<p>Anyone has any information about this university? It's not listed in any of the guides. Anything would be appreciated.
Thanks.</p>
<p>Nobody knows anything?</p>
<p>It was on my son’s list, but I had the same problem you have. It’s hard to get any info on it, so we didn’t pursue it. There was a student from our high school that went there and his mother said he loved it. All she told me was “He played baseball for them and because they didn’t have a football team, they followed the team at a nearby college.” Apparently the school is in an area near other small schools.</p>
<p>There is someone from our school that graduated a few years ago who attends and supposedly likes it, but that is all I know.</p>
<p>My daughter has a hs classmate there in Pharm and she really loves it.
The reason you don’t see it in the “rankings” is that it’s a specialized school. No “gut” majors there.<br>
For someone who knows they want a science major - mostly one in the biology or healthcare area it has a fantastic reputation especially in pharmacy.</p>
<p>USP is in western Phila not far from UPenn. It was previously known as College of Pharmacy and Science and consequently, it pharmacy programs are very strong. It is small and very focused academically - you go there for science majors and some other related fields.<br>
I believe they have a well respected Phy. Assistant major too.</p>
<p>Won’t have a lot of other attributes of small liberal arts colleges, i.e. wide variety of student clubs, or sports teams, frats, campus life amenities etc. as was noted above.</p>
<p>My D applied there this year and was accepted for PharmD , but declined their offer. For a small, specialized school it does have a surprising number of majors - around 40 I think.Their application is the easiest thing in the world - all online, no fee, no essay. They are very numbers driven for admissions. The top merit award is around $9K though which made it much more expensive than her other choices. They do have a very good reputation for pharmacy and are in the “pharm-belt”.</p>
<p>is it easy to get into?</p>
<p>Sons friend is on the pharmD track and into his fourth year of six. He works hard but is happy and having a great time. He thinks he will continue with an extra year for specialty. He had about 1350/1600 and A average in HS. He was awarded scholarship.</p>
<p>They have a good and informative website: [University</a> of the Sciences in Philadelphia](<a href=“http://www.usp.edu%5DUniversity”>http://www.usp.edu).
Personally, from a USP prospective student, I feel that their staff members are very friendly and that their Academic Support Center is willing to help.
Also, their campus is quite cozy (though it’s quite empty on weekends and breaks, unlike nearby Penn, who still seems to be buzzing during those times).
Just like UPenn and Drexel, USP is located in a great city location. There are many stores nearby and the public transportation system is right in the middle of the university, thus, easy way to go around.
Also, close to the university is Clark Park, which I have heard to be a peaceful and fun place for families (especially for kids to sled down their little hills during the winter snow season).
In addition, I felt that their pre-med program is quite helpful as the pre-med advisor is very informative and experienced in the medical school system.</p>
<p>USP is also very well known for archery, I BELIEVE…</p>
<p>It also has a relationship with University of the Arts, a 4 year performing, fine and visual arts BFA school located about 10 minutes east, under which USP students can take various arts related classes at UArts and UArts students can take hardcore science at USP. Kind of a neat arrangement between 2 small highly focused specialty schools so students can enjoy using the other side of their brain from time to time.</p>
<p>Hey everyone!</p>
<p>I’m currently a senior at USP. I’ve really enjoyed my time here (it’s coming to an end really soon)!</p>
<p>If you have any questions about the school, you can definitely ask me and I’ll try to answer them the best I can. If I don’t know, I’ll reach out to someone at the University and see if they can help you out! </p>
<p>Good luck making your college choices! Hope to hear from you all soon :)</p>
<p>Hey! I am also a senior and only have great things to say about it. </p>
<p>I have to admit the courses are not easy and there will be a lot of time spent studying, but in order to be a Pharmacist you have to be able to dedicate yourself to the work. You wouldn’t feel very secure if you knew your pharmacist flew through college without studying hard. Aside from pharmacy, the other programs are great. Most of them are very small, so students are able to have a personal relationship with their professors. All of the professors care a great deal about their students and know most by name. They always make themselves available to talk and give study tips. These are some of the smartest people you will ever meet and sometimes I am amazed that they are teaching me. </p>
<p>As for campus life, the university is small but you hardly come across a face that you don’t recognize and that makes us feel like a family. Everyone manages to find their place whether it’s in Greek Life, dance team, biology club or just hanging out at the gym. It is also in a very convenient location to get into the city and just 3 blocks away from UPenn. </p>
<p>Any other questions, feel free to ask!</p>
<p>Hey there! I’m a 4th year at USciences. This school is very education-oriented. The classes are hard but you will actually learn. You will have to spend a lot of time doing school work but that is expected. Since it’s a smaller school, you will have more opportunity to meet with your professors if you need help with anything. They are very helpful and only want you to succeed. Hope this helps.</p>
<p>Hi, i recently just recieved my acceptance letter to Uscience1 i was just wondering how are the dorms. are they comfortable? are there a lot of organizations that are volunteer oriented? and how are the class sizes. i was accepted into the pharmd program.</p>
<p>My daugher just got accepted to U of S and Mass College of Pharmacy and we’re trying to decide between the two schools. U of S has a campus, but we have been told that it has a large drop-out rate from the PharmD program. Does anyone have any stats or comments as to whether U of S is more or less favorable than other similar schools like Mass, Albany, or Northeastern?</p>
<p>Depending on the interests of your student, you may want to evaluate whether a highly specialized school is a good fit for him/her. Our DS is a P5 at Northeastern and it’s been great because he has had the combination of a rigorous pharmD education and the traditional benefits of a well-rounded university with many extra-curricular activities and sports. He was able to finish a business minor as well since he had room in his schedule due to AP credits that were honored by NU. He has been able to participate in club sports and intramural sports with terrific campus athletic facilities. The co-op program has been excellent in getting work experience and earning extra money at the same time. PharmD students receive a B.S. degree in pharmacy studies after the P5 year and then the PharmD degree after the P6 year. Having the BS degree is a nice option in case he later wishes to pursue an MBA or something similar. Most of the students seem to stay in the program, although there is always the option of changing majors before the P1 (3rd year) begins.</p>
<p>Do you know how good the pre-med program is at USciences?</p>
<p>I applied really early right when common app opened this year of 2013.
I had 3.59 uw gpa and 4.090909 w gpa.
I had strongly music related awards and activities as extracurricular
300+ hours of community service altogether with a couple of places</p>
<p>I sent in my best scores from each section of
sat: 600 cr, 670 math, 630 writing.
Sat 2: bio-molecular 610, math level 2 730</p>
<p>I had great people do my reccomendations as well (awesome relations with counselor and junior year ap calculus teacher) </p>
<p>Result: accepted to Doctor of Pharmacy program and 16k merit scholarship for fours years so 64k scholarship.</p>
Hi i was just wandering how is it for students that apply to med school, how many students on average apply and get accepted? I know they have a 94 percent rate into med school but that number is prob just for those students who had a certain qualification. Also how is it maintaining a 3.5 gpa or above? Ive looked at stats online saying that the average freshmen goa was a 2.94