ivory_plr
Hi, I'm considering applying to Northeastern's school of pharmacy (Bouve College of Pharmacy) for the fall 2015 admission. I currently go to an undergraduate college and will be a senior this fall. I would be applying to NEU's pharmacy school as a P1 transfer student. This school, along with Albany College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences, are my top choices. The thing is, Albany College of Pharmacy has an early decision deadline on Sept. 1st. But if I do this and get accepted, then I can't apply to Northeastern, which is why I want to know if I even have a shot to get into NEU's pharmacy school (which is more competitive) based on my current stats. I honestly want to know what you guys think if my stats are even remotely good enough to be accepted to NEU pharmacy. If not, then I don't see why it would be worth applying when I may have a better chance at Albany College of pharmacy. As a matter of fact, I would also want to know if you guys think I should (or should not) do early decision for Albany if my stats are not up to par for NEU pharmacy? I just really want to know what you guys think and really want an honest opinion, because I feel like I'm in a bind here, since it's really whether I do Albany's early decision which is soon (Sept. 1st) or NEU's pharmacy school which would probably get back to me in weeks after the Sept. 1st deadline for Albany.
So here are my stats below, I know that they may not be that impressive, but I think they're at least solid scores. I am a biology major who will be a senior this year at my undergraduate college. But here's what I got...
Overall undergrad GPA: 3.56
Science GPA: not exactly sure but at least above 3.3
PCAT score:
81 composite
74 bio
74 verbal ability
41 reading comprehension
82 quantitative ability
93 chemistry
Lots of extracurricular activities at my undergrad college. But, however, no shadowing/volunteering experience at a pharmacy (I had some hospital volunteer experience from high school, but didn't do anything pharmacy related). I've asked different pharmacists from different local retail places as well as hospitals, but they said they won't allow pharmacists to shadow them due to insurance purposes.
* If I am missing anything that you may want to know, please let me know and I'll post it.
* And please don't tell me to look on Pharmcas, I already looked there and it really didn't help too much...
* Btw, Other schools I had in mind were MCP in Worcester, UCONN, Rutgers, ... to name a few if that helps.