive and mentally interesting to you than having a strict economic guideline (more or equal salary, etc). What I mean is... if you never give someone a chance because they're a male nurse, firefighter, military man, or any other hard working occupation that you feel is less than you or too much of a 'scrub' for a female pharmacist, than you may be passing up a lot of guys who will make you much much happier in the long run than the wealthy doctor who was so charming and attractive to you at first.

I'm not trying to generalize, but a lot of successful men aren't going to put up with a relationship for long if they're feeling used or as if they're the only one significantly contributing, especially if the wife is highly capable. Guys aren't stupid and they usually know what a girls true intentions are. The ones who are looking for a woman to completely take care of can sometimes end up possessive or controlling... not all but some. Just my personal experience... I'm not an expert.

That said... there is absolutely nothing wrong with a pre-nup. You said it yourself that you're not trying to get "played"... but neither is the person you marry. I wouldn't want to support someone after our relationship failed, but you have to look at it both ways. People work hard for whatever you have, and messy divorce settlements only make it more stressful and complicated. That is one reason I don't really want to get married. Plenty of partnerships work out just fine, if not better when marriage isn't involved.
 
I just have to interject with a little old person wisdom. In my short 22.5 years on this planet I've dated quite a few individuals, and had two long term relationships (4 years and 3 years and counting). I can honestly tell you that it is extremely hard to even know what you want, or the inevitable give and takes of a relationship until you've actually experienced a few long ones for yourself. Of course most people ideally are searching for someone who has it all (money, looks, intelligence, kindness) but in reality it's harder than you think, even as a young, attractive, professional, to come across someone who will actually live up to that in the long term, regardless if they seem perfect in the beginning. After the first year the novelty and 'new-ness' wears off and it's not so easy to accept the negative quirks and traits of someone just because they're paying for everything (male or female). This might seem shallow on a totally different level, but I think it is more important to find someone who is physically attractive and mentally interesting to you than having a strict economic guideline (more or equal salary, etc). What I mean is... if you never give someone a chance because they're a male nurse, firefighter, military man, or any other hard working occupation that you feel is less than you or too much of a 'scrub' for a female pharmacist, than you may be passing up a lot of guys who will make you much much happier in the long run than the wealthy doctor who was so charming and attractive to you at first.

I'm not trying to generalize, but a lot of successful men aren't going to put up with a relationship for long if they're feeling used or as if they're the only one significantly contributing, especially if the wife is highly capable. Guys aren't stupid and they usually know what a girls true intentions are. The ones who are looking for a woman to completely take care of can sometimes end up possessive or controlling... not all but some. Just my personal experience... I'm not an expert.

That said... there is absolutely nothing wrong with a pre-nup. You said it yourself that you're not trying to get "played"... but neither is the person you marry. I wouldn't want to support someone after our relationship failed, but you have to look at it both ways. People work hard for whatever you have, and messy divorce settlements only make it more stressful and complicated. That is one reason I don't really want to get married. Plenty of partnerships work out just fine, if not better when marriage isn't involved.

👍👍

I've noticed few of these things with my classmates. The girl who is like my best friend talks to me everyday and I see her almost everyday too. Sometimes we get kinda frustrated with each other, and talk about things that are annoying. Back at orientation, we were getting a long just fine, but now it just doesn't seem that special or exciting.

I know what you mean about the "new-ness" wearing off and little things starting to bug me after a while. At first it seems perfect and there doesn't seem to be anything wrong.
 
Have you ever tried to let anyone please you? (oh, that sounds bad lol) I meant,
have you tried to let people make you happy?
Yes, I have lol... however I'm really really anal and it gets to a point where anyone who actually is WORTH a relationship I push away (commitment issues) and anyone who is just plain player I push away because I'm not looking for a hook up... it's quite confusing.
 
Yes, I have lol... however I'm really really anal and it gets to a point where anyone who actually is WORTH a relationship I push away (commitment issues) and anyone who is just plain player I push away because I'm not looking for a hook up... it's quite confusing.

