Chances for PharmD 6-0 Program?

Pre-Med & Medical School Pre-Med Topics
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<p>I am junior</p>

<p>What are my chances of getting into PharmD programs at these colleges-
1)Purdue
2)URI
3)University of Pittsburgh
4)University of Duquesne
5)University of Maryland
6)Temple
7)Northeastern
8)University of Michigan</p>

<p>Freshman year- GPA of 3.65
English Honors
PE
Spanish 2 Honors
Plane Geo CP
Lab Bio CP
History Honors</p>

<p>Sophomore- GPA of 3.5
English Honors
Spanish 3 Honors
Algebra 2 Honors
Chemistry Honors
History Honors</p>

<p>Current Junior Year- Its only half way through so my GPA will probably be 3.4/3.5
AP English, 83
Pre-Calc Honors, 90
Physics Honors, 92
History Honors, 94
AP Environmental Science, 95
Spanish 4 Honors, 98
Psychology, 95</p>

<p>Senior Year Tentative Schedule-
AP Biology
AP English
AP Spanish
AP Psychology
AP Calc
PE
AP US History
Anatomy </p>

<p>As of beginning of Junior Year-
Weighted GPA= 5.28/6
Cumulative GPA= 3.6
Class Rank= 34/400</p>

<p>SATS-1700, with no class or even studying. I am reading the Princeton Review Book and plan on retaking in Spring, intentions of getting at least 1900, seeing how average scores increase by 200.</p>

<p>Sports-
3 Years Varsity Field Hockey, State Champs
Nominated All-Division Coach's Team
3 Years Softball, JV Captain
Traveling Softball; 7 years</p>

<p>Clubs-
Peer Leadership
World Language Club, Spanish President
Science Competition, President
Environmental Club, Education/Community Service Officers
SurfRider Member
Clean Ocean Advocate Member
Interact Club, President
Student Council
Pep Week Coordinator </p>

<p>Work-
Waitress for two years</p>

<p>Community Service-
60+ hours</p>

<p>I plan on going to a Pharmacy Camp this summer.</p>

<p>My High School is EXTREMELY COMPETITIVE. Even though my class rank is 34, so many other kids do not do sports or clubs.</p>

<p>Because PharmD programs are very competitive, I feel uneasy about my transcript. How do I match up?</p>

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<p>hello? anyonee?</p>

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<p>I do not know how competitive to get into a PharmD program in your area. In Texas, it appears most who have been trying that career path likely have a better SAT score. It is rumored that the most important criteria is academic for state school admission in thiss state (the emphasis here is the class rank, not the GPA, due to a “top ten percents law” to protect the constituents of every congressman at the state level. That is, you do not have much advantage if you are from a competitive high school, if your goal is to get into a state university here. Hopefully, your state is not like this. I know it is frustrating for youngsters to get caught up by this kind of law, if your state happens to have this kind of law as well.)</p>

<p>The way the Pharm program works here is that the students are admitted into a pre-pharmacy program. Once admitted into such a program, the students are required to take a sequence of science classes (more than what a premed usually take) to demonstrate their academic strength. The pharmacy program would evaluate the students after they have completed these pre-pharmacy science classes, usually after two or three years depending on the academic strength of the students. So it is not a guaranteed program here.</p>

<p>Being good at sport (or any ECs) would definitely help. But I think you had better get a better SAT score. I think most kids who are successful pursuing that career path may have SAT at least 2100 (my guess only.) I know one rank-1 or rank-2 student (not from a very competitive high school) got into such a program in my state. My guess a student from a very competitive public high school (which produces about 25 National Scholar semi-finalists each year) who pursues this career path is likely ranked at around 25 (among about 500).</p>

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<p>OP, your ECs have been very impressive. I think maybe some schools or some programs of some schools would value your ECs more than others. I feel that if you only try some programs which put too much emphasis on academics, you may not fully utilize the value of your ECs.</p>

<p>Just an example: A kid from DS’s high school ranked around 16-18 and still got into Harvard (due to her ECs – BTW, she is not URM but she won two different awards at the state level. She did not go as she intends to be on the PhD/academic track and she would rather go to a state school where there is a Nobel Prize winner in the program she was interested in.) but another rank-5 kid did not get into any Ivies or similarly ranked colleges due to her EC being not very much valued (too homogeneous, some book-ish award?) by the colleges she applied to. My point is ECs are much more valued at some programs/schools than at others.</p>

<p>Sometimes I feel that one reason why some elite colleges put so much emphasis on ECs is that, if a student can achieve something on an ECs at such a high level, a good chance is that their family is more likely capable of paying full tuition (Of course, the student needs to put in a lot of efforts as well.)</p>

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<p>With your gpa and test scores, admission to some of those schools will be a challenge, much less the 6-year programs (which focus on test scores, a LOT – the program wants to see evidence that you are a strong test-taker and can pass the licensing board tests). </p>

<p>Michigan is a long-shot OOS.</p>

<p>A 1900 will help for undergrad admissions, but you need to aim higher for combined programs. Take a look at the ACT.</p>

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<p>For Northeastern’s D.Pharm. program, EA applicants with 1950 SAT’s were being deferred.</p>

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<p>Thanks everyone,</p>

<p>I really want to be a pharmacist. My mom has been in the Med field her whole life, and I have so much appreciation for it. </p>

<p>Which school, also considering ones I did not mention, would have a guaranteed spot in the 4 year professional program after the 2 year pre-pharmacy. I would hate to meet the requirements, and then just not get chosen out of a large applicant pool.</p>