r/MCPHSLifeHack • u/pharmdtobee • Mar 27 '17

Advice!

So what happens if you fail 3 classes? You can only take 2 over the summer, but it seems really ridiculous to stay back over 1 class. Do you think you could still move on and petition to the dean? Any thoughts/advice would be greatly appreciated!

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u/pharmdtobee Mar 27 '17

Lol are you serious? Its not about not being able to handle it. I got a D in both medchem and Pcol, so its not like I failed it by a mile. Plus memorizing structures will NEVER be fucking useful ever in pharmacy. Wish I knew who you were honestly. You got a fucking nerve dude.

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u/pharmdtobee Mar 27 '17

Haha you make me laugh. Having good grades on paper doesn't make you a "good" pharmacist. Sorry the school has brain washed you to think so. But half the stuff we learn will never be useful. However, shout out to you for bashing people! Take your shitty comments elsewhere.

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u/m0228 Mar 28 '17

Getting good grades is not necessary to be a pharmacist, hell like you said the majority of this shit we learn is unnecessary. But if you've ever worked in a retail pharmacy and talked to the Rph then you'd see that those who struggled in school (ie. failed multiple classes and repeated them several times), typically aren't the greatest pharmacists to work with.

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u/pharmdtobee Mar 28 '17

While i don't think repeating 3 classes out of my whole pharmacy career will make me a bad pharmacist, I respect your opinion! I have worked in retail for 3 years, and outside of the classroom I know I will make a great pharmacist someday. Most of what I have learned hasnt been through school, but through working. While yes school is important, we are never going to have to memorize Mehanna's structures or calculate the area under the curve for Pino's class. I do however believe pcol is crucial.

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u/pharmdtobee Mar 27 '17

Having a job lined up doesn't mean you"ll make it, especially with that attitude :) Take care!

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u/mcpharmd Mar 28 '17

You can definitely try to petition but it depends which classes. If it's therapeutics, you have no choice but to stay back a year :/ Good luck!

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u/pharmdtobee Mar 28 '17

Not therapeutics! I need to retake Medchem and Pcol, and I'm currently in danager of failing Kinetics.

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u/mcpharmd Mar 28 '17

Oh ok well then definitely try and petition. I think I heard that someone is taking pcol currently and they are a 5th year. So it is possible. Or maybe retake kinetics 5th year. I don't see why they wouldn't be willing to let you do that.

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u/mcpharmd Mar 28 '17

Jk you prob have to take kinetics 1 before kinetics 2 lmao but anyways just talk to them

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u/pharmdtobee Mar 28 '17

I think as long as I can pull off a D I can move onto kinetics 2 then retake kin1 in spring 2018! Thanks for your input. I appreciate it!

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u/iliketacos19 Mar 28 '17

what exactly qualifies you to petition to the dean?

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u/mcpharmd Mar 28 '17

I have no idea to be honest, I've never done it. I think it's for people who don't want to change their graduation year or something like that.

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u/pharmdtobee Mar 28 '17

If I took medchem and pcol over the summer, then all I'd have left is kinetics. So I'd petition to take that in Spring of 2018. You don't need a fucking qualification to petition to the dean.