Hillsboro, OR
Pharmacy Schools | Private Non-Profit
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Generally favorable experience overall, applicants reported positive interactions with some minor issues noted.
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How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?
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What are your general comments?
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Veteran friendly environment. One of the few accelerated 3-year programs that exist. Please be mindful when budgeting your student loans (on the high end with a high cost of living area).
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The interviewers simply want to get to know you, they are not trying to tear you apart. Just be friendly and be yourself. ALWAYS email your interviewers later that day, thanking them for their time. This leaves a good impression and could potentially help you get that acceptance you’ve been waiting for.
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Fantastic school and helpful student ambassadors.
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Stay calm
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The faculty, current students and their block program made me want to choose the school, but the only thing that i did not like about the school was that there is not a real campus.
Length, number, and type of interviews
PU-COMP interviews are an average of 26 minutes, with an average of 2.1 interviews. 88% of interviews are one-on-one, 0% are in-person, and 91% are closed-file.
What is one of the specific questions they asked you?
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What qualities are most important for being a good team player? Tell us a time that you exhibited good teamwork skills?
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Why Pacific University Oregon School of Pharmacy?
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Why Pharmacy?
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Why Pacific University? Why Pharmacy?
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Why pharmacy, why pacific?
What was the most interesting question?
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You’re planning an event with a student group for a homeless shelter. The night before the event, you realize you forgot to get approval from the school and need to cancel the event. What do you do?
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(Open ended question) Tell us about yourself
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What does professionalism mean to you?
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Tell me about yourself
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What will be the pharmacy profession be like in 10 years?
How did you prepare for the interview?
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Go over some common questions asked in every pharmacy school interview (i.e. Introduce yourself, Why pharmacy?, Why this school?)
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Viewed interview feedback from past SDN questionnaires
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I looked at SDN questions, but also came up with my own. But, there really isn’t a great way to prepare. Know yourself and why you chose the field of pharmacy. Look up current events in pharmacy in case you want to strike a conversation with your interviewers. But honestly, I would glance over some questions and mostly focus on yourself and your journey to pharmacy school.
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Read old SDN questions, and try to elaborate as much as possible on my experiences.
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Sdn, mock interviews
What was the most difficult question?
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Working with people from different backgrounds/cultures can afford new opportunities. Describe a time when a decision/project you were involved in was enhanced by including diverse perspectives.
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What are the pros and cons you see developing in pharmacy?
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When was a time you had to adapt in a job of school setting?
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It seems as though you have a lot of leadership positions and you spend a lot of time doing community service. How do you know when to ask for help?
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Why pharmacy and not medicine?
What impressed you positively?
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The interview was quite relaxed, and the interviewers were quite nice and approachable
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The accelerated program schedule
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Great location, right by the MAX, lots of nice food places in the area, very friendly, parking garage right across the street
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Everyone was friendly and it was a very team oriented community. Student ambassadors were helpful and very honest with how
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Friendliness of staffs
What impressed you negatively?
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Tuition and living cost (for other students)
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Fairly small building and library
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The professor that interviewed me had a very dry personality and didn't seem like he wanted to be there. The student ambassadors answers about their experiences at the school seemed rehearsed as they all said the same things and down-played anything that they didn't like about the program.
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The campus was one building
What did you wish you had known ahead of time?
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Nothing. The tour at the interview answered a majority of my own questions.
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Do not over stress and over-rehearse. Get plenty of sleep the night before.
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A list of questions to ask the student panel.
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The long long interview day
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The interview day really does last from 8am to 3pm. Be prepared for the long day!
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What are your suggestions for the admissions office?
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Develop a Veterans Club Organization that provides all veterans entitlement information when applying to the program (ie Gi Bill, Yellow Ribbon Program, etc)
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Tell the student ambassadors to be more honest with applicants because people tend to catch on when they're given the same answers from every student they talk to.
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A lot of students seemed lost during the interview day, maybe provide a map? Nothing really to say.
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Inform people that you have to do rotations in either Oregon or Washington.
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None
Airports Used
69% interviewees used PDX (PDX) , with 8% using pdx (pdx) and 4% using Portland (Portland) and 2% using portland (portland) and 2% using TO PDX (LAX) and 2% using Eugene (you have to drive to Hillsboro, but you can get tickets for $39 from Allegient Air) (Eugene (you have to drive to Hillsboro, but you can get tickets for $39 from Allegient Air)) and 2% using John wayne (John wayne) and 2% using portland international airport (portland international airport) and 2% using Southwest (Southwest) and 2% using southwest (southwest) and 2% using Sea (Sea) and 2% using American Airlines (American Airlines) .
What was your primary mode of transportation?
Most interviewees traveled by airplane to the interview.
Hotels Recommended by Other Interviewees
Most interviewees stayed at the Holiday Inn Express (average ranking 9/10), with some staying at Marriot (average rating 10/10). (Top 3 displayed)
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