Hi everyone,
I'm also in my first year at LECOM-B, and thought I'd share my experiences.
First off, to hopefully make you feel better, I was a sub-3.0 gpa acceptance. However, I made sure I did alot to make up for my poor grades. I worked as a certified pharm-tech for 2 years, I volunteered at a hospital pharmacy a couple of summers, and I did a great job on the pcat (93% comp). Along with this, in my last year, I took several upper level bio and chem courses, including a pharmacology course designed for grads. Difficult courses carry more weight in admissions and have an added bonus of better preparing you for profession school. I made an effort to show upward progress, and I made sure to make a great impression on one of my science professors to earn his LoR (also had LoRs from two pharmacy managers who I had worked extensively with).
Basically, my last two years was a huge deal of work to make up for my past, but it was worth it because.. well.. here I am. Now, my undergrad GPA means nothing. Once you're in, your present GPA is all that matters.
As was stated before, this school is excellent at surveying the whole applicant. Our class is incredibly diverse, huge backgrounds, and it makes for a great dynamic. This is the driving reason that I believe got me in. I may have been poor in academics, but my application of pharmacy and my determination to do whatever it takes was also taken into account.
In short, bad grades won't kill you, but be prepared to excel in the other areas relevant to being a good pharmacist. When you get to the interview, be sure to be confident in yourself. Don't make excuses for flaws. Instead, state what you've done to overcome these hurdles, and be sure to lay out your strengths that will let you succeed in pharmacy school.
Also, LECOM has rolling admissions and last year they were accepting people all the way up to the end. I was interviewed in March from an application in November and accepted a month later.
Any questions, I'll try to answer from the <3.0 side
Good luck all, can't wait to meet you.