Chances of getting a residency after failing and repeating PY2 year?

[pharmd2019*]

I would appreciate any advice or comments about experience with this. I failed my second year of pharmacy school (failed a lab class), and had to repeat all the classes for that whole semester. So, I had to remediate my Spring semester of PY2. I am now a PY4 and have decided since starting my APPE rotations this past May that I really do want to do a residency. My cumulative GPA is 3.1.

I am scared to death that I do not have a chance of matching anywhere due to my background of failing. Can anyone give me any advice or speak to a similar situation? Do you know anyone who has failed a year of pharmacy school and still matched for residency? What program did they match with? Also, are there any programs anyone can suggest I apply to that I might have a better chance of matching with, given my background? Ideally, I am most interested in doing a residency focused on MTM, ambulatory care, and/or community hospital. Any advice is greatly appreciated. I feel completely discouraged right now and like I might as well not pursue the process of applying, due to not having a chance at all. Please give me your thoughts. Thanks.

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[projektreverb]

I honestly don't know of anyone in this situation, but I'm gonna say probably apply to low-key, smaller programs, or newer programs?

 

[pharmd2019*]

I honestly don't know of anyone in this situation, but I'm gonna say probably apply to low-key, smaller programs, or newer programs?

Projektreverb:

Thank you so much for your input! Could you give me any examples of programs you might suggest I apply to, like any specific ones (if you don’t mind naming specific programs? Or if email would be better and you are willing, my email is [email protected]). Also, what exactly do you mean by “low-key?”

Really, I’m pretty much open to applying to any residency program. I just know I really do want to do a residency; I have a great desire to do so. I love learning, and I want to continue to do so after I graduate in May. I don’t want to be stuck in retail my whole career with really no reason to learn new clinical information. I want to keep learning and be qualified for a job where I get to apply clinical information every day. That’s my reason for wanting to do a residency.


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[someonesomething]

Someone from my class year got a PGY-1 and early committed for a PGY-2, and he was initially in the year above me but failed and ended up in my year. As long as you're a good candidate in the other areas and you interview well (and possibly have connections), then you'll be fine.

 

[ethyl]

Be sure to briefly explain it in your letters of intent, and what you learned from it. If you don't mention it at all, application reviewers will likely see it as a big unknown, draw their own conclusions why you failed and dismiss your application.