Northeastern, Rutgers, URI pharmacy

Colleges and Universities A-Z Northeastern University
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Hi! I am going to major in pharmacy and I got into all the pharmacy schools I applied to: Northeastern, Rutgers,URI, UConn, MCPHS, St. John’s, and UOP. I narrowed down to 3 choices: Northeastern, Rutgers, and URI. I visited all three campuses last week and I absolutely loved all of them. I have two weeks to decide but I just cannot decide yet! Can you guys tell me which school is:
-least difficult
-has highest passing rate
-has highest employment rate
-etc info?

Thank you so much!!

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The “least difficult” school would tend to have the lowest professional exam passing rate as marginal students would be allowed to graduate and take the exam.

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Thank you for your reply! do you have any recommendation?

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You can go here for more about the numbers in the pharmacy program at NEU: http://www.northeastern.edu/bouve/pharmacy/quality-indicators/

I can say that one of the strong points of our pharmacy program is the embedded co-ops. Other pharmacy schools call it IPPEs and they are much shorter in length than NEU’s 4 month long co-ops. Additionally co-op is a full time employed position and you’re not taking classes; other pharmacy schools have IPPEs in addition to classes during the semester so there is a huge time factor that comes into play when gaining experience. I’m almost finished with the program here at NEU and the amount of hours I’ve spent working in a pharmacy from co-op alone is probably way more than other pharmacy programs would offer. Boston is also rife with medical centers and pharmaceutical companies so you have the chance to work in top tier hospitals and companies during your time here.

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@ani123 What happened in 2016? Both the National and Northeastern pass rates fell significantly compared to 2014 and 2015. Were testing standards raised?

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@TomSrOfBoston The NAPLEX changed recently in terms of format and content so stats nationwide fell significantly compared to previous years. It was a pretty big thing in the pharmacy circles when the NAPLEX scores were released. It was probably an issue of newness and unfamiliarity if anything.