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April 18th 2012,
To Contact Us:
prepharm.cpp@gmail.com
Pre-Pharmacy Society Website
Pre-Pharmacy Society Facebook
Timeline- Beware of Deadlines
April
Registration for PCAT opens
(optional)
- Computer based
PCAT 2012-2013 Testing Dates
July 18, 19, 2012
September 18, 19, 24, 25, 26, 2012
January 8, 9, 2013
Early June
Ask for Letter of Recs (2+1)
Application Opens
-Create your account
-Apply for a fee waiver (Deadline: Sept)
-Apply early! The earlier the better. Many
schools have rolling admissions.
September
Early Decision Deadline
November
1st
•
Mid-Dec
Academic Update
Jan - March
Complete FAFSA
•
Submission deadline for most
California Schools
Practice interviewing
- Send Transcripts
Personal Statement
Max 4500 characters
- Do NOT personalize your essay for
a particular pharmacy degree
institution.
- Why you selected pharmacy as a
career
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How the Doctor of Pharmacy degree
relates to your immediate and longterm professional goals
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Describe how your personal,
educational, and professional
background will help you achieve
your goals.
-
The personal essay is an important
part of your application for
admission and provides you with an
opportunity for you to clearly and
effectively express your ideas.
• Costs: $150 for first school and
• Not all schools use PharmCas- all
additional $50 for each school
California ones do.
afterwards
– Example of don’t is Roseman
University of Health Sciences
• http://www.pharmcas.org/applican
• Keep track of deadlines
ts/start.htm
– Most schools deadline for both
• Letters of Rec.
st
– It is Electronic method of submissions
– They will send an email to your rec
person.
• Fee Waivers
– Deadline ~Sep 1, 2012
– Must be received and processed
before you submit pharmcas
• Submitting your PharmCas
– It takes a while to process PharmCas,
the closer you submit to Nov. 1st, the
longer it will take
PharmCas and Supp App. Is Nov 1
midnight eastern time
– Watch out for rolling admission
schools
• Submit Transcript soon after the
creation of your account. Takes a
while to process.
• Read all instructions associated
with PharmCas,
– Example: Pharmcas transcript
forms are need to submit transcipt
•Each school has their own supp.
App, which can include
–Additional Essay questions
–Resumes
–Listing out your prerequisites
classes
• Supp app can generally be
access on the school’s website.
• Most schools allow you to
submit Supp. App. before
receiving your PharmCas
• There are fees associated with
supp. Apps.
– For Ca schools $50-$75
• Have people read over your
supp app and personal
statement
• For a list of supp. App essay
questions, see supp app ppt
on website
Western University of Health Sciences
• Essay 200 words or 1200 characters less, Cost $65
• What attracts you to a career in Pharmacy? Is there an area of
practice that is of particular interest to you?
• Explain what you have done to prepare yourself as a future
pharmacist.
• Aside from becoming a pharmacist, what other professional and
personal goals do you have? How do you plan to achieve them?
• Identify one social problem in the U.S. that is of concern to you.
What do you believe are some possible solutions?
• Name an individual whom you admire greatly. Why?
• What are your strongest and weakest personal characteristics? How
have these strengths) and weakness(s) helped or hindered you in
the achievement of your goals?
Western University of Health Sciences
Conti.
• Describe your participation in extra-curricular activities
(campus and/or community) - that you
feel may enhance your application. Include all offices and
other leadership positions held. If you have not
participated, indicate why.
• Describe some of your non-academic interests
(e.g., recreational or athletic activities, hobbies,
club participation etc.)
• Have you had any academic difficulties that may
appear on your transcripts that you would like to explain?
• Please use this space to make any additional personal
comments that you think will strengthen your application.
