Hey guys! I first wanted to say congrats on your acceptances! I will be applying for the fall of 2012 (next year) and I wanted some advice about applying. I first wanted to start off by saying I am out of state (I live in GA, I'm a UGA Bulldawg
) which I already know is a disadvantage, but it's definitely worth a shot, right? I wanted to share my credentials and see if you guys think I should even apply at all.
3.91 cumulative GPA (3.96ish science GPA)
85 PCAT
I will be a third year in the fall (No bachelors)
Will have had 4-5 months pharmacy experience job shadowing and will keep continuing (currently doing so) and planning on getting pharm tech certified by the end of the summer
1 year of research experience, finished & published my thesis
Havent done THAT much extracurriculars aside from HSA & other small events (hispanic student association) and several (4-6) projects with them, but planning on getting more involved in the fall
I'm Hispanic (if you guys weren't able to tell, lol) and fluent in English and Spanish and very proficient in French (minoring) and will be taking Italian as well
I am planning on having the owner of the pharmacy where I work at write me a LOR as well as my research coordinator (so I'd have two fairly solid LOR's)
So, do you guys think the ''out of state'' title in my application deteriorates alot from the rest? I also really don't want to retake the PCAT although I read that they consider 85+ for out of state. I plan on applying SUPER early so like that my application can be one of the first that is reviewed. I know that its really expensive for us out-of-staters (~40k/yr) but 1-it's top 10, so it'd be a great investment and 2-it's FLORIDA! duh! haha
Thanks in advance!
