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Auburn University
Harrison
School of Pharmacy
Laurie Kenney Smith, Admissions Coordinator
2316 Walker Building
Auburn University, Alabama 36849
334/ 844-8348
E-mail: kenneyl@auburn.edu
Website: www
.pharmacy.auburn.edu
| PharmCAS 2009
Application and Transcript Deadline:
March 2, 2009 |
Statistics for 2008 Entering
Class Acceptees *
Number interviewed - 222
Number accepted - 170
Estimated entering class size - 149
Auburn - 125
Mobile - 24
Estimated male - 32%
Estimated female - 68 %
Number out-of-state - 50
* Data as of April, 2008
Application Criteria for 2009 Entering
Class
Expected GPA of accepted students - 3.34
Minimum overall GPA considered - 2.5
Minimum prerequisite GPA considered - 2.5
Minimum PCAT scores considered - 400
Total number of new entrants expected - 150
Estimated in-state available- variable
Estimated out-of-state available- variable
Accreditation Status: Full
accreditation status
Type of Institution: Public
Main Campus*: Auburn
Satellite Program*: Mobile
Participates in Early Decision Program: Yes
Open House Dates: TBA
* Applicants will indicate their campus preference (Auburn or Mobile)
on the required supplemental application.
PREREQUISITES
We require 6 semesters (9 quarters) of college be completed
prior to matriculation. Applicants must successfully complete ALL course
prerequisites by the end of the Summer 2009 term.
| English Composition I and II |
6 semester
hours |
Fundamentals of Chemistry I and II with
Laboratory
|
8 semester hours |
Organic Chemistry I and II with Laboratory
|
8 semester hours |
| Principles of Biology |
4 semester hours |
| Calculus I |
4 semester hours |
| General Physics |
4 semester hours |
| Anatomy and Physiology I and II |
8 semester hours |
| Core Social Science Groups I and II - 3
hours each |
6 semester hours |
| Statistics |
3 semester hours |
| Core History I and II |
6 semester hours |
| Core Fine Arts |
3 semester hours |
| Literature I and II |
6 semester hours |
| Ethics |
3 semester hours |
| Genetics or Genomic Biology |
3 semester hours |
| Biochemistry |
3 semester hours |
| Microbiology with Laboratory |
4 semester hours |
| Immunology |
3 semester hours |
Other clarifying information: Students must must demonstrate
proficiency in the use of a personal computer (including Microsoft Office
software) at the time of matriculation into the Harrison School of Pharmacy.
Students with a prior baccalaureate degree are exempt from the English
composition, literature, history, fine arts, and social science requirements,
but must complete all other requirements.
Comments on above: History - Students must complete
a sequence of World History, Western Civilization, or United States History.
Core Fine Arts - Students must take a course in Art Appreciation, Art
History, Music Appreciation, or Theater Appreciation.
Ethics - A course in Health Ethics is preferred; a general ethics course
is acceptable.
Literature I and II – A sequence in American Literature, English Literature, or World Literature is acceptable.
Core Social Sciences - Group I includes Anthropology, Geography, Psychology,
and Sociology; Group II includes Economics and Political Science. Applicants
must take one course from each group.
Statistics - Must have a general statistics or biostatistics emphasis;
a course in business statistics is not acceptable.
Calculus - A business calculus course is NOT acceptable.
Biochemistry, Genetics or Genomic Biology, Microbiology, and Immunology
- These courses must be taken at a 4-year college or university and must
be upper division (at least Junior level). The biochemistry course must
be a general survey course. Students at colleges and universities offering
a 2-semester biochemistry sequence must complete both semesters.
INSTITUTION-SPECIFIC ADMISSIONS REQUIREMENTS AND DEADLINES
FOR PHARM. D. DEGREE PROGRAM
2009 ENTERING CLASS
| ALL
APPLICANTS |
REQUIREMENTS
AND DEADLINES
|
OTHER
INFORMATION |
| Early
Decision Program application |
September 3, 2008 |
Application and transcript(s) must be received at PharmCAS by deadline. The pharmacy school
may not consider you for Early Decision status if your references
or other materials arrive after September 3rd.
Decision to admit/deny due from institution by October 24, 2008. |
| Filing
your PharmCAS application references and transcripts |
March 2, 2009 |
PharmCAS application, letters
of reference and all official transcripts must
be received at PharmCAS by this date. |
Supplemental
application
|
March 2, 2009 |
Applicants are given the
opportunity to indicate campus preference on the supplemental
application. The application is online at:
http://pharmacy.auburn.edu
/supp_app_interface/Results
/submission_form.asp |
| Supplemental
application fee |
March 2, 2009 |
$50.00 |
| PCAT
|
Required |
Select PCAT code 104 |
| Oldest
PCAT considered |
No limit |
|
| Pharmacy-related
experience |
Not required, but recommended |
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| Proof
of State residency |
Required |
An Alabama student is a
person which shall be a citizen of the United States, or a resident
alien, who shall have resided and had habitation, home and permanent
abode in the State of Alabama for at least 12 months immediately
preceding current registration. In applying this regulation,
“applicant” shall mean a person applying for admission
to the institution, if applicant is married or 19 years of age,
and financially independent. Otherwise, it shall mean parents,
parent or legal guardian of his/her person. If the parents are
divorced, the residency of the parent to whom the court has
granted custody will determine residence. A person who establishes
a guardianship for purpose of avoiding non-Alabama fees will
be subject to non-resident tuition.
