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Originally Posted by rare23
I think everyone does pharmacy for the money. I doubt anyone had childhood dreams of becoming a pharmacist.Originally Posted by belle155
im a pharmacist for about a year and a half now. mostly everyone i know did it for the money. i mean it is a great profession. you can go anywhere you want in the country literally. in this recession, thats a hell of a degree to get. when you get outta school youll be makin 6 figures easy. my friend just got a job in texas where hes online, NT, myspace, facebook most of the day and he makes literally about $150,000 a year. its nice not lookin at price tags anymore. i just went to the store the other day and got a wallet that costs more than a car payment and didnt think twice. its not a bad degree to get but you gotta know what youre gettin yourself into. its not a fun/office type setting and you gotta be able to deal w the public which is the worst/majority of the job
The work is obviously hard, but as you know, the program is year round (but 3 years instead of 4). My friend is up at the Manchester campus...shesays it's pretty laid back and its a pretty tight-knit community. Everyone looks out for each other. One of my closer friends is in his second year atWorcester. The entire Pharmacy school is in one building, and he says the professors are pretty cool. Boston is 30 minutes away as well. I read somewhere thatMCP accepts more students they can graduate. The average freshman class is 150-160, and they can only graduate 120. They're just playing the percentages tomilk a year's tuition from 30-40 people who can't handle the academic rigor. I'm sure a lot (if not ALL) Pharmacy schools do this.Originally Posted by stiffy978
anyone here from Mass trying to get into pharmacy???
im trying to get in to Mass College of Pharmacy..
im hearing all neg things about it and going to have to work pretty hard.
i encourage anyone that enjoyed/didn't hate taking chemistry/organic chemistry to apply to a pharm school if you are interested...definately one of the best options right now.
...but don't bother if your grades are poor. Getting into Pharmacy school is pretty cut and dry; great GPA/PCAT, pharmacy experience, not a weirdo. And nowthat more and more people with degrees are applying, sooner or later, Bachelor's degrees are going to become requirements. Apply early; get your PharmCASin my mid-September the very latest. Wait-lists are your friends. The friend I mentioned above was wait-listed at LECOM and was given a seat in mid-June.