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Samford University
McWhorter
School of Pharmacy
Bruce Foster, Director of External Relations and Pharmacy Admissions
Jon Parker, Student Recruitment & Admissions Administrator
Samford University
McWhorter School of Pharmacy
800 Lakeshore Drive
Birmingham, Alabama 35229
205/ 726-2982 - Bruce Foster
205/ 726-4242 - Jon Parker
205/ 726-4141 fax
1-877-279-0008
E-mail: cbfoster@samford.edu; jmparker@samford.edu
Website: http://www.samford.edu/schools/pharmacy.html
| PharmCAS 2009
Application and Transcript Deadline:
February 2, 2009 |
Statistics for 2008 Entering
Class Acceptees *
Total PharmCAS completed applications received
- 1,170
Number interviewed - 314
Number accepted - 94
Estimated entering class size - 120
Estimated male - 47 %
Estimated female - 53 %
Number transfer applicants accepted - 56
Number out-of-state accepted- 45
* Data as of April 2008
Application Criteria for 2009 Entering
Class
Minimum overall GPA considered - 2.75
Minimum prerequisite GPA considered - 2.75
Total number of new entrants expected - 120
Accreditation Status: Full
accreditation status
Type of Institution: Private
Participates in Early Decision Program: No
PREREQUISITES
We require 64 semester hour credits of college be completed
prior to matriculation. We allow 33 semester hours to
be taken the year prior to matriculation. Applicants must successfully
complete ALL course prerequisites by the end of the Summer 2009 term.
| English Composition |
6 semester
hours |
General Chemistry
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8 semester hours |
Organic Chemistry *
|
8 semester hours |
| Anatomy and Physiology |
8 semester hours |
| Microbiology |
4 semester hours |
| Calculus I |
3 semester hours |
| Elementary Statistics |
3 semester hours |
| Literature * |
3 semester hours |
| Public Speaking |
3 semester hours |
| World History or Western Civilization |
3 semester hours |
| Sociology or Psychology |
3 semester hours |
Physical Education Activity |
2 semester hours |
| Additional Liberal Arts
Electives
|
9 semester hours |
Other clarifying information: * One semester of Organic
Chemistry must be completed by the end of the Fall term to be eligible
for admission consideration. Literature course must be 200/sophomore level
or above.
INSTITUTION-SPECIFIC ADMISSIONS REQUIREMENTS AND DEADLINES
FOR PHARM. D. DEGREE PROGRAM
2009 ENTERING CLASS
| ALL
APPLICANTS |
REQUIREMENTS
AND DEADLINES
|
OTHER
INFORMATION |
| Filing
your PharmCAS application and transcripts |
February 2, 2009 |
PharmCAS application and
all official transcripts must be received
at PharmCAS by this date. |
Supplemental
application
|
Required and due by February 2, 2009 |
For more information visit
www.samford.edu/schools
/pharmacy.html |
| Supplemental
application fee |
February 2, 2009 |
$50.00 |
| Academic
Update |
February 2, 2009 |
If enrolled for Fall 2008,
you must complete the Academic Update through PharmCAS before
your application will be reviewed. |
| PCAT |
Required |
Select code 104 to submit
scores directly to PharmCAS |
| Oldest
PCAT considered |
5 years |
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| TOEFL |
February 2, 2009 |
Required for non-US citizens.
Select code 8246 |
| ACT
or SAT |
February 2, 2009 |
For waivers, see Supplemental Application |
| Pharmacy-related
experience |
Not required, but recommended |
Shadowing, volunteering,
and part-time employment are good examples. Seven (7) months
or more preferred |
| Proof
of State residency |
Not required |
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| Non-U.S.
citizens |
Eligible to apply |
US permanent residents,
Canadian and foreign citizens considered |
| Foreign
transcripts |
Reports accepted, should
be received by February 2, 2009 |
Translated by World Education Services, Inc. Send foreign transcripts to the above evaluation service for course-by-course
evaluation.
Submit evaluation report to PharmCAS and
directly to the McWhorter Office of Admissions |
| Letter(s)
of Evaluation |
Two (2) 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 February 2, 2009 |
One each from the following
categories is REQUIRED:
Academic - college math
or science instructor who has taught you
Non-Academic - pharmacist
you have worked under. If no pharmacy-related work experience,
then someone who has supervised you in a work setting.
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| Interview
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Required on Campus |
Offered to selected applicants
only |
Dates
during which interviews are generally held |
Mid-February - early April |
Once the Pharmacy Admission Committee reviews the applicant's file to determine interview or deny, the Pharmacy Admission Office will notify the applicant of the decision. Applicants receiving an interview invitation will be notified via e-mail with the dates for the next week
of interviews. The e-mail will instruct the applicant to contact the Pharmacy Admission Office to confirm an interview appointment. |
| ACCEPTED
CANDIDATES |
REQUIREMENTS
AND DEADLINES |
OTHER
INFORMATION |
| Acceptance
letters for regular applicants |
First letters mailed
in Mid-February
Acceptances can continue until early May |
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| Acceptee's
response to acceptance offer |
Three (3) weeks from date
of acceptance letter |
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| Deposit
to hold place in class |
Three (3) weeks from date
of acceptance letter |
$ 450.00 |
| Date
of new student orientation |
TBA |
Thursday and Friday before
classes begin |
| Date
of first day of classes and/or matriculation |
August 24, 2009 |
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| Requests
for deferred entrance |
Not considered |
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PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The Samford University McWhorter School of Pharmacy is one of eight schools
located on a 200-acre campus in Birmingham's scenic Shades Valley. The
campus incorporates traditional Georgian-Colonial architecture and large,
grass malls with well-lighted, tree-lined paths. Conveniently located
on Sherman Circle at the campus entrance, the McWhorter School of Pharmacy
complex is housed in Ingalls and Russell Halls - providing 50,000 square
feet of state-of-the-art teaching and laboratory facilities. Additionally,
the pharmacy school houses the Global Drug Information Center and the Healthcare Ethics and Law Institute.
In 2002, the McWhorter School of Pharmacy (MSOP) celebrated seventy-five
years of preparing pharmacists through education, scholarship, example,
and service. The MSOP has always sought to exhibit the highest standards
of quality teaching, scholarship, and service to mankind. Since 1994,
the MSOP all Pharm.D. program has prepared pharmacists for the ever changing
pharmacy roles that are common in today's health-care profession. We believe
education is our primary enterprise and we will continue to seek models
and methods for delivering the very best learning opportunities to our
students. The professional curriculum is based on that belief, both in
its structure and organization and its methods of facilitating student
learning.
The student recruitment and admission office strives to provide the Pharmacy
Admission Committee with a qualified and diverse applicant pool. Approximately
fifty percent of the pharmacy student body are out-of-state residents,
twenty percent minority/international, and thirty percent enter with a
prior bachelor's degree.
Please visit our website for specific details regarding admission requirements
and procedures.
www.samford.edu/schools/pharmacy.html.
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