• Check Out the membership folder for more
study tips
• Highly suggested you purchase and take
official practice exams, Form Study groups,
• It is a 240 multiple choice with 2 written
portions for 4 hours
– Break Down: Writing, Verbal ability, biology,
chemistry, Reading Comprehension, Quantitative
Ability
– Writing Section: 2 essays at 30 minutes each
– Quantitative Ability: Basic Math-Calculus
– Chemistry: Gen Chem, Ochem, “Basic Biochem”
– Biology: Gen bio, Microbio, Anatomy &Physio
– Verbal Ability: Analogies, Sentence Completion
• For PharmCas, the recommenders fill out an
online form. You have to tell the people you
ask for letter of rec. first. They will receive
email notice.
• You want to get around three letters of Rec.
including a pharmacist and a professor.
California Schools
Number Letters of Rec
Required
Required to Get
California Northstate
2
A health care professional
and an academic letter
Touro University Ca
3
One LTR must be from
bio/phy science professor
who has taught class you
were in
Loma Linda
3
One LTR must be from
pastor, clergy, or spiritual
advisor
UCSD
3
UCSF
3-4
Western University
3
USC
2
One LTR must a faculty
member
UOP
2
Pharmacist and Professor
California Schools
Minimum Cumm. GPA
Average GPA Accepted
California Northstate
2.8
3.29
Touro University Ca
2.75
3.44
Loma Linda
2.75 (prefer 3.0)
3.45
UCSD
3.0
3.6
UCSF
2.8
3.55
Western University
2.75
3.42
USC
3.0
3.6
UOP
2.7
3.5
TBA
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• Group vs Individual
• Group: with other students
• Individual: professor, pharmacist, almuni,
student
• Open vs Closed File
• Length of Interview
• For instance, Touro University is group interview
– Five or so other students will be interviewed at the
same time in the same room with the same
interviewers
• For instance, Western U is an individual interview
– You will interview by yourself and a couple of
interviewers
– Interviewers can be pharmacists, alumni, faculty, and
or students
• Varies dependent on school
– Anywhere from twenty minutes to one hour
Dave Harriman: Closed File vs Open File
Interviews
Closed File = All they have is your resume at the
most. Common w/ most California schools. Usually
the interview is weighed more heavily w/ this style
of interviewing.
Open File = The interviewers read through your
interview prior to interviewing you. Usually the
interview is not weighed as heavily.
. Know what questions to expect and be prepared
for the style of the interview. Use SDN interview
feedback.
• Three People you meet at Cal
Poly Pomona, sort of
– Dr. Chan Mock Interview
– A friend or family member
– A stranger
•
And an extra, schedule a
career center mock interview
• Purchase professional attire
• Know your supp app and
personal statement info.
• Get Informed about the
pharmacy world – Drug Topics
Website, Pharmacy Times,
Pharmacy Today, Current
Pharmacy Debate Topics.
• Have stories about each of
your important experiences:
ex. A story about your
pharmacy experience
• Student Doctor Network
Interview Feedback
• Do not sound rehearsed
• Connect with students who
have gone through the process
• Talk to Pre-Pharmacy Society
Eboard Members
• Prepare questions to ask
about the school, their
program, housing, etc
• California Northstate: One professor and one
student/staff separate times
• Touro: Group Interview- Around Five or Four
people in a group, two professors and a student,
Open file
• Loma Linda*: two professors, closed file
• UCSD: One student and One professor, open file
• UCSF: One professor and One student, open file
• UOP: One professor and One student separate
times, Open File- Only have resume
• USC: One professor and One student, open file
• WesternU: One professor and one
student/faculty, closed file
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Tell me about yourself.
Why Pharmacy? Why not medicine, dental…?
Tell me about your strengths and weakness
Where do you think the field of pharmacy is
heading towards?
Tell me about a problem you had while working
on a team and how do you solve it.
What do you know about our school, why do you
want to go here?
Tell me about _________ experience or position
Situation or Critical Thinking Questions
– Questions are taking from SDN Interview Feedback
– California Northstate University
• If there was a lady who came in with her husband and both had a certain disease by only
one prescription, would fill the prescription twice (if they asked)?
– Loma Linda
• If you caught your friend cheating, what would will you do?
