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Medical Forum / General / Pharmacy / November 2003...recommended pharmacy schools???
Hi! I'm a senior in High school, I'm currently looking at pharmacy schools in the New York Region. I'd like to know what you think about Long Island University and St.John's University, in particular. Is one school better than the other? I am still trying to discover new things about this field and I'd really appreciate it if anyone could give me some helpful advice. thanks, --Evelyn snip snip snip /////////// > school better than the other? I am still trying to discover new things > about this field and I'd really appreciate it if anyone could give me [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > --Evelyn ================== My personal opinion is that it makes no difference what school you get your degree from... I am now retired and supervised 1000's of Pharmacists over the years and NEVER ever found any corralation between which schools these Pharmacists attended and their abilities to function as a Pharmacist... Some barely passed their boards and some aced the boards but once out in the real world nobody could tell whcih was which... Your goal should be to get your degree and get your licence to "practice"... Then work hard .... Just my opinion... Bob Griffiths > My personal opinion is that it makes no difference what school you get your > degree from... [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Just my opinion... > Bob Griffiths My experience also from thirty years of practice. You might as well go to the cheapest and easiest school you can find! All anyone seems to care about is your license. Unless the stuff taught in pharmacy school has changed a lot you will find that most of it will be of little practical use when you actually go to work. I know nothing about the two colleges you mentioned. However, if I was in your shoes, I'd prefer to enter a dual-degree school. In other words, get accepted into a six year pharmacy college rather than take your prerequisites then begin the application process into a 4 year Pharm D college. Most colleges around here (Ohio) only offer the four year program. One exception that comes to mind is Ohio Northern. Good luck.. >Hi! I'm a senior in High school, I'm currently looking at pharmacy >schools in the New York Region. I'd like to know what you think about [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > >--Evelyn I have supervised too many R.Ph.'s over the years and worked with many before supervising, etc.. Both schools mentioned have good and bad qualities. Look for a school with an location you would like to live for the next 6 years as well as type of campus you would like. Do you want campus life (everything available in an "enclosed" area with most city life nearby) or a city campus (no dorms, etc) where you have dorms spread out not on a campus and most have limited dorm space and have to find house on own to live in. For instance in New England: -Univ. of Rhode Island is a full campus and the surrounding area is ok, but you are very close to Providece, Boston and Connecticut so going other places for fun is easy. -Mass. College of Pharmacy and Northeastern University are both withing the city limits of Boston. You will find it difficult to be bored within Boston, but there is no campus life and living costs can be expensive dorm or no dorm. The other advantage is literally 10 schools in the general area so socializing is easy. -Rutgers is a campus -Univ. of Connecticut is in Storrs which has not much but is a jump away from Hartford and CT is fairly small and can find many things to do. -SUNY @ Buffalo is a campus setting but it does get really cold. Surrounding area is built up. -LIU and St. Johns as I recall are both in city areas and no campus I know I missed a few but these are the ones in your visinity I can think of . MG RPh > Hi! I'm a senior in High school, I'm currently looking at pharmacy > schools in the New York Region. I'd like to know what you think about [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > --Evelyn >From: "mg" <mgrph@noway.iname.com> >Subject: Re: ...recommended pharmacy schools??? >Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2003 15:39:10 -0500 >I have supervised too many R.Ph.'s over the years and worked with many >before supervising, etc.. >Both schools mentioned have good and bad qualities. Look for a school with >an location you would like to live for the next 6 years as well as type of >campus you would like. Do you want campus life (everything available in an >"enclosed" area with most city life nearby) or a city campus (no dorms, etc) >where you have dorms spread out not on a campus and most have limited dorm >space and have to find house on own to live in. >For instance in New England: >-Univ. of Rhode Island is a full campus and the surrounding area is ok, but [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >Surrounding area is built up. >-LIU and St. Johns as I recall are both in city areas and no campus >I know I missed a few but these are the ones in your visinity I can think of >. >MG RPh >> Hi! I'm a senior in High school, I'm currently looking at pharmacy >> schools in the New York Region. I'd like to know what you think about [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >> >> --Evelyn Evelyn, If you didn't object to a "slight" relocation, hehe, I can recommend my alma mater, Southwestern Oklahoma State University. It has been rated in the upper 25 percent of pharmacy schools for longer than I can remember. The "cost of living" is also less in Oklahoma than compared to other areas. While some think of Oklahoma as "backwoods", we really aren't all that different. The small town atmosphere of Weatherford, OK, where SWOSU is located, is also very rewarding. SWOSU offers the 6 year PharmD degree as the sole degree now. There is another pharmacy school in Oklahoma, at the University of Oklahoma, but tuition rates are more expensive at OU, generally about 3 times the cost. Good luck, Wiz <{;-) Wizard57M Glenn Gilbreath Jr. Registered Pharmacist http://members.surfbest.net/wizard57m@surfbest.net/index.htm -- DOS Internet, Close Windows and Keep the Internet Open! -- don't forget albany college of pharmacy. But, LIU and ST. JOhns about 6 of one half a dozen of the other, too bad Columbia and Fordham closed their Pharmacy Schools. If you like downtown Brooklyn then look at LIU, right off dekalb, and close to brooklyn heights. If you like Queens and a more semi-suburban campus then ST. Johns. Each is a large Pharmacy School. >-SUNY @ Buffalo is a campus setting but it does get really cold. >Surrounding area is built up. The Pharmacy School is located on the North Campus in Amherst, not the old Main Street Campus. _ (_) Daniel Warren, RPh _______// Marion NY (________) Clinical Pharmacist \ / dwarren2@rochester.rr.com | Rx | /______\ (________) |
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