I created a new account just to write this as I don't want anyone to be able to identify me. Please, please, please DON'T attend Roseman.
I don't want to reveal my identity, but I'm someone who is in one of the COP classes 2016-2019. Attending Roseman has been one of the worst experiences of my life and one of the worst choices I have ever made. I wouldn't say this if it wasn't true as it cheapens my degree which I have paid around 280k in order to receive. It was a dream of mine since I was young to be a pharmacist and I started school with the best of intentions. My experience here has been absolutely terrible.
On one of our first days of Pharmacy School, the Dean(at the time) gave a speech where he literally told the entire class that he had no empathy. Looking back, this was a warning sign of things to come in so many different ways.
I was an excellent student in undergrad and scored extremely well on the PCAT. The 90% system isn't for everyone and I definitely struggled with it. The school focuses on pure memorization and details while I'm more of a conceptual learner. Even in the blocks that I excelled in I would never finish a class with a feeling that I had a really good grip on the subject as I spent 90% of my study time memorizing random factoids. In fact, in most blocks I would finish it feeling like I hadn't learned anything as I and most of the students would memorize and dump. Once I started memorizing and stopped trying to actually learn the subjects I started getting great scores on tests. Most of the professors weren't good lecturers and most didn't care about the students learning the material. Look at the most current NAPLEX scores if you don't believe me.
But what if you're a genius and can memorize everything with ease? Still doesn't matter. The school is extremely political and they will find a way to kick you out if they don't like you. On the flip side, if they do like you, they will do everything in their power to pass you. Favoritism is rampant and obvious. For example: They allow you to discuss exam questions after the exams during the 'review' but one student who debated a professor about one of the their questions ended up getting a rotation that was over an hour away from their home. Others that felt like the professor didn't like them also ended up not getting the rotations they wanted or getting really bad ones even though the process was supposed to be 'random'. This is just one example of many.
The "Mastery Learning Model" that they rave about on youtube and in promotion is complete BS. Getting to the school you get an immediate sense that they don't care about you as a person. It's a private school which means it's a pure business. They want to make money from you and that's the bottom line. This kind of philosophy is great for business, but not so good for creating competent health care professionals. That kind of attitude from those in charge trickles down to the professors which then trickles down to the students. I personally witnessed one student try to get another student kicked out of their fraternity and the school by accusing her of battery and spreading a bunch of lies about her. These kinds of personalities are the kind that excel in an environment like the one Roseman creates. Again, this is just one example of many.
I could go on and on but please, DON'T BELIEVE ME. I'm a random person on the internet. First: look up Roseman's scores on the NAPLEX, they're below average. Second: Go to a few pharmacies in the Henderson area and ask the pharmacist's what their opinions are of Roseman. Many pharmacist's that attended Roseman will even tell you to avoid the school, which is not in their best interests as it cheapens their degree, but it's so obvious that the majority probably won't deny it. If you're really lazy just call a slower pharmacy and ask the pharmacist's opinion and they will tell you. Nobody will rave about Roseman, that's a promise.
Literally the only good thing about Roseman is that it's 3 years instead of 4. If you take out full loans it will be 280k+ for the 3 years and this isn't counting the amount it will be after compounding interest. There are plenty of other schools that rank better on the NAPLEX that cost less than 100k, some even around the 60-80k range for all 4 years.
