Well I’m not familiar with either school, but pharmacy is a hard major anywhere. What gpa did those students have going in from hs? What are the minimum stats required to get the scholarship at UOP and keep it? The students barely getting a 2.7 gpa probably won’t enter the professional part of the program or does everyone advance? I only know from looking at the naplex pass rate, where almost all pharm d students pass on the first try, that the ones who made it to the end of the program were successful. That part is not much different than at the UC.
Then consider cost of 4 yr UC and then 4 yr pharm school versus cost of UOP for 6 yrs with scholarship. Not having to apply and interview with lots of pharm schools, having to have an even higher gpa to be competitive.
Being done in 6 yr versus 8 yr.
I’ve also heard that some stem majors are impacted at UCs, that kids don’t graduate in 4 yrs sometimes because they can’t get into classes they need.
Every school has gen bio and chem 1,2, org chem, some physics, calc, it is hard stuff. If you have done well in these classes in hs you should make it, but you still have to work hard. Going into pharmacy just for the salary is wrong.