Does anyone know someone who got into pharmacy school with low GPA? if so, do u know what they did to get in?

Answer 1

What's low? I know someone who got in with just under a 3.0. Didn't need to take the PCAT.

Got in mainly due to the interview. They came off really well. The person's undergrad was a very prestigious university, so maybe they gave the person some benefit of the doubt in regards to the GPA.

No special extra currics. I don't even think they had anything pharmacy related. That's why I'm sure it was due to the interview. They gave me a rundown on the interview (can't remember the details anymore), and I remember thinking they nailed it.

I should note, in response to the person above, that just cuz this person had a low undergrad GPA, they had one of the highest GPAs in their pharmacy class and all this person's superiors in the working world gush over how knowledgeable they are. Basically, some schools are harder than others. This person went to a REALLY hard undergrad. They easily could have gotten a 4.0 had they gone to a crappy undergrad.

Oh, and your doctor is the one who prescribes your drugs, not the pharmacist. Your doctor is the one who controls what drugs you take. Work with enough of them, and that's a very scary thought cuz most docs know squat about drugs. Pharmacists are desperately needed just to make sure the docs don't prescribe something that will kill you. That keeps them busy enough, let alone trying to figure out which drug is "best" for you.

If you ever sit at a pharmacy and watch the people at work, you'll find countless times during one day where they have to call the doctor's office and ask why the doctor prescribed a certain drug b/c it's going to harm the patient. That's just in one day at one pharmacy. And very few pharmacists compound anymore. Drug companies premake the dosages nowadays. Look up the job of pharmacist technician, and see what they do. A lot of your negativity is aimed at stuff pharm techs do.

Answer 2

I hope not- I don't want some below average or even average student in charge of the medicines that I will be taking.

My doc is in charge of the meds I'm taking but the pharmacist is the one that can screw it up by not giving me the right drug or measuring wrong. There have been plenty of times that people have died because the pharmacist measured wrong or gave the wrong prescription. Someone with a low GPA probably doesn't pay attention to details as much as someone who does well in school, nor do they take as much pride in their work.