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08-16-2006, 05:42 PM
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| Albany Colelge of Pharmacy, Mylan School of Pharmacy, and The University of science
I am intrested in attending these schools after High School for their pharmacy program. However, could someone give me some more details about these schools. Are they good schools or mediocre? Would you recommend going to a diffrent college (getting a BA and then applying to some better schools) And are SAT II's required?
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08-16-2006, 10:28 PM
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Because the demand for this career is high, it's not a important factor from where you received your pham.D in determing your position and pay. Overall, if you sure pharmacy if what you like, I highly recommend the 0-6 at any schools that offer it, which would save you time, money, and stress.
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08-17-2006, 11:53 AM
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Yes, however, I do not want a mediocore learning experience. A medicore learning experience makes you a mediocore pharmacist.
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08-17-2006, 01:43 PM
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'Yes, however, I do not want a mediocore learning experience. A medicore learning experience makes you a mediocore pharmacist.'
That's not true at all....You can make the mediocre learning experience into a good one very easily..
Also take a look at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences...
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08-17-2006, 01:45 PM
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Mass. is a terrible school, never ever go there.
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08-18-2006, 08:15 PM
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you live in california. aren't there top colleges for pharmacy there instead of traveling to albany.
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08-18-2006, 11:26 PM
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The only 0-6 year pharmacy school in California is UOP...I beleive. But I hear that UOP is tough to get into.
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08-19-2006, 06:14 AM
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Go with Albany, it's in a small city in New York. They also don't have a limit on the number of AP credits you can transfer. Thus, if you enrolled in many, you are pretty much done with your first year at the 0-6 pharmacy program.
Take a look at this post, notice the ranks for pharmacy schools. Overall, none of the 0-6 programs seem to be in the top. However, if you don't want a mediocore pharmacy experience, I suggest you receive a BA/BS, and then apply to the top pharmacy schools, considering you have to take an admissions test, extra. activities, high GPA, recomendations, and interview. Pharmacy Ranking | |
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08-20-2006, 12:12 AM
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I live in Albany, about 5 minutes away from ACP. It's known locally as a tough school, but it pays off in the end because your starting salary will be very high.
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08-20-2006, 01:34 AM
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what do you mean by "tough school"
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08-20-2006, 11:15 PM
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Yeah, it's increasingly competitive. In this day and age, anything that has gurantee admission is very very valuable.
With that said, I chose UCLA over UOP's pre-pharm advantage program for personal reasons.
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08-21-2006, 06:40 PM
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Gah, I don't know if I should aim for a 0-6 year program or first complete undergrad training at UCLA. I love UCLA and would like to study there, however, getting into pharmacy school will be more stressfull. However, most 0-6 year pharmacy schools are out of state, and I don't want to leave...
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08-21-2006, 08:23 PM
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#13 | | Junior Member
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UOP really sounds perfect for you. You could prob get in; its not much more competative than most 6 year pharm places. What are your stats?
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08-21-2006, 09:23 PM
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word of caution:the average GPA @ UCLA for south campus/ science major is 2.9. The curve can be ridiculously challenging if you're not prepared.
If you take care of business at UOP while in the pre pharm program, you can apply to other pharm schools too such as UCSF, UCSD, and U$C (booooooooo) and at the same time have a gurantee seat @ Pacific's school of pharmacy. It'll def. be alot less stressful.
It was an extremly tough decision to make back in April for me, but I realize that I want to be a doctor instead. I have no regrets on my decision. The key component to your decision is fit. Don't just look at the programs, also see if you like the atmosphere on campus or not.
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08-21-2006, 11:26 PM
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#15 | | Junior Member
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Well I plan on majoring in psych anyways, so that doesn't really matter to me.
I am going to be a Jr. in the fall, Here are my stats. My Sophmore stats however are muy terible
Sophmore year
Biology A,B
PE (required) A,A
Honors English A,B
Geomtry C,C
Spanish II C,C
Honors World History B,B+
Jr. year
AP Biology
AP English Language and Composition
AP US History
Algebra 2/trig
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Teacher Assistant
If I get all A's next year, and a SAT scare of at least a 2000, what are my chacnes of getting in. Oh yea, and for EC's I will have completed 400 hours of community service, and I plan on joining a business club this year called DECA. I would greatly appreciate it if you could tell me my chances of getting in, and how I can improve them (Ex. taking diff classes, etc.)
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