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I went MCPHS and didn't get out what i went in for. They promised me that I will be able to switch my major to Pharmacy after I spend a year in Pre-med. Long story short, after wasting my 2 years, and getting some very fake promises from professors that they will scale my grades or "help me out" and even after meeting dean of health care / dean of other majors and having some rough times at this school - i ended up with a degree and luckily / i have a job so my back-up option of wasting more money on this school is gone .... i would have never goneto this school if i knew what my studying habits and level of dedication and political games this school plays. its just wrong when school just looks straight in your eyes and shows you wrong direction and gives you promise that they will not fulfill and pretty much you can get pretty screwed if they don't give you practical advice .. i guess i had my real life lessons through some tough times however i wish things coudhave been different ..($$$ its a pretty expensive overall) Aug 03 2008 PreMed and Medical

small school but very easy to get in. I got accepted to Worcester campus in June. They took everyone including Fobs who barely speak Englissssh. Apr 24 2008 Pharmacy

Umass is opening a new pharmacy in Western Mass? Geez. New pharmacy school are popping up everywhere. No wonder I couldn't find a job for like 4 mos after I got my license. I guess pharmacy school is a good business. Ya I am still floating for CVS (Chinese Vietnamese Slaves). Its been more than a year. They said I need to work at least 5 yrs to get a permenant store. I got to drive more that an hour to get to my job. They said Pharmacist makes 6 figures. Thats a lie. I make 95 K/yr and barely bring home 55k after tax and all the shit. I should get married and have like 10 kids. Anyway tens of thousands of students are graduating every years and its getting harder to find a job. Small new pharmacy school are opening up everywhere. I'd better work my butt off and pay off my 6 figures student loan. peace out. Apr 17 2008 Pharmacy

Umass is opening a new pharmacy in Western Mass? Geez. New pharmacy school are popping up everywhere. No wonder I couldn't find a job for like 4 mos after I got my license. I guess pharmacy school is a good business. Ya I am still floating for CVS (Chinese Vietnamese Slaves). Its been more than a year. They said I need to work at least 5 yrs to get a permenant store. I got to drive more that an hour to get to my job. They said Pharmacist makes 6 figures. Thats a lie. I make 95 K/yr and barely bring home 55k after tax and all the shit. I should get married and have like 10 kids. Anyway tens of thousands of students are graduating every years and its getting harder to find a job. Small new pharmacy school are opening up everywhere. I'd better work my butt off and pay off my 6 figures student loan. peace out. Apr 17 2008 Pharmacy

The school is very small. The library is smaller than my apartment and it is not useful. IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME, check it out during your interview. Satellite program sucks. Most professors are fresh out of school and they don't have experience or knowledge. During the class, they give you wrong information. They will take you because they want your money.They want you to live at their overpriced dorm.Its all about money. Its cheaper to live at other places. Wait until Umass open the pharmacy school in Springfield, MA. After I graduated from that school, I realized 75% of the materials that I learned from that school are useless in the real world. What a waste of time. Mar 15 2008 Pharmacy

This is absolutely the worst school I've ever attended. I thought that I would learn pharmacy when I entered at this sub-par school but ALL I've learned is that this school SUCKS. It should LOSE its accrediation. I'm surprised they have not yet. The so-called "professors" here should be called "mediators" because that's all they do. They do NOT teach because they are just a bunch of retail pharmacists -they don't have a teaching degree or training. And it shows when they "teach" therapeutics - the most important class in pharmacy school. The format for therapeutics is you work on a few cases for two hours then you go a large auditorium to "discuss" the answers. The "professors" then calls on groups or individuals to answer the cases then you go home. That's teaching at MCP. You don't learn anything because you are not taught anything. You are expected to go home and memorize a ton of drugs, side effects, formulas, contra-indications to drugs that aren't even used anymore. The exams will asked questions that wasn't even mentioned in class but you are expected to know because "I don't have time to teach everything. So learn it on your own." The exams will also have questions on rarest side effects -they won't ask for the most common ones - only the ones where less than 1% of the population will experience. If I could do it all over again, I would have chosen somewhere else. Although I am graduating with a bullshit pharm D degree from this awful school, I know NOTHING. I am so screwed for the NAPLEX. Aug 02 2006 Pharmacy

