<p>j.project-thanks for the wonderful info/comments. I will refer the info to others when they ask me questions about pharmacy. We need more people like you in our career.</p>
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j.project-thanks for the wonderful info/comments. I will refer the info to others when they ask me questions about pharmacy. We need more people like you in our career.
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<p>lamom - I'm honored that I received a positive feedback from you! I haven't been in the boards for a while, but I do remember seeing a pharmacist lurking in the pharmacy threads and, if memory serves me well, I believe it is you. USC alumnus?</p>
<p>I'm very interested in how you think the quality of pharmacy education changed for us pharmacist wannabes. But that material is for a different thread, yes? Also, I'm curious about USC's practicum year. Is it the same as TJL's? Were students given the same schedule as TJL students (ie. 6 wks. retail, 6 wks. research, etc.)?</p>
<p>To other students interested in Pacific's pre-pharmacy program, I'll say it again: don't be deterred by the difficulties of getting in and completing the program. There is no such thing as an easy major. Seriously, it's one thing to get into the program and an entirely different thing to finish the program as scheduled.</p>
<p>Because I mucked up on a previous post, here is the link to the</a> long response regarding, again, Pacific's pre-pharmacy program.</p>
<p>J.project-Yes I went to USC. I checked the website, it seems that USC's last year is similar to UOP's. I spent my elective semester at the VA in San Diego, Four of us were from USC and we were with a few UOP students then (1980). My "required" semester was at LA County USC-great place to see stuff you will never see again. I think in 80-81 that the UOP students spent just half a year of practicum. Dr. Florridia from UOP helped teach PK.</p>
<p>A tiny bit off topic-by chance I met a UCSD pharmacy school professor. 1100 apply, 200 get interviews, 60 admitted. He said that the 200 were all qualified.</p>
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A tiny bit off topic-by chance I met a UCSD pharmacy school professor. 1100 apply, 200 get interviews, 60 admitted. He said that the 200 were all qualified.
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Going on that tangent, I am so relieved that I decided not to go there. I was accepted at UCSD as a Biochem major and during its Profile Day, I dared to ask the speaker, one of the heads of the Department of Chem and Biochem, how they're going to work out a sort of pre-pharmacy program on the campus. At that time, I was still conflicted between Pacific and UCSD.</p>
<p>I wish I could remember her name, but I remember the more important information. At least at that time, she said that students who have completed their sophomore year and are majoring in the sciences have a chance to apply into the Skaggs School of Pharmacy (for those who don't know, this is UCSD's pharmacy school). The primary condition is as follows: that the students's declared majors are offered in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. This program, called the Bach. of Sci. Chem/Doctor of Pharmacy program, is 7-years long. More information can be found [url="<a href="http://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/programs.shtml#BS%22%5Dhere%5B/url">http://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/programs.shtml#BS"]here[/url</a>].</p>
<p>Ack! I'm going on my own tangent, too, so I'm going back. I asked "How many students are you planning to accept in your new Bach. of Sci. Chem/PharmD program?" At that time, she said, the school will only be accepting the top 2 students who have applied. There was a collective groan of disbelief; one parent in the auditorium said the 4-letter foul word for "poop" loud enough for most of the audience to hear.</p>
<p>So there's another option for fellow pharmacist wannabes who are also Triton lovers. But the expectations you'll need to meet are just as hard and the chances of getting in are even lower.
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So I'd like to say thank you for sharing that info, lamom. Hence, I'll reciprocate. The numbers for TJL School of Pharmacy:</p>
<p>Number of pre-pharmacy students accepted into the school:
* ranges between 96-98, but never tops 100</p>
<p>Number of spots left for students from other schools:
* about 100</p>
<p>Typical number of applications (pre-pharmacy students + students from other schools) reviewed by TJL:
* 2,000+</p>
<p>Two thousand applications for two hundred spots in the cold (but high tech!) lecture hall @ TJL. Students stay put in the same lecture hall for about 3 hours, with the professors doing the switcheroos (drastic change for me when the time comes). Indeed, the administration maintains a tight control over the amount of pre-pharms and other students. They are very good with adhering to their 50-50 division. Like I said, the advantage of being a pre-pharm at Pacific is that the review board will review your application and will give you an interview. Pass those, maintain both GPAs, and hello, TJL. Others will have to play The Waiting Game or, perhaps, The Crying Game.</p>
<p>I wish someone who is in USC's TAP can share with us how it's like now (I would have applied there, too, but when I learned about it, the deadline had already passed). No one from UCSD's BS Chem/PharmD program can share because... well, no one is in it yet. The school established it in time for the then-incoming Fall 2005 class to be the first qualified class for participation, so there's one more year to go for that one. If I were in the Fall 2004 class, interested in pharmacy, and heard about this during the school year, I'd be peeved.</p>
<p>PS - TAP ensures guaranteed</a> admission in USC's pharmacy school if its prerequisites are successfully met; Pacific ensures application</a> review and the interview, but not TJL admission. I guess that essentially, it is not that big of a difference as all students in both programs need to be successful in their prerequisites in the first place. How each school communicated their terms and conditions, the wording, just threw me off, I suppose. It's almost like college application all over again; scrutinizing, scrutinizing, but it's a process I don't miss.
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<p>Thanks for the TJL info. I run into lots of parents who want to send their students to pharmacy school. Often the parents haven't a clue and the kid could care less. The parents usually want their child to "make a lot of money" and seem to to think pharmacy school is easy to get into.
Since Dec I have run into two parents whose children were going to UCSD so they could get into Skaggs, wonder if they are the "2".????</p>
<p>Thanks again and good luck.</p>
<p>LA</p>