Chance me for Pharmacy!

ranza003
Sun, 04 Dec 2011 19:58:10 +0000

Keep in mind that rankings don’t mean much in pharmacy. Everyone gets the same degree and passes the same NAPLEX. However, some schools do hold more weight for different areas of pharmacy or in different geographical locations. Rankings do not hold nearly as much weight as they do in, say, law or medicine. PharmD program rankings are also not sanctioned by the AACP, and the ones that are published are a result of peer evaluation and heavily rely on research. They hold some weight, but in most of the country it really doesn’t matter that much. Most 0+6 programs tend to be more competitive because it’s very appealing to be able to get accepted right away and go straight through the program as opposed to having to apply to undergrad and then graduate all over again. If there were a school like that in my area, I sure would have tried to go that route as well!

Here’s the most recent “rankings”: [Best Pharmacy Programs | Top Pharmacy Schools | US News Best Graduate Schools](http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-health-schools/pharmacy-rankings)

Every school strokes it’s own ego and claims to be the best at this or that and will skew statistics to make themselves look better… my “top 3” school as well. Every schools is “the best at this,” “discovered that,” or “is forging the way in so-and-so field.” It’s just the way schools present themselves to get students to come to their program. As long as the school teaches students how to practice pharmacy and not how to pass the NAPLEX, you’ll really be on a similar playing field as everyone else. Yes, some schools are better at teaching different fields than others and yes, some really are lacking, but overall you get out of school what you put into it. We all need to stop having superiority complexes about how awesome our school is and work as colleagues instead. --steps down from soap box–