MCPHS - Worcester - waste of money - RUN AWAY !!!! This program is nothing but DISAPPOINTING. It has potential but there is total disregard for it. The President "Charlie" Monahan, is nothing more than a power-hungry money-grubber. Tuition keeps rising to pay for the MCPHS-Manchester program (learn via SATELLITE TV!) and the new living quarters and RN program next door. God forbid money go into CURRENT TEACHING or getting seasoned instructors. All new instructors are GREEN --> meaning minimal pharmacy experience (fresh out of residency doesn't count) and also they are cheaper to hire. Academia to academia doesn't breed good pharmacists! In house Politics -- the Pharmacy Science Dept truly attempts to teach you whereas the Pharmacy Practice Dept does not teach and is not supportive in any way, shape, or form. Also, seasoned instructors from Pharmacy Practice leave every year and the school is only 5 years old! What does that tell you? The direction is for "students to teach themselves." Do you see this forum anywhere else in a clinical teaching program? Are surgeons next? What you get out of this program is "how to take an exam and pass." Big deal. Pass the Boards. But are you a COMPETENT PHARMACIST? No, you are not. Are you even knowledgable? No, you are not. You are taught how to apply what you know. You want to learn about drugs? You won't be doing it here! Also, you CANNOT TRANSFER your MCPHS-Worcester classes elsewhere. You are stuck here. If you do poorly here, you have to wait a YEAR to return to the classes or you have to completely reapply and go elsewhere (for 4 years). The format for this program will more than likely disintegrate in a few years, due to the death spiral it is in now. Your only option if in the program is to finish and move far, far away and hope that no one in the pharmacy world realizes how horrible this place is. The school currently starts with 150 students so to capture monies for people like Charlie Monahan and growing a monstrosity of a school. MCPHS-Worcester will NEVER be a top school of pharmacy. The new Dean, Michael Malloy, is the worst candidate for that position and is detested by students (and a piss-poor instructor!). He will NOT support you EVER. My advice -- Go elsewhere. Go somewhere that encourages LEARNING. Go somewhere where instructors are supportive and encouraging and facilitate you to become a competent pharmacist. Go somewhere to get your money's worth because you will not be getting it here. You have been warned! Jul 09 2005 Pharmacy

MCPHS - Worcester - waste of money - RUN AWAY !!!! This program is nothing but DISAPPOINTING. It has potential but there is total disregard for it. The President "Charlie" Monahan, is nothing more than a power-hungry money-grubber. Tuition keeps rising to pay for the MCPHS-Manchester program (learn via SATELLITE TV!) and the new living quarters and RN program next door. God forbid money go into CURRENT TEACHING or getting seasoned instructors. All new instructors are GREEN --> meaning minimal pharmacy experience (fresh out of residency doesn't count) and also they are cheaper to hire. Academia to academia doesn't breed good pharmacists! In house Politics -- the Pharmacy Science Dept truly attempts to teach you whereas the Pharmacy Practice Dept does not teach and is not supportive in any way, shape, or form. Also, seasoned instructors from Pharmacy Practice leave every year and the school is only 5 years old! What does that tell you? The direction is for "students to teach themselves." Do you see this forum anywhere else in a clinical teaching program? Are surgeons next? What you get out of this program is "how to take an exam and pass." Big deal. Pass the Boards. But are you a COMPETENT PHARMACIST? No, you are not. Are you even knowledgable? No, you are not. You are taught how to apply what you know. You want to learn about drugs? You won't be doing it here! Also, you CANNOT TRANSFER your MCPHS-Worcester classes elsewhere. You are stuck here. If you do poorly here, you have to wait a YEAR to return to the classes or you have to completely reapply and go elsewhere (for 4 years). The format for this program will more than likely disintegrate in a few years, due to the death spiral it is in now. Your only option if in the program is to finish and move far, far away and hope that no one in the pharmacy world realizes how horrible this place is. The school currently starts with 150 students so to capture monies for people like Charlie Monahan and growing a monstrosity of a school. MCPHS-Worcester will NEVER be a top school of pharmacy. The new Dean, Michael Malloy, is the worst candidate for that position and is detested by students (and a piss-poor instructor!). He will NOT support you EVER. My advice -- Go elsewhere. Go somewhere that encourages LEARNING. Go somewhere where instructors are supportive and encouraging and facilitate you to become a competent pharmacist. Go somewhere to get your money's worth because you will not be getting it here. You have been warned! Jul 09 2005 Pharmacy

 

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