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Medical Forum / General / Pharmacy / December 2004grades in pharmacy school
Hi there, I am a second year pharmacy student and thought I work hard, I find it very difficult. people keep telling me that grades don't matter and the only thing that matters is that you pass. well, if that were the case why have grades at all? don't they have to matter at least somewhat? My cumulative GPA is about 3.15, would you consider that average or below average? I had a 3.8 coming into pharmacy school so it's difficult to see my GPA go down so much! Cheers, Jillian Pharm D II It all depends on what you want to do after you graduate (assuming you pass of course). If you just want to practice in the community, then no, your employer will not care what you got on Med Chem as long as you get your license. If you want to do a hospital residency, then it kind of matters, because there usually is some competition. If you want to do a Pharm.D. (assuming your current program isn't direct entry), then again grades are taken into consideration. If you want to do graduate studies, then it matters a great deal. But honestly, a GPA of 3.15 is not terrible. What do you want to do? > Hi there, I am a second year pharmacy student and thought I work hard, > I find it very difficult. people keep telling me that grades don't [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > Jillian > Pharm D II first off, thanks for the well thought out replies. I struggle quite a bit in pharmacy school and since this is my second year it's really difficult. I just feel like in order to get a 3.9 you have to completely devote yourself to studying and I just don't feel like i want to spend 3 years being obsessed with studying. I am not sure what I want to do. I was thinking before about doing a residency but I have heard that clinical pharmacy (what I wanted to do before) is very demanding and I'm not sure I'm up for it. Possibly working in a hospital or community pharmacy but I want to leave the option of a residency open. rxempress@mmchsi.com (rxempress) said: >...I can now say with all my worldly >experience that grades mean nothing... I disagree. The most important thing to get out of pharmacy school is a license. The next most important thing, since it is required to get a license, is a degree. The next most important thing, since it is required to get a degree, is grades. which is why I said to maintain a GPA comfortably above the minimum required for graduation Hi. I was a lot like you. I graduated in 1978. I went into pharmacy school with a 4.0 and watched it dissipate to a 3.39. I worked my butt off but that was because I was thinking about going to grad school. ( I eventually went 10 years later ). I can now say with all my worldly experience that grades mean nothing and it is not worth killing yourself over them. The important thing is to learn as much as you can. Tests just show that you know how to take a test ... not that you have learned anything. I remember one professor who used to ramble about all sorts of weird things. The way to study for his exams was to highlight everything important in your notes and study everything that WASN'T highlighted. Worked every time. Just stay a comfortable distance from the GPA required for graduation and you'll do just fine. Also please do not turn into a machine. Get some life experience. Your patients don't care about your GPA. They care about your ability to communicate so that they can understand you, problem solve (especially insurance issues) . interact as a caring health professional and as a friend (just like beauticians and bartenders). > Hi. I was a lot like you. I graduated in 1978. I went into pharmacy > school with a 4.0 and watched it dissipate to a 3.39. I worked my butt [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > friend > (just like beauticians and bartenders). Well said!!!!1 > Hi. I was a lot like you. I graduated in 1978. I went into pharmacy > school with a 4.0 and watched it dissipate to a 3.39. I worked my butt [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > friend > (just like beauticians and bartenders). But, you need at least a high 3 GPA to get in any major school around here, it seems. "rxempress" wrote >Tests just show that you know >how to take a test ... I was just wondering how we can test this statement? :-D I suppose we can come up with a rating system for a good pharmacist and then compare the correlation between grades and a "good" pharmacist rating. Of course that is assuming that we know what a "good pharmacist" is >Hi. I was a lot like you. I graduated in 1978. I went into pharmacy >school with a 4.0 and watched it dissipate to a 3.39. I worked my butt off >but that was because I was thinking about going to grad school. ( I >eventually went 10 years later ). +++++++++++++++++ I worked at least 30 hours a week while I was in Pharmacy School, even had to stay completely out of school for a year because of lack of funds... and my grades suffered ...I graduated with something like a 2.000000000 ... >I can now say with all my worldly experience that grades mean nothing and it >is not worth killing yourself over them. The important thing is to learn as >much as you can. +++++++++++++++ I am now retired and spent most of my career in Retail and most of that career in management .. And over the years I can not remember a single years where I took a Pharmacists GPA into account in my evaluation of his or her work... And you can add what University they graduated from to that list... neither were ever an issue... >Tests just show that you know how to take a test . +++++++++++++++ (..snip snip snip) >Just stay a comfortable distance from the GPA required for graduation and >you'll do just fine. ++++++++++++++++ Just make damn sure you hit the minimum... (lol) >Also please do not turn into a machine. Get some life experience. Your >patients don't care about your GPA. ++++++++++++++++ I agree 100 percent and to be honest your tech, your cashier, your boss, and your banker do dot care either... >communicate so that they can understand you, problem solve (especially >insurance issues) . interact as a caring health professional and as a friend >(just like beauticians and bartenders). ++++++++++++++ People skills .... If you have them (and a lot of Pharmacists really do not) you can advance especially in a Retail environment ...combine those "people skills" with a sound understanding of Business and you are almost assured of a very rewarding career...both professionally and economically... Bob Griffiths Unless you wanna do postgrad studies, screw grades. At the end, all an employer will look at is your ability to maintain a licence. Sam PharmD IV > Hi there, I am a second year pharmacy student and thought I work hard, > I find it very difficult. people keep telling me that grades don't [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > Jillian > Pharm D II |
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