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| Major: Pharmacy (This Major's Salary over time) | | Gender: Male | This person cares more about Campus Aesthetics/Beauty than the average student. | Intelligence:
Quite Bright | | ACT: | | SAT: 1720 | | Lowest Rating
Individual Value F | Describes the student body mostly as:
Friendly, Broken SpiritDescribes the faculty mostly as:
Friendly, Arrogant | Highest Rating
University Resource Use B | How this student rated the school:
| Educational Quality | C | Faculty Accessibility | C | | Useful Schoolwork | D | Excess Competition | D | | Academic Success | C- | Creativity/Innovation | B- | | Individual Value | F | University Resource Use | B | | Campus Aesthetics/Beauty | F | Friendliness | B | | Campus Maintenance | B | Social Life | F | | Surrounding City | B- | Extra Curriculars | F | | Safety | B |
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MCPHS
is a factory. This year they accepted more students
to their PharmD program than ever before. Going to
pharmacy school, everyone should already know that the work load
with be tremendous. About one-third of my friends are
either transferring out of the school or are failing so
badly here that they can't stand to be in this
place that is very difficult to adjust to. MCPHS
is not a typical college, and you will not get
the typical college experience at MCPHS. I got a
3.9 my first semester, but i know many students who
study at least 4 hours a day, after going to
all their classes and still fail exams. I know
people who are depressed and cry everyday because they don't
know how to succeed here. My friends were straight
A students in high school, then they came to MCPHS
and are now receiving failing grades on exams, lab quizzes,
and practicals. People say that with hard work you
can accomplish anything, I say that this statement does not
apply to MCPHS. Do NOT come here if you
are not smart, because you will fail, waste a year
of your life, and lose nearly 45,000 dollars you will
have to pay back for a horrible experience. Also,
the dorms are not the greatest. I know many
people that live in Fennel Hall, and their elevators are
always broken and the school has become lazy about fixing
them, leaving them broken for over a week at a
time until both break. Also, their internet has been
so slow that they can't even load their email.
This school also requires a lot of studying, and unfortunately,
there is not enough study space in the school.
The library is always full, and the printers always are
broken. The gym we have access to is extremely
small and only has a few treadmills. The food
is extremely unhealthy and their is almost no variety.
The frats at our school are a joke and they
are mostly just a bunch of weird nerds who think
their the shit because they are in a frat hahaha,
and they get girls drunk so they can somehow actually
get with a girl. Also, getting good grades is
very biased based on the professor you have. Professors
teaching the same class are not required to give the
same exams. Some students luck out and have easy
professors for expository writing, biology, psychology, and calculus, while other
students suffer with much more difficult professor. Some students
then have to work ten times as hard, and receive
worse grades. Also, expect to take night classes and
have classes on weekends. Your schedule will most likely
not end until later in the night. Many of
my friends have Saturday labs and can do nothing about
it. This comes from the over accepting; the school
has not built any new labs to accommodate for their
mistakes. I know a handful of people that
have classes that start at 8am and end past 7pm
because they couldn't register for any other classes or
switch their labs. There is some positives to this school.
If you are a smart and very dedicated student
that is willing to stay in for months at a
time, then this place is a decent place to obtain
you PharmD in 6 years. I had fun my
first semester. The orientation wasn't bad, and I had
fun during our welcome week. I met lots of
people, and we had some free time. I got
to go to a redsox game and went out to
clubs and parties probably every few weekends. There are
some fun activities on campus that you can go to
if you have some free time. Overall, my experience at
MCPHS has been decent. I have worked extremely hard
and it has paid off for me.
Like I said, some students work ridiculously hard and it
doesn't pay off for them. I will probably end
up staying here the full six years because I can
graduate with my PharmD in six years. To me,
the accelerated program is worth all the negatives this school
has. I knew what I was getting myself into,
and it really isn't the worst thing ever, even though
your best friends sometimes will be your biology, chemistry, and
calculus books. I would advise people to go to
a school that actually has a campus, like St.John's, Rutgers,
or Buffalo if given the opportunity. I have made
lots of friends here, and we all suffer together.
It's not the worst thing in the world, and we
do have a 4 month summer. I hope this
helps you understand what MCPHS is like from a student
who is doing well their first year.
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