<p>To those who were admitted to the pharmacy program class 2016 (of Northeastern), would you mind putting your stats up (grades, SAT scores, extracurriculars, etc.)?</p>
<p>To current participants of the program: Do a lot of people get kicked out even though they tried hard but somehow did not achieve the required GPA to advance?</p>
<p>How would you rate the academic difficulty of the pharmacy program (1= easiest to get by, 10 = hardest, minimum of 6 hours+ a day to study)</p>
<p>Freshman and sophomore year I took a lot of the same courses as pharm students, so I can comment a little… I don’t think there are any pharm posters on here, if there are hopefully they’ll chime in since I’m a behavioral neuroscience major and not a pharm expert.</p>
<p>At least the first two years, things are pretty manageable, but you’ll be studying a lot more than your friends in non-science/engineering majors. My heaviest science semester was probably Organic, Calc II, and psychopharm, which is a bit similar to what you’ll be taking around your sophomore year(plus a 4th class, probably). </p>
<p>With that type of schedule I’d probably do around 10-15 hours of work in a normal week, and around 25-30hrs during an exam week. Right before a big midterm/final in a heavy science class (bio, chem, genetics/molecular, organic especially), it’s normal to see people at the library doing 5-7 hour sessions for about 2 days before the exam, but that’s the only time people will really be doing that much work in a day. Otherwise, I think a pretty normal workload would be 2-3 hours a day… but it really depends on the classes you’re in and how much you personally need to study.</p>
<p>Finals week is another story… if you have 2 or 3 big finals you’ll be eat/sleep/breathing science for the entire week.</p>
<p>There’s also tutoring, office hours, etc. if you feel like you’re struggling, but I think in most classes, you’ll get good grades if you put in the time and keep up. You have to be really dedicated to doing the work, but if you do you’ll be fine, and you’ll learn to manage time well enough that you can still go out with friends, have hobbies, be a semi-normal human being.</p>
<p>I’m a pharmacy major here. I found the first two years of the pharmacy program rather easy. With a few exceptions, every class I had already taken in high school. Organic chemistry really isn’t as difficult as it’s made out to be. Third year is when the program becomes difficult. But, it is not THAT bad as long as your good at time-management. In terms of not meeting the GPA, I can’t say I know anyone who didn’t. They are very accommodating. I know a couple of students in my class who failed organic (and retook it) and still progressed to 3rd year status. Most people who leave the program do so by choice- they realize pharmacy isn’t for them after their first co-op. Hope this helps!</p>
<p>what were both of your stats in hs? i am also interested in this program because i heard the co-op is very beneficial.</p>
<p>It’s not that outstanding to me, but here it is.
SAT Math: 670
SAT Writing: 610
SAT CR: 550</p>
<p>Since I’m in Canada, we use a different system than the States, but if converted to the system in the States, I’d say roughly 90-91% (percentage system). </p>
<p>Grade 12:
Gr. 12 Physics
Gr. 12 Chemistry IB
Gr. 12 Biology Honors
Calculus (roughly equivalent to the content of AP Calculus AB)
Gr. 12 Math Honors
Gr. 12 English Honors
Gr. 12 Latin</p>
<p>Grade 11:
Gr. 12 Social Studies Honors (advanced in honors b/c of relatively high average in Gr. 11 Social Studies)
Gr. 11 Physics Honors
Gr. 11 Biology Honors
Gr. 11 Chemistry IB
Gr. 11 Math Honors
Gr. 11 English Honors
Gr. 11 Latin</p>
<p>Summer after Grade 10:
Gr. 11 Social Studies</p>
<p>Grade 10:
Gr. 10 Social Studies Honors
Gr. 10 English Honors
Gr. 10 Science Honors
Gr. 10 Math Honors
Gr. 10 Latin
Gr. 10 Accounting
Gr. 10 Information Processing</p>
<p>Grade 9 {junior high for us}</p>
<p>To explain my (low) SAT scores, Canadian high schools do not emphasize SAT’s, and I didn’t prepare considerably for them (unlike other people I know from the States,). In addition to this, one of the admission advisers in NU told me that SAT’s were not required from people in Canada, it’s recommended but not required.</p>
<p>7 AP Courses (the rest of my courses being all honors):
European History-4
Biology-4
American History-4
Chemistry
Psychology
Government and Politics
Western Lit</p>
<p>GPA-3.6ish UW</p>
<p>SATs:
CR-650
MA-640
WR-540 (yes a very bad score haha)</p>
<p>Rank-24/160</p>
<p>Extra Cirric.