– University of the Pacific
• What do you think about retail setting for pharmacy?
• What do you know about Stockton?
– Touro University California
• Do you think pharmacists should be given the right to prescribe medication?
– Western University
• Do you know anything about clinical pharmacy?
– USC
• What is a problem for pharmacy today?
• Describe a situation in which you showed empathy.
– UCSF
• What do you think about Obama’s health care reform?
– UCSD
• If you were on our side (interviewers), what kind of attributes would you be looking for?
• If a patient gave you a hard time at work, how do you deal with it at home? How would you
de-stress?
• What do you say to doctors who say pharmacists are not health care provider?
Natasha Ngo Interviews - FAQs
• Also on the table:
• What is an issue in pharmacy today?
• Do you have any leadership experience?
• What do you know about the health care reform?
• What does the future of pharmacy look like?
• Anything of interest from your application
• Be confident. Sell yourself!
• Give examples!!
• Build a rapport
Business cards, thank you letters
• California Schools: Not a complete list
– Touro U(Cali) 11-12 year: Oct. 6, Oct.27, Nov. 2, Nov.
10, Nov. 17, Nov. 22, Jan. 12,Feb 2, Feb 23, Feb 29
– Loma Linda 11-12: Dec 7, Jan 17, Jan 25, Feb 23
– UOP 11-12 year: Oct. 21, Nov. 4, Nov. 18, jan 13, Jan
20, jan 27, Feb 3, Feb 24, Mar. 9
– UCSD 11-12 year: Jan. 13, Jan. 14, Jan. 27, Jan. 28,
– UCSF 11-12 year: Feb. 10, Feb 4,Feb 10, Feb 17, Feb
2, Jan 27
– WesternU 11-12 year: Dec. 10, Jan. 28, Mar. 3
– Cal.Northstate 11-12 year: Sept. 6, Sept. 30, Oct. 28,
Dec 2, Jan 26, Feb 24, April 6, April 20
– USC 11-12 year: Oct. 29, Jan. 21, Feb. 25, Mar. 24
• Most schools have a written section
–All Cal. Schools do
• Typically 40 to 50 minutes to write an essay.
It could be argumentative essay to
informative one.
• Topics Range- It could be pharmacy related
or it could be something silly
• For example, UCSD: Tell me about two
people you would invite for dinner (living or
dead, real or fictional) and why?
• Depending on the school, there are several
different outcomes.
–For example: Western U uses Accepted,
Rejected, Wait Listed, On Hold
–USC: Accepted or Active Consideration
»Rejection comes after they accepted their
entire class
Estimated California Pharm Schools Tuition and Fees
200000
180000
160000
140000
120000
Costs (dollars) 100000
80000
Series1
60000
40000
20000
0
California
Northstate
University
Loma Linda
Touro
University of University of University of University of
University CA San Diego San Francisco the Pacific
Southern
California
California Pharmacy Schools
Western
university
• The costs shown in the graph do not describe
transportation costs, living expensive, and books
and supplies.
• For UCSD and UCSF, tuition costs were based on
in state students.
• California Northstate and Touro costs: based 1213 estimated costs and assumed costs do not
change for the next four years
• Loma Linda and UCSF costs: based on 11-12
estimated costs and assumed costs do not change
for the next four years.
• Sources:
http://www.californiacollegeofpharmacy.org/home/index.p
hp?option=com_content&view=article&id=48&Itemid=57
http://www.llu.edu/pharmacy/spaboutprogram.page
http://studentservices.tu.edu/financialaid/cost.html
https://meded.ucsd.edu/assets/25/File/StudentBudgets11
12SOP.pdf
http://registrar.ucsf.edu/registration/fees/pharmacy
http://www.pacific.edu/Admission/GraduateProfessional/Pharmacy/Pharm-DTuition-and-Fees.html
http://pharmacyschool.usc.edu/programs/pharmd/pharmd
program/fa/cost/ http://www.westernu.edu/financialbudgets-pharmacy-pharmd