Chances?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Connecticut
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<p>I want to go in for pharmacy, here are my stats:</p>

<p>GPA: about a 3.3 but by the end of this year (junior year) it should be around 3.5</p>

<p>SATs: 1750(1166) math= 570, reading=600, and writing=580 I'm going to retake them 2 more times</p>

<p>APs: I'm going to have 3 in senior year, but i've been in honors science/math since sophmore year</p>

<p>I did track in freshman year and I'm planning on helping out in a dentist's office and a pharmacy before i graduate</p>

<p>I'm out of state if that helps or hurts any</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>Uconn is getting difficult for OOS students. Of the 6 that applied from my high school in MA, 3 were accepted, 2 waitlisted, and 1 rejected. Your SATs are pretty average for Uconn, so I would try to bump those up a little to make your application more attractive. A 3.3 GPA is a bit low, but a 3.5 is probably about average. 3 APs is a good amount for senior year, but how you do on the exams will not effect your decision.</p>

<p>Do you have any sort of hook? Legacy, URM, recruited athlete? If so, these will definitely add to the power of your application. I would say if you write excellent essays and stress your strong points (through ECs/involvement) you will have a good chance, but just remember that the pharmacy program at Uconn is quite competitive. Don't get your hopes down if you get waitlisted because many qualified students do.</p>

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<p>I will be helping out in a dentist's office and a pharmacy before I graduate, would that be some sort of a hook?</p>

<p>and I'm going to be taking 2 AP sciences (chemistry and physics) in my senior year, I don't know anyone else whos done that before in my school</p>

<p>and im going directly into physics AP without taking any physics course in junior year (this year) or before. Does that help any? </p>

<p>Also I had to take a month off out of the country last year because of a family emergency so my last year's grades are low, does that help/hurt any? Will they perhaps look less seriously at my sophmore year's grades because of this?</p>

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<p>Shadowing/helping out in an office is not really a hook...its more of an EC which Uconn probably sees plenty of. A challenging course schedule is good. You can possibly send Uconn a note explaining the family emergency and need for time off. I think your best bet is to raise your SAT scores to between an 1900-2100 if you want to be certain you will get in.</p>

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<p>Is Uconn 8 years with guarenteed admission to second 4 years?</p>

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<p>Pharmacy is a very competitive program to get into. I think the average uw gpa is from a 3.6 to a 3.8. If you can pull it up to a 3.4, make sure you have higher than a 2000. It is also harder for oos, for the pharm. program than for instate. So you should try to get higher stats than the average acceptee. Your lack of ec's may hurt you, since this is one of their higher rated programs. </p>

<p>i3asketballboy: I thought they only had the 8 year programs for medicine and dentistry? Isn't the pharmacy program like 5 years long?</p>

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<p>no, all pharm programs are at least 6 years and even thoes are few. I think Uconn is 8 but in not sure.</p>

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<p>Im pretty sure uconns pharm program is 6 years.</p>

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<p>i3asketballboy, UConn has a 6 year pharmacy program</p>

<p>meaning you do 2 years of undergraduate work then you go directly into the 4 years of professional vs applying to the program after 2 years</p>