Washington, DC
Pharmacy Schools | Private Non-Profit
HBCU
Application Cycle: 2009-10
⭐ Overall Impressions
How do you rank the facilities?
3 out of 10
0 = Bad, 10 = Great
How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?
4 out of 10
0 = Below, 10 = Above
How do you rank this school among other schools to which you've applied?
4 out of 10
0 = Below, 10 = Above
What is your ranking of this school's location?
6 out of 10
0 = Bad, 10 = Great
What is your ranking of this area's cultural life?
8 out of 10
0 = Bad, 10 = Great
💬 Interview Questions
What is one of the specific questions they asked you?
In your own words, what is pharmacy? Where do you see yourself 5 years after you graduate from pharmacy school?
What was the most interesting question?
You are in a class where everything is done in a group. If you were to evaluate one member in your group at the end of the semester who did not work very hard, and you know your evaluation can make or break their grade, how would you evaluate him/her?
✅ Interview Preparation and Impressions
How long was the interview?
20 minutes
How did the interview impress you?
Positively 🙂
How many people interviewed you?
1
What was the stress level of the interview?
1 out of 10
0 = Low Stress, 10 = High Stress
How you think you did?
9 out of 10
0 = Bad, 10 = Great
What was the style of the interview?
One-on-one
Where did the interview take place?
At the school
How did you prepare for the interview?
SDN, class material on nutrition and different disease states (I'm a nutrition major and I was preparing for the question--what makes you different than the other applications/why should we pick you?)
What impressed you positively?
The graduate and professional level students are highly diverse, even though a glance at the school will make you think everyone's African American.
What impressed you negatively?
The pharmacy school is in a really run down building. The facilities are quite old, but it's understandable because Howard is an old school with a very long history.
What did you wish you had known ahead of time?
I was in my heels for about 4-5 hours and it was really painful. I wish someone had told me that I can wear tennis shoes, then change into heels when I got to the school or something.
What are your general comments?
I signed up at the pharmacy office and handed them my supplemental application, money order, and official transcripts. It was a really warm day (80F) and very humid, and the AC didn't work properly so whlie we were testing (25-minute essay and 25-minute math quiz), everyone was sweating like a pigs. There was a lot of delay before the testing, so we ended up having very little time to tour the school, so we basically toured the different floors of the pharmacy building (took only about 10 minutes). The tour was lead by a 4th year student. After touring the building, we had only 5 minutes left to get to our designated interview spots. She accomodated for those who needed to fly out of DC later that afternoon by placing those interviewees to the earlier interview spots. I interviewed with Dr. Scott, who was incredibly sweet. The entire interview was very much like a conversation. He sometimes went off tangent to talk about different schools in California and the winery (I'm from California). He was really impressed that I had a lot of questions for him at the end, so really study the school and their curriculum.
📍 On-Site Experience
Who was the tour given by?
Student
How did the tour guide seem?
Neutral
What is your in-state status?
Out of state
What were your total hours spent traveling?
7+ hours
What was your primary mode of travel?
Airplane
About how much did you spend on room, food, and travel?
$501+
What airport did you fly into?
DCA
Where did you stay?
Hotel
What is the name of the hotel you stayed in?
Motel 6
How would you rate the hotel?
4 out of 10
0 = Bad, 10 = Great
Would you recommend the hotel?
no
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