You sound sort of like me :laugh: It might be obvious when I like someone, but people usually can't tell if I'm also interested in dating the girl too.
 
You sound sort of like me :laugh: It might be obvious when I like someone, but people usually can't tell if I'm also interested in dating the girl too.
I never tell anyone I like someone. NEVER. Honestly it's for me to know and figure out. This isn't grade school anymore where you get your friends to say something to one of their friends and hope it works out... If I truly like someone I'll try and make it work. If it doesn't, I'm not fussing and I'll move on. There are millions of other people in this world so why waste time on someone who doesn't share the same feelings. Also, another thing I hate is how in relationships some people hold the upper hand..... I hate when guys/girls feel they're better than their partner and it obviously shows. Like if a guy was hotter than a girl (and vice versa) they treat them like junk in front of their friends and make jokes when their bf/gf isn't around. I think that has to be the worst thing in the world too when someone doesn't love their bf/gf but the other one is all into the relationship telling everyone I LOVEEEE my bf/gf.
(I know I went off topic, but you understand)
 
I never tell anyone I like someone. NEVER. Honestly it's for me to know and figure out. This isn't grade school anymore where you get your friends to say something to one of their friends and hope it works out... If I truly like someone I'll try and make it work. If it doesn't, I'm not fussing and I'll move on. There are millions of other people in this world so why waste time on someone who doesn't share the same feelings. Also, another thing I hate is how in relationships some people hold the upper hand..... I hate when guys/girls feel they're better than their partner and it obviously shows. Like if a guy was hotter than a girl (and vice versa) they treat them like junk in front of their friends and make jokes when their bf/gf isn't around. I think that has to be the worst thing in the world too when someone doesn't love their bf/gf but the other one is all into the relationship telling everyone I LOVEEEE my bf/gf.
(I know I went off topic, but you understand)

I never get my friends to try to say something to the girl I like. I'll just ask my friends few things to see if they know things that the girl won't tell me.

Sometimes you meet someone special and you really hope it can work out and you'll do whatever you can to try to make it work. Other times you can't and it gets frustrating, but it's hard to just move on because you've met someone who is more important to you than millions of people you might meet.
 
I never get my friends to try to say something to the girl I like. I'll just ask my friends few things to see if they know things that the girl won't tell me.

Sometimes you meet someone special and you really hope it can work out and you'll do whatever you can to try to make it work. Other times you can't and it gets frustrating, but it's hard to just move on because you've met someone who is more important to you than millions of people you might meet.
yeah... that has happened to me once. only once. I blame myself for walking away though. oh well no point in turning back🙁
 
Another hijacked thread LOL I agree that partners should be equals in terms of give and take. One problem I am encountering is having two ambitious people in a relationship- one wanting to be a pharmacist (me) and one wanting to be a doc (her). We also want to have children, so working through that has proven to be quite difficult and inevitably will result in some sacrifices on both ends. I am ok with that. Things that I wanted to do in my younger years are things I will now have to wait on (like joining doctors without borders). My point is that when you find that person that makes you truly happy, you will be willing to give up some things. It doesn't mean you have to give up all your dreams or sacrifice your entire career, but it does mean you might have to push things back or wait a year or do rotations close to home- stuff like that.
 
Who's the captain of this pirate ship that's hijacking all the threads? :hijacked:
 
yeah... that has happened to me once. only once. I blame myself for walking away though. oh well no point in turning back🙁

Well, I might still have a chance with this girl if she would give me a chance. There's not much I can do right now since she's on the other side of the world (studying abroad).
 
awww. story of your life, eh?


BLASPHEMY.
get me my rum.

In college I was in love with this girl. I had never met anyone like her. When I first met her I think I just fell for her pretty hard. After that, it was hard to say that there was anything wrong with her or that anything about her was bugging me. For a while I thought she was perfect 🙂
 
In college I was in love with this girl. I had never met anyone like her. When I first met her I think I just fell for her pretty hard. After that, it was hard to say that there was anything wrong with her or that anything about her was bugging me. For a while I thought she was perfect 🙂
I think you told me about her... the one you used to eat lunch together and go to her apt every day?
 