Boy Scouts-Eagle Scout/Senior Patrol leader-3 yrs
Band-1st Chair Alto/Bari Sax, Jazz Band
Varsity Swimming (9th-12th) Varsity Captain
Varsity Tennis (12th)
160 hrs volunteering at local Hospital
NHS (10th-12th)-Secretary
Natural Helpers
Grocery Store Employee-3 yrs
Unsilled Laborer-1 year
Science Olympiad-2 yrs</p>
<p>Out of all the colleges I applied to (URI, Duquesne, UB, ACPHS, MCPHS) I’d say this is middle of the road in terms of difficulty to get in (maybe a 6-7).</p>
<p>They have a fairly large acceptance class of pharm kids</p>
<p>Hope this helped</p>
<p>ikutatomaluv, WhySheit and those who were admitted to the pharmacy program class 2016, how much merit based scholarship did you get?</p>
<p>do any of you guys know anything about uop’s pharmacy program?</p>
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<p>Senior first trimester:
AP Chem: A
Anatomy and Physiology: A+
Honors Physics: A+
Photo II: A
English: A-</p>
<p>SAT: CR 600 M 680 W 680 (only took it once, was good enough so didn’t try for a better scorel no studying)</p>
<p>ACT: 30. CR 32 Eng 32 M 30 S 27 Eng/Wri 29</p>
<p>Have always been busy with ECs and some good volunteering/community service projects</p>
<p>Accepted: URI, NEU (honors), Rutgers
Rejected: No where</p>
<p>CTBmom-</p>
<p>Not enough to say the least haha, I got 10,000 the first year then less the following three. I have heard though that SOME of the Co-Op programs at NEU pay pretty well though, so that is something to think about. As for a kid like me who has to pay for every dime of college, and will not recieve any federal aid, I will be attending a cheaper school most likely, URI or UB.
I hope this helped.</p>
<p>^How much less did you get the following three years?</p>
<p>Because if it’s $5,000, then reread the letter, because that might be per SEMESTER, while the $10,000 is per YEAR.</p>
<p>CTBmom:</p>
<p>I was not offered any scholarships, but was offered a $12,000 grant from the university along with federal-work study. This was based on the PROFILE so it may change for fafsa, since mine hasn’t finished processing yet.</p>
<p>SAT 800 reading, 740 writing, 720 math
GPA 4.5 weighted
scholarship 17K first year, 8.5 per semester
National Merit Finalist - free tuition</p>
<p>received 17000 in merit scholarship</p>
<p>34 ACT; 35 math, 35 english, 34 reading, 33 science, 31 writing (8 on essay)
3.667 weighted GPA
scholarship of $12,000 first year, $6000/semester</p>
<p>I’ve also been accepted to st johns, and waitlisted at rutgers.</p>
<p>Hi sjt, I noticed that you had a major change from Business to Pharmacy not too long ago. Did they also revise your financial letter for the Dean’s scholarship? since Business is a 5 years program as opposed to the 6 years’ Pharmacy, the total amount would be different. Thanks.</p>
<p>For those of you who are in Pharm and will be visiting on 2/20, I’d truly appreciate a report since we can’t make it. BIG Thanks!!</p>
<p>Sure. and sjt, that frustrates me a little bit. i got accepted at rutgers (meaning they focused on gpa), but less money from NEU than you (meaning they focused on act/sat scores). i couldve done better i just got a decent score the first time and figured they would get me in to where i wanted to go (which they did), i didnt realize that NEU based all their merit aid pretty much off it.</p>
<p>im getting 10 a year / 5 a semster</p>
<p>nimee2 as a pharm major do you have time to do other things like joining their sports teams?</p>
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