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Temple University
School of Pharmacy
Joan Hankins-Massaquoi, Assistant Director of Admissions
Office of Admissions
3307 North Broad Street
Room 141
Philadelphia, PA 19140
215 -707-4900
E-mail: joan.hankins@temple.edu
Website: http://www.temple.edu/pharmacy
| PharmCAS 2009
Application and Transcript Deadline:
February 2, 2009 |
Statistics for 2008 Entering
Class Acceptees *
Number interviewed - 300+
Number accepted - 200
Estimated entering class size - 150
Estimated male - 40 %
Estimated female - 60 %
* Data as of April 2008
Application Criteria for 2009 Entering
Class
Estimated average GPA of accepted students - 3.55
Minimum overall GPA considered - 3.00
Minimum prerequisite GPA considered - 3.00
Minimum composite PCAT scaled score considered - 50%
Total number of new entrants expected - 150
Accreditation Status: Full
accreditation status
Type of Institution: Public
Participates in Early Decision Program: No
Open House Dates: Varies for each semester
PREREQUISITES
All students are required to complete a minimum of 4 semesters of college prior to matriculation. This typically consists of 63 credits. Applicants must successfully
complete ALL course prerequisites by the end of the Summer 2009 term.
| Biology I and II with Laboratory |
8 semester
hours |
General Chemistry I and II with Laboratory
|
8 semester hours |
Organic Chemistry I and II with Laboratory
|
8 semester hours |
| Physics I and II with Laboratory |
8 semester hours |
| Calculus I |
4 semester hours |
| Economics |
3 semester hours |
| English Composition |
3 semester hours |
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| ELECTIVES FROM AREAS BELOW (2.) |
21 semester hours |
| The Arts (3.) |
3 semester hours |
| American Culture (3.) |
3 semester hours |
| Studies in Race (3.) |
3 semester hours |
International Studies I and II OR
Foreign Language I and II (3.)
|
6 semester hours |
| Intellectual Heritage I and II (4.)
|
6 semester hours |
Comments On Above:
Temple University requires the completion of a CORE Curriculum . For more details, see the Temple University Undergraduate Bulletin. http://www.temple.edu/bulletin/Academic_programs/core/generalinfo/core_generalinfo.shtm
1. Holder of a degree
(BA/BS, MA/MS, Ph.D.) may be exempt from completing up to 9 elective credits. Temple University degree holders are exempt from the CORE.
2. Electives should include courses in the CORE areas of American Culture [3 s.h.], Studies in Race [3 s.h.], International Studies OR Foreign Language [6 s.h.], and The Arts [3 s.h.]. Transfer students from Temple University who choose to take RO64/XO64 American Ethnicity [3 s.h.] will fulfill three Core areas.
3. Temple University’s Intellectual Heritage is a comparative interdisciplinary course providing undergraduates with a common cultural literacy, through intense study and discussion of selected topics from major texts influencing our thinking and social behavior over three millennia. For more information on Intellectual Heritage I and II see Core Curriculum in the Temple University Bulletin.
http://www.temple.edu/bulletin/Academic_programs/core/intellectual_heritage/core_intellectual_programs.shtm
Please contact the Office of Admissions for questions regarding course
equivalencies.
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
|
February 2, 2009 |
The Supplemental Application can be downloaded from our website http://www.temple.edu/
pharmacy
It should be printed, filled out and mailed to the Office of Admissions |
| Supplemental
application fee |
February 2, 2009 |
$35.00 |
| PCAT |
Required |
Select code 104 to submit
scores directly to PharmCAS |
| Oldest PCAT considered |
June 2005 |
School MUST receive scores from the June 2005 or subsequent PCAT administrations with versions including the writing subtest; and scores MUST be submitted directly to PharmCAS. |
| Pharmacy-related
experience |
Not required, but recommended |
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| Proof
of State residency |
Proof of residency is required only to obtain in-state tuition rates. It is not a factor considered during the admissions process. |
Contact the Office of Academic Records for questions regarding Pennsylvania residency:
http://www.temple.edu/registrar/
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| Non-U.S.
citizens |
Eligible to apply |
US permanent residents,
Canadian and foreign citizens considered |
| Foreign
transcripts |
Course-by-course foreign transcript evaluation reports accepted, should
be sent to PharmCAS and received by February 2, 2009 |
English translation required. School only accepts evaluations from WES and ECE.
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| 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 |
See the Letters
of Reference page on this website for a list of possible
evaluators.
This institution RECOMMENDS BUT DOES NOT REQUIRE evaluations from the following:
Science Professor
Second Science Professor
Math Professor
Pre-health Advisor
This institution DOES NOT ACCEPT recommendations from:
Friends
Family Members
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| Interview
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Required |
Offered to invited applicants
only |
Dates
during which interviews are generally held |
December through April |
Selected applicants will receive letters of invitation outlining the interview process. |
| ACCEPTED
CANDIDATES |
REQUIREMENTS
AND DEADLINES |
OTHER
INFORMATION |
| Acceptance
letters for regular applicants |
4 to 6 weeks after the interview |
|
| Acceptee's
response to acceptance offer |
Twenty-one (21) days from date
of acceptance letter |
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| Deposit
to hold place in class |
Twenty-one (21) days from date
of acceptance letter |
$ 500.00 non-refundable, applied to tuition |
| Date
of new student orientation |
August 14, 2009 |
This is an all-day program |
| Date
of first day of classes and/or matriculation |
Monday, August 31, 2009 |
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| Requests
for deferred entrance |
Considered |
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PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Located in the hub of the Delaware Valley's extensive pharmaceutical industry and founded in 1901, Temple University School of Pharmacy is one of the oldest in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Though the majority of our students come from Pennsylvania, we attract applicants from all over the country and world and pride ourselves on our diverse student population. Temple is part of a health sciences center and our students can draw upon the extensive resources, staff, and facilities of Temple University Hospital and Children's Medical Center, the Schools of Medicine, Dentistry, Podiatry and the College of Health Professions. Our faculty members are active clinical practitioners and pharmaceutical scientists.
In addition to the Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm. D.), we offer the Master of Science (M.S.) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees in Pharmaceutics, Pharmacodynamics and Medicinal Chemistry. Our Master of Science program in Quality Assurance/Regulatory (QA/RA) is the most comprehensive in the world.
Our teaching facilities include a state-of-the-art Parenteral Laboratory, a computer lab equipped with the latest pharmaceutical software programs, and multi-media lecture halls. Our “current Good Manufacturing Practice” (cGMP) facility, the Jayne Haines Center for Pharmacogenomics and the Center for Bioanalysis and Pharmacokinetics provide for advanced undergraduate and graduate students to engage in a variety of collaborative research ventures. We also offer students the opportunity to differentiate their degree by participating in a series of elective tracks including a chance to earn a certificate in Business through a collaborative agreement between the School of Pharmacy and the University’s Fox School of Business and Management, and the ability to complete specialty elective tracks in Advanced Clinical Practice, Clinical Research, Drug Safety and Nuclear Pharmacy. |