I think you told me about her... the one you used to eat lunch together and go to her apt every day?

Nope that was a different girl. She was from Chicago.

The one I'm talking about here is originally from AZ. She's not a pharmacy student though. There's a different girl in my class who is from AZ, but it's not her.
 
Look at my schedule for my first semester of second year :scared::

BIO 255 Medical Microbiology (with Laboratory)
CHE 231 Organic Chemistry I (with Laboratory)
MAT 152 Calculus II
PHY 270 Foundations of Physics I (with Laboratory)
MAT 261 Statistics
Elective
PSB 220 Introduction to Health Care Delivery


Am I the only one that finds this ridiculous??

NO WAY thats your schedule. I think you might have read it wrong. Thats over 22-24 credits in one semester. Most colleges have rules against that. Unless, you were behind and had to make up classes...there is no way this is part of the curriculum.
 
NO WAY thats your schedule. I think you might have read it wrong. Thats over 22-24 credits in one semester. Most colleges have rules against that. Unless, you were behind and had to make up classes...there is no way this is part of the curriculum.

I counted 19. Health care delivery is a 1-credit class in my school, so it might be in his as well. Doesn't seem to atypical. Wait till pharmacy school when you have pharmacology, pharmaceutics, therapeutics and a lot of other things all together.
 
I counted 19. Health care delivery is a 1-credit class in my school, so it might be in his as well. Doesn't seem to atypical. Wait till pharmacy school when you have pharmacology, pharmaceutics, therapeutics and a lot of other things all together.

But those classes with labs are minimum 4-credit courses (12 credits). Usually, Orgo lab is a seperate course. (At RU its own 2-credit course) Stats, elective, and Calc II are minimum 9 credits. (Calc II is 4 credits at RU).
And if that intro class is 1-credit then I count 22 credits.
 
But those classes with labs are minimum 4-credit courses (12 credits). Usually, Orgo lab is a seperate course. (At RU its own 2-credit course) Stats, elective, and Calc II are minimum 9 credits. (Calc II is 4 credits at RU).
And if that intro class is 1-credit then I count 22 credits.

Look at my schedule for my first semester of second year :scared::
BIO 255 Medical Microbiology (with Laboratory).......................4
CHE 231 Organic Chemistry I (with Laboratory).......................4
MAT 152 Calculus II..........................................................3-4
PHY 270 Foundations of Physics I (with Laboratory).................4
MAT 261 Statistics...........................................................3
Elective..........................................................................3-4
PSB 220 Introduction to Health Care Delivery..........................1
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TOTAL...........................................................................22-24
 
Actually, this is what it's supposed to be:

BIO 255 Medical Microbiology (with Laboratory)...................................4
CHE 231 Organic Chemistry I (with Laboratory)....................................4
MAT 152 Calculus II ***OR*** PHY 270 Foundations of Physics (with Laboratory)....3 or 4
MAT 261 Statistics ***OR*** Economics...........................................3 or 2
Elective........................................................................3
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TOTAL...........................................................................16-18


"Health care delivery" could be an elective (3 units) in that schedule assuming year 2 students are permitted to take it.

0-6 isn't a bad way to go if advanced training post-PharmD is what you want to do (eventually)... 26 with advanced training and years of earning power ahead of you doesn't sound that bad. At MCP there's actually a PGY2 (graduated from Northeastern) who is now an adjunct professor... probably around 26 though I didn't ask.
 
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Yeah I go to MCP and that schedule you posted isn't even close to right.

You don't take more than 19 credits and that's pushing it.
 
I DIDDDD!
That's gonna be me.... 22/23 and a pharmD... 😎



so lucky! i'd love to graduate early. i'm gonna almost be 19 when i graduate....🙁

how did you graduate early? skip a couple of grades?
 
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