<p>honestly feel like crap right now. I'm currently in Junior Year, and my overall GPA is 2.97. My freshman year screwed me over beyond belief(2.63), but my sophmore year was better(3.31). I'm trying to get atleast a 3.6 for Junior year. Hopefully I can get it up to a 3.4 overall GPA by the end of junior year. I live in NJ, and want to apply to Rutgers(Piscastaway). My school doesn't rank students.My school is Holmdel High school(not sure how highly ranked it is ranked, but it is supposed to be one of the best in NJ). </p>
<p>MY SAT's</p>
<p>MAth 580
Reading: 620
Writing: 690</p>
<p>I have no Sports, but am joining lacrosse JV this year. I do have community hours.</p>
<p>I have heard that Rutgers is getting very hard to get into now, and it's no longer a safety school. Do I even have a hope of getting in? I want straight answers, don't pity me.</p>
<p>Also, I'm thinking of applying to a weaker aspect of rutgers, and once in, Ill aim to get a good GPA so I can transfer to the Pharmacy part of rutgers(since it is hard to get in, and not possible with my GPA). I heard that if you do it this way, they wont look at any of your High school stuff, which is good for me. If this is right, what is the easiest portion of Rutgers New Brunswick to get into?</p>
<p>Just to save you the trouble...it's virtually impossible to get into RU Pharmacy as a transfer. They admit 1 or 2 transfers a year out of a whole lot. An old salutatorian for my school who had exceptional SAT scores and a 4.0 for his first 2 years in college in a science major at the Honors College did not get into Pharmacy. If anything, just try applying to pharmacy now. Your SAT scores and GPA are really low, but you never know! DEFINITELY take your SAT's again because the Pharm program expects at least a 2000.</p>
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<p>Transferring to Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy is harder than getting into an Ivy League (straight out of high school that is; I'm sure Ivy League transfer is equally if not more difficult...but anyway). Don't even try it.</p>
<p>Besides Pharmacy, I'm sure you will get into the liberal arts colleges if you get your GPA up to at least 3.0.</p>
<p>Hmm, I knew my GPA was low, but my SAT is also really low? I thought it was okay(even though I know I need to do better on it).</p>
<p>Also, when you say liberal arts college, what do you mean? </p>
<p>Ugh, and if you are right about the transfer part, then I am indeed screwed in that aspect. Why is it so much harder to transfer in? And if its transfer, isnt it that they don't even look at your SAT's or High school GPA? Don't they just look at your college GPA?</p>
<p>To get into Rutgers in general, if you pull up your GPA to about 3.2 by the end of your junior year you should get in. For pharmacy, you'll need to retake the SATs, try and get a 1400+ (to offset the low GPA), and basically pull a 4.0 from here on out and hope for the best. Pharmacy is extremely competitive</p>
<p>Liberal Arts Colleges = Rutgers (College), Livingston, Cook, Douglass, etc. The ones most people are in. Not like Pharmacy, Business, or Nursing.</p>
<p>For transfer, I think they'll look at your SAT if you're transferring after only 1 year of college. Otherwise, if you have enough credits under your belt, they just look at your GPA. I was only saying how your scores are kinda low just to give you an idea of the competition at RU Pharm.</p>
<p>It's harder to transfer in because they usually over-fill the seats because they know some people just aren't going to go to Pharmacy even though they got in. And even the people who fail out within the first two years aren't plentiful enough to leave much room for transfers. It's the same way in St. John's and University of Sciences in Philadelphia's 6-year pharm programs...virtually impossible to transfer in.</p>
<p>If you really want to become a pharmacist and don't want to go to school for 8 years, apply directly to schools with 6-year pharm.d programs. St. John's, LIU, MCPHS, USP, ACP, SUNY Buffalo, Pittsburg, NEU. You'll likely get into most of those with a 3.0 GPA and the SAT score you have now.</p>
<p>I applied to Rutgers Pharmacy with high SAT scores and top 2% class rank and lots of leadership in extra-curriculars, and I still haven't heard back.</p>
<p>Which one of those schools you listed is also a "silicone-valley" of pharmacy? I heard that Rutgers pharmacy is so good because once finished with college, there are a LOT of companies that will hire you, and since it is right next to places like johnson and johnson, etc.</p>
<p>Well Rutgers (College), Livingston, Douglass, and University (College) have been formed into the new School of Arts and Sciences, so you have to apply to that school for liberal arts. </p>
<p>Pharmacists are VERY high in demand and employers don't care what school you graduated from as long as you have a degree. It's not like business or law where the school you go to actually matters.</p>
<p>warhead...I believe you have a good chance of getting accepted. Colleges love to see students improve over the three year period 9th-12th. It looks a lot better then a students fluctuating. (99 to 95 to 101) The 1200 SAT score is average... should focused more on math.</p>
<p>It doesn't matter what pharmacy school you go to. Pharmacists are soooo high in demand that a pharmacist coming out of college will have no problem finding a job. Yes, Rutgers is ranked one of the best, but you SAT socres are definitely not high enough. I got 700 on math, 630 on CR, and 650 on writing. I don't think I'm gonna get in because the people that get in have at least 2100's.</p>
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It doesn't matter what pharmacy school you go to
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That's not true. Each program is different in its curriculum and focus in producing PharmDs. You should research the school completely to see what the school can offer compared to other institutions.</p>