Will I get into pharmacy school?

[The Pharmacy guy]

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I am freaking out that I will not be accepted to any pharmacy school. Please let me know what you think and if I’m just overthinking. I have a 3.4 cumulative GPA and a 3.2 Science GPA. I also volunteered at a hospital for 300 hours, I have worked as a pharmacy tech for 3 years, I was a tutor for first generation high school students for 3 years, I worked for the cultural resource centers as a part of there leadership team at my college for 4 years. I was a founder and officer for the pre pharmacy club at my college for 2 years and an officer for 2 years for the Red Cross student club at my college.

 

[statepharmagent]

If you don't think you can make it into a pharmacy school, just quit and apply for your local Mcdonalds or whatever. All kidding aside, or not, this question has been answered numerous times for others. If you didnt know, the state of the current pharmacy profession is not good at all right now and probably will worsen in the future. Informed students are avoiding it like the plague and schools are looking to take ANYONE. I personally know quite a few people who got in with 2.6 gpas. So to answer your question, YES, I GUARANTEE you will make it into a decent pharmacy school pending you dont have any criminal problems/other issues (but then again nowadays maybe they'll still take you cuz someone gotta fill them seats!). Stop freaking out if you will be accepted or not, because you will get accepted. However, START freaking out you might graduate and not have a job in 5 years or will live the rest of your life in randomville, usa making less than an RN. Good luck.

 

[Abby Atwood]

I will say that a less than 100,000 person city can be a really nice place to live. I started at my current job in a smallish city thinking that it was an amazing opportunity and that I might use it as a steppingstone for future positions. 4 months later, I would be sad to leave partially because of the location.

That said, there has been a steady increase in the number of pharmacy graduates over the last decade that many people feel is unsustainable. It is likely that supply will exceed demand for pharmacist services. There are a lot of areas that need pharmacist services but don’t utilize them and certain things like provider status may have an impact on affordability and establishment of pharmacist services at those practice sites. Increased access to healthcare could also minimize harm from excess pharmacist supply; however, all of this would be banking on legislation that may not happen.

To answer you question, I think you have an excellent chance of being accepted into a pharmacy school. That’s not because I think pharmacy schools are scraping the bottom of the barrel, it’s because you have good experiences and decent grades.

Not everyone is cut out for every health profession. I’m a good pharmacist. I wouldn’t be as good at being a doctor, NP, or RN. I love pharmacy, and I’m glad that this is what I’m doing.

 

[MV777]

I am freaking out that I will not be accepted to any pharmacy school. Please let me know what you think and if I’m just overthinking. I have a 3.4 cumulative GPA and a 3.2 Science GPA. I also volunteered at a hospital for 300 hours, I have worked as a pharmacy tech for 3 years, I was a tutor for first generation high school students for 3 years, I worked for the cultural resource centers as a part of there leadership team at my college for 4 years. I was a founder and officer for the pre pharmacy club at my college for 2 years and an officer for 2 years for the Red Cross student club at my college.

Yes it sounds like you will get in. The question is if you want to actually continue to pursue pharmacy or look into another field. I wish someone would have warned me before I started and got stuck in the field due to the ridiculous amount of debt. Seriously...go to Walgreens or CVS and watch the pharmacy for an hour.

 

[CVSstinks]

I couldn't have put it better. It's a miserable career. I went in thinking it was going to be great and and I was going to have a pick of jobs and plenty of expendable income... Reality: An ever rotating schedule, angry patients, working on your feet long hours, high student debt and a feeling that I didn't play along with everything corporate told me to do that I would be easily replaced. Glad I got out of the career personally.

 

[Amphetamine Salts]

please please please don't go to pharmacy school. please just listen to the forum and don't do it