<p>Its a neat college that specializes in professional science and medical vocations outside of M.D. or D.O. But it is not cheap, but Ibelieve your chances of getting in is good. I also want a "college experience" since I'm only 17. It seems like it is only a small school 2600? and only 700 live on campus. I did like that they had a x-country team ( I run and they don't seem to be real competitive which is ok now just a stress buster) )and rec center. And I like you as much as I would like to think I,m headed in pharm direction and will get a seat if I don't go direct admit, can I transfer easilly to another major tthere.
I wanted to go 0-6 direct admit but $ is an issuue for me.<br>
By the way I live in UM area and I thought maybe like Ohio state they were going the 4 (BS)plus 4 route. My dad has a friend that went from buffalo to UM
pharmD. He now works for drug company research sc. He said it was good, tough and said like alot of top large universities, pharmd students sometimes take backseats to their research endeavors and told me if you want to be a retail pharm or even a hospital pharmd the shortage is so great that most pharmd programs will land you decent job offers. But if you want to go research and then phd pharmacology,etc. A UM type would be an advantage.
I personally don'tget the UM appeal, maybe I get sick of all the GO BLUE hoopla and arrogance. Maybe because i wouldn't get in the pharmD school, and wouldn't want to give them my 2years before they say no . And the campus is actually not that great. Some people like the fake grunge cafe barnes and noble meets starving artists mixed with the jocks that can do no wrong and the 100,000 blue and gold wannabees that don't go to U-M. But others love it. Its relatively easy to get into undergrad prepharm there ACT 27-30/ 3.6-3.8GPA but getting a seat in the pharmD program youre up against UM med students that got shot down .
I think my chances would be very slim. And You have to take chem classes taught by someone who may be helpful and you can understand there accent. I know someone who ended up with a D and retook
with another and got an A. But UM's Med Law Pharm and Bus Grad colleges etc. are some of the best. My cousin went there for undergrad. Loved AnnArbor and the Sports, but was a biology turned psychology major. Now in Boston took classes at Northeastern and said that she actually liked the better interaction and availabilty of proffs, but follows the Wolverines. I was also told the same holds true by someone who left Ohio State 4th year to cinncinati's pharmacy, better attention. Rutgers seems cool, what about Temple? Buffalo is supposed to be good but I think Dec1, cut-off for direct admit. Me I'm probably going to end up doing prepharm at the cheapest place I can even if they don't have a college of pharmacyand roll the dice.
Ive been accepted at Butler, Purdue pre-pharm, Drake, Toledo, but all out of state can't afford any of them, waiting for aid packages but I know none gave me a good preestimate, mostly loans. i love their estimators that say the cost to you shows $0.00 what about the $18,000 plus in loans every year. Even car dealers don't say this car is $0.00 We're giving you a third party loan for $ 18,000.00.
We also have Wayne State U in the middle of Detroit and my parents wouldn't let me go down there, but it is near the detroit medical center, if I was a guy might consider it. Our Postmans son goes to Pharm3rd year he's a trained killing machine though going their cheap via the Marines.He's 25years old.180lb, i'm 17, 5.2 ,103 but I'm fast. About an hour away for me I could commute. After seeing Butler, Purdue it would be hard to go that route, even Toledo was nicer. U-M is not that cheap about 21,000 for instate including fees 35,000 for out state. Ferris State is in nowhere's land in Mich, 3hour drive can't commute. Its a 2 plus 4 program. Some say its not the best college that its a last chance suit case college, but the pharm and optometry
36 seats represent only a fraction of the 13,000 students the rest with a 2.3/19ACT admission standard with a high drop out rate almost 50%. Good hockey team though, play DIV1 U-M, BC,MSU,Minn. The pharm students are 3.6 plus students some have Masters some have Phds mix of 19-45 year olds
in the professional pharmD program, their facilities and labs weremnt impressive. Their profs that gave presentations to us were sleepers.
URIsland is only like 5-6K for instate near the beaches. I might try to go there later since I have relatives there. Nuff about me but i thight Id share a prepharm life with you misery loves company? Temple?, LECOM? St Johns,
I loved Butler the people were all friendly and the campus kind of small was really nice kind of like toledo old archectecture but part of indianapolis is thriving fun city and huge I never thought it was that big. Not cheap though.
Northeastern is nice but the Bouve Pharmacy college is expensive and doesn't have a better pass rate than URI. Purdue was good rated, not much more info than on their website, big campus, but no guarantee of seat. Why can't we be like my friends , I think I'm gong into advertising I'm applying to U-M and MSU, done. I'm going into engineering i'm applying to Lawrence Tech,U-M or Kettering U,Done. if I want co-op I go to Kettering ( old General motors Institute of technology) and make $15,000 a year while learning. I can't beleive with all the shortage that we would have more regular schools with a 0-6 program, for me it would be great if grand valley state,central michigan or michigan state had schools they all have 20-35000 students, why don't they have a pharmacy school?
Anyways good luck with your search.</p>