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The most comprehensive book on the market that explains how to gain admission to pharmacy school, navigate through the admissions process, and prepare for one of the many available careers in pharmacy.
Everything a pharmacy school candidate needs to know for success!
Pharmacy is a burgeoning field, with employment expecting to grow at a rate of 27 percent through 2014. Yet each year over 100,000 students apply to pharmacy school. Get Into Pharmacy School provides future pharmacists with a comprehensive guide on how to set themselves apart in the competitive admissions process, navigate through the admissions process, and prepare for one of the many careers in growing pharmacy industry.
Get Into Pharmacy School brings together strategies, advice, and tips from expert pharmacists to create an all-inclusive guide packed with the latest pertinent information. This guide will help the candidate learn how to write a winning personal essay, obtain the best recommendations, prepare for the interviewing process, and finance the cost of a pharmacy school degree. Get Into Pharmacy School offers something for every student, including high school students interested in a six-year program, minority students, students with disabilities, older students, and students with family planning concerns.
Synopsis
Everything a pharmacy school candidate needs to know for success!Pharmacy is a burgeoning field, with employment expecting to grow at a rate of 27 percent through 2014. Yet each year over 100,000 students apply to pharmacy school. Get Into Pharmacy School provides future pharmacists with a comprehensive guide on how to set themselves apart in the competitive admissions process, navigate through the admissions process, and prepare for one of the many careers in growing pharmacy industry.
Get Into Pharmacy School brings together strategies, advice, and tips from expert pharmacists to create an all-inclusive guide packed with the latest pertinent information. This guide will help the candidate learn how to write a winning personal essay, obtain the best recommendations, prepare for the interviewing process, and finance the cost of a pharmacy school degree. Get Into Pharmacy School offers something for every student, including high school students interested in a six-year program, minority students, students with disabilities, older students, and students with family planning concerns.
Synopsis
Earning an impressive score on the PCAT exam is not enough to gain admission to a reputable pharmacy school.
Get Into Pharmacy School: RX for Success!, the only guide on the market that offers candid insight into a pharmacy career, is a mustread for applicants.
This book offers expert advice on how to prepare an application, write persuasive personal essays, obtain the best recommendations, and sail through interviews. Also included as an appendix are contact info and entrance stats for accredited U.S. schools.
Synopsis
Everything a pharmacy school candidate needs to know for success!Pharmacy is a burgeoning field, with employment expecting to grow at a rate of 27 percent through 2014. Yet each year over 100,000 students apply to pharmacy school. Get Into Pharmacy School provides future pharmacists with a comprehensive guide on how to set themselves apart in the competitive admissions process, navigate through the admissions process, and prepare for one of the many careers in growing pharmacy industry.
Get Into Pharmacy School brings together strategies, advice, and tips from expert pharmacists to create an all-inclusive guide packed with the latest pertinent information. This guide will help the candidate learn how to write a winning personal essay, obtain the best recommendations, prepare for the interviewing process, and finance the cost of a pharmacy school degree. Get Into Pharmacy School offers something for every student, including high school students interested in a six-year program, minority students, students with disabilities, older students, and students with family planning concerns.
About the Author
Dr. William Douglas Figg, PharmD, MBA, received his BS in Pharmacy from Samford University and his doctoral degree from Auburn University. He also received an MBA degree from a combined program at Columbia University and the London Business School. Dr. Figg joined the National Cancer Institute in 1992.
Dr. Cindy H. Chau received her Pharm.D. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Southern California School of Pharmacy as an NIH pre-doctoral fellow. She is currently completing a post-doctoral fellowship at the National Cancer Institute.