No person who moves to Alabama for the primary purpose of attending
college shall be considered to have demonstrated intent to establish
domicile in the State of Alabama, and will generally not be
considered eligible for classification as a resident student.
Clear and convincing evidence to the contrary must be presented
to overcome this presumption.
For additional information regarding classification of resident/non-resident
status, applicants should consult the Auburn University Bulletin
which is available on-line at http://www.auburn.edu/academic/
auweb_academicprograms.html
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| Non-U.S.
citizens |
Eligible to apply |
Qualified US permanent residents,
Canadian and foreign citizens considered |
| Foreign
transcripts |
Send foreign transcripts
to evaluation service for course-by-course report. Send completed
Evaluation Reports to directly to PharmCAS by March 1, 2009 |
A course-by-course foreign transcript evaluation reports from
World Education Services, Inc., Josef Silny & Associates,
Inc., or Educational Credential Evaluators, Inc. should be submitted to PharmCAS |
Letter(s)
of Reference (recommendations/
evaluations) |
Three (3) letters of reference
should be completed on the Letters of Reference form included
in your PharmCAS application and submitted to PharmCAS by the
institutional deadline of March 2, 2009 |
See the Letters
of Reference page on this website for a list of possible
evaluators.
This institution REQUIRES
an evaluation from:
A Science Professor
This institution DOES NOT accept
evaluations from the following:
Politicians
Friends
Family Members
Clergy
1. The School prefers a composite evaluation that is submitted
by the academic advising office of the applicant's prepharmacy
college or university (if available). Submission of this type
of form will be sufficient to meet all reference requirements
as long as it contains evaluations of at least 3 faculty members.
2. The School requires at least one of the references be from
a college science professor and at least two of the three
be from college professors.
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| Interview
|
Required of invited applicants |
Offered to selected applicants
only |
Dates
during which interviews are generally held |
September 1 through April 30 |
Interviews are held on the
Auburn campus in the Walker building on weekdays. Applicants
should plan for an interview day that begins about 8:30 AM and
concludes at approximately 3:30 PM. Interviewees are provided
the opportunity to interact with currently enrolled student
pharmacists, learn about the School and its programs, and to
have their questions answered. |
| ACCEPTED
CANDIDATES |
REQUIREMENTS
AND DEADLINES |
OTHER
INFORMATION |
| Acceptance
letters for regular applicants |
Within 14 days of interview
applicants are provided an initial response (admit, deny, defer
for later consideration).
All applicants are provided with a final decision (admit, deny,
alternate list) by April 30, 2009 |
All communication with applicants
is conducted via email. Letters of acceptance will include the
campus to which the accepted applicant is assigned. |
| Acceptee's
response to acceptance offer |
Applicants offered admission
must respond within fourteen (14) days of admission offer |
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| Deposit
to hold place in class |
Required, and due within
fourteen (14) days of admissions offer |
$500.00 Deposit is non-refundable
and applied to the fall semester tuition |
| Date
of new student orientation |
August 11-15, 2009 (tentative) |
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| Date
of first day of classes and/or matriculation |
August 17, 2009 (tentative) |
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| Requests
for deferred entrance |
Considered on an individual
basis |
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PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Harrison School of Pharmacy (HSOP) has been a part of Auburn University’s rich family history and tradition since 1885. Consistent with our University’s values, HSOP’s motto is “Caring is the Core of Our Curriculum.” Our program is built on this family value as we aspire to educate tomorrow’s pharmacists. Aspiring students enter a professional program in which faculty/student relationships are built on mutual respect with the faculty mentoring student junior colleagues to become mature health professionals. We expect our graduates to enter practice with personal character, confidence, and competence to assume leadership positions in their communities and pharmaceutical care practices. Student pharmacists continuously care for patients, beginning with their first semester. This aspect of the curriculum is unique to Auburn and provides an innovative mechanism to tie coursework to actual patients.
HSOP is located in the Walker Building on the Auburn University campus. A new 45,000 square foot addition opened January 2006 and is dedicated to the School’s educational mission. Students’ learning is positively affected by the new dedicated spaces for students, new lecture halls, a new skills lab, an enlarged pharmaceutical care center, and a new dispensary. The HSOP is one of only a few pharmacy schools operating a pharmaceutical care clinic in its building that students can experience throughout their education.
In August 2007, a satellite campus was opened in Mobile and located on the campus of the University of South Alabama. Newly renovated facilities and the extensive use of information technology facilitate the replication of Auburn's quality Pharm.D. program at the Mobile satellite. Location of the HSOP's program in a building adjacent to the University of South Alabama College of Medicine allows the education of student pharmacists in a setting which facilitates collaboration with students in medicine and other health professionals.
Faculty members are also located in health care facilities throughout Alabama and in adjacent states. This allows student pharmacists to complete their advanced practice experiences in a wide variety of practices devoted to the provision of pharmaceutical care.
Auburn is located 110 miles southwest of Atlanta, Georgia and 115 miles southeast of Birmingham. The community is dedicated to the University and its 23,000 students. The environment allows students to experience university life while receiving an excellent general and professional education at the same time.
Mobile is a city located in a metropolitan area of approximately 600,000 people and is in close proximity to the lovely Alabama Gulf Coast. It is a city known for its rich history. The location of the Mobile satellite on the campus of the University of South Alabama provides student pharmacists with the opportunity to experience campus life while completing their professional degree. |