Whats your class fail rate?

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My class had 220 students, 180 graduated. with 20 from the year before taking 20 seats. So real graduation rate is 160/220. 72% or or 81 percent success rate. Whats yours?

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AI pass rate is 100%
 
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first year was the biggest drop out wave, there were like 10 people who never came back after 1st semester. most went to medical schools. a few went to dental schools, and two guys quit and started working in pharma startups, and one switched to phd.
second year i started skipping all lectures so i can't really tell. i heard 1-2 person failed courses so they had to delay graduation, and a few had to delay a year due to health problems.
third year i think there were a few more delays due to course failures.
fourth year i have no clue. i would expect vast majority pass their rotations and graduate
overall i would say maybe like >75%ish is expected to graduate on time next year with me.
 
About 5% left during P1 year because they decided they didn't want to do pharmacy.
Then about 3-4% failed a class and got held back, we gained people from upper classes though so worked out about the same by graduation.

I feel bad because our program was pretty rigorous, and those people that got held back or failed out probably wouldn't have had these problems at a easier school, yet once you graduate no one really cares which school you went to...
 
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Lol -- why would they be hired at a pharma start up with no degree ?
well, one had a biochem bachelor degree with coop experience from a top 30 school, the other one had extensive research experience, so they both got hired.
 
Lol -- why would they be hired at a pharma start up with no degree ?
It would be super ironic when they accumulate enough experience and switch to management positions and easily out-earn those who decided to stay and do their PGY-1, PGY-2, PGY-3, or their startups can get bought out and they make a ton of $$$ to retire early. who knows?
 
Also because of the new age changing. You will find the old ways don't work anymore. I embrace the new age. What I'm trying to say is you can get into whatever field you want. I'm encouraging not attacking :). I hope you find out what I mean by then :)
 
Also because of the new age changing. You will find the old ways don't work anymore. I embrace the new age. What I'm trying to say is you can get into whatever field you want. I'm encouraging not attacking :). I hope you find out what I mean by then :)
if the old way still works, why do they keep complaining hours get cut and no jobs? isn't a doctor of pharmacy degree supposed to guarantee a good life? ;)
 
if the old way still works, why do they keep complaining hours get cut and no jobs? isn't a doctor of pharmacy degree supposed to guarantee a good life? ;)
I actually have no debt. Making a lot, backups are all ready. I don't care about titles or degrees. I told you before
 
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Lol -- why would they be hired at a pharma start up with no degree ?

Cause employers who value skills don't give a crap about academia. See silicon valley, you don't even need a degree if you can code.
 
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If you get the cfa to level 3 you don't need a finance degree lol. Banks look for you

True, but most people aren't capable of that, which is why it's a rare skill.
 
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For my school, it was dropping yearly. They lowered their standards for accepting people into the school so much that the year 2 years under my class started with a class size of 60? and dropped to around half that by P3 year.
 
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