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Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
  • Year founded: 2000
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Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Pharmacy School
Worcester, MA
  • SDN RANKING 1
  • INTERVIEW FEEDBACK 3 65 Responses
  • SCHOOL REVIEWS N/A 0 Responses

Overview

Overview

School Stats

  • Resident Tuition $33,180
  • Non - Resident Tuition $33,180
  • Application Fee N/A
  • AVG PCAT N/A
  • AVG GPA 3.4

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Admissions Information

  • Office of Admissions
  • 19 Foster Street
  • Worcester, MA 01608
  • United States

School Overview

Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Fast Facts

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School Info

Founded in 1823, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences is a private, coeducational college offering graduate, professional and undergraduate degrees in the health sciences.

Curriculum

The professional curriculum in pharmacy at the School of Pharmacy Worcester (SOP-W) is offered in a 12-month program that allows students to complete their degree requirements for the Doctor of Pharmacy in three years.

Facilities

With campuses in Boston and Worcester, Massachusetts and Manchester, New Hampshire, the College enrolls approximately 2,900 students, who are drawn from 40 states and 34 foreign countries, and employs over 300 faculty and staff.

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Results Overview

How did the interview impress you?

Response # Responders
Positively 46
Negatively 10
No change 8

What was the stress level of the interview?

Response Avg # Responders
3.44 62

0 = low, 10 = high

How you think you did?

Response Avg # Responders
8.12 65

0 = low, 10 = high

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What are your suggestions for the admissions office?

"The only thing I would add to make the interview day more thorough will be to include a financial aid session and then a Q&A session with current students. This way, the applicant will have a feel of the school from a student's perspective and also know more about the financial aid situation for the program. Other than that, I think the interview was very organized and efficient." More from this Member | Report Response

"Library too small..... Student housing not impressive" More from this Member | Report Response

"It would be nice to also have a student on-hand to either provide tours or to be a step along the interview process. Probably isn't possible, since everyone has class during the day, but I would have liked a current student's perspective." More from this Member | Report Response

"They should get more faculty members as part of the whole interview process. For example, interviewees should be able to meet more faculty members for interactions." More from this Member | Report Response

"In my experience the admissions staff was nice and very helpful" More from this Member | Report Response

"To provide directions to the school in the interview packet along with the interview confirmation" More from this Member | Report Response

"everyone is super nice!!!!" More from this Member | Report Response

"None" More from this Member | Report Response

"not bad" More from this Member | Report Response

"ok" More from this Member | Report Response

"Staffs are usually MIA" More from this Member | Report Response

"stop taking all the students who applied" More from this Member | Report Response

"No suggestions for admission office. The people at admission office are extremly nice, helpful, and" More from this Member | Report Response

"I thought they did fine." More from this Member | Report Response

"Admission staff were very friendly, very welcoming and made stress disappear from the first moment I" More from this Member | Report Response

"Very friendly office staff and very welcoming Dean" More from this Member | Report Response

"None...everyone was great!" More from this Member | Report Response

What is one of the specific questions they asked you (question 1)?

"How did you come to want to pursue pharmacy?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"my previous experience in pharmacy" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How are your study habits?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Introduce yourself and why pharmacy?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why MCPHS? Why Pharmacy?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Where do you see yourself in 5 years" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What lead you to pursue pharmacy?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What have you done to prepare for an accelerated program?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is one thing do you want me to tell the admissions about you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why MCP? Why Pharmacy?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you choose pharmacy for your career?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to be a pharmacist?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to be a pharmacist? Why not other careers." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why MCPHS?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Explain your bad grades." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"why pharm, why mcphs" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why MCPHS-Manchester?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"The interviewer gave a brief introduction first. The first thing she said "this will be a casual inerview". So, don't freak out! Interviewr was very informative. Q1. general questions, why pharmcay as a career? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why pharmacy" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing as intensive as "Name 5 amino acids". Everything was very casual, about your application." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think about the US health care system? My answer: It is broken and out of control. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why PharmD?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"why pharm, why worcester, how do you handle stress, what are your strength and weaknesses, have you had any experience with distant learning classes, explain bad grades. you want to give focus on stress-related questions because this is a three-year program and it very stressful and so they specifically told me that they want to know that their students can handle the three year program so prepare those questions and show them that you can handle it." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"why mcp" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why Pharmacy?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you have any questions before we begin?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why Pharmacy/MCPHS?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would you grade/rank your writing skills?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are your weaknesses?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would you prepare for a program as aggressive as the accelerated program at MCPH-Worcester?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to attend MCPHS in general and then why MCPHS-Worcester?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why MCPHS? (research the school!!...they give you a lot of opportunities to as questions)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what got you interested in pharmacy" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"WHy pharmacy? Why MCP? Any experiences with distance learning?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"The usual. why Pharmacy? why MCPHS? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"were you ever arrested" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What brought you to Pharmacy and our program?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why MCPHS-Worcester?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why pharmacy, and don't say because I'll make a lot of money?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Explain some lower grades." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"why pharm?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Where do you see yourself in 10 years?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"How do you manage your time?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If there was one spot left and you were up against 300 ppl, why should we pick you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"where do u see yourself in 5years what are you hobbies" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"All questions were very standard." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"After she has told me about herself and then asked me to tell her all about myself" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"nonw" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If your life was a movie, what genre (comedy, drama, suspense) would it be and which actor would play you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you do for fun?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you think in the future people will use mail order pharmacy or automatic drug dispenser over retail pharmacy? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you think pill counting machines will replace pharmacists?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How many schools did you apply?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you usually do on weekends?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Who did you vote for?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why Pharmacy?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would a reference describe you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"nothing" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing really out of the ordinary." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"None, all was casual" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What was the different traits must a good pharmacist have?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think about US Health Care system?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"same question. Why PharmD? Why MCP?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"none" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why mcp?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"the same as everyone's: why pharmacy, why me, why MCPHS?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"You have written an autobiography. Please submit page 216. (This wasn't part of the interview as you can tell, but it was one of the 10 topics for the impromptu essay portion.)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What did your research entail?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would you rank/grade your writing skills? (basically, do you think that you are a good writer?)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are your weaknesses?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would you prepare for a program as aggressive as the accelerated program at MCPH-Worcester?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If there was one spot left, why should we choose you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Where do you see yourself in 10 years?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Where do you see yourself for the next 5 years besides pharmacy school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"You have a perfect gpa. Some students like you come here and make D's on their first semester exams, what would you do if you were in such situation?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"have you ever been arrested?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If there are 300 people vying for one available spot, what makes me more qualified than them? I wasn't prepared for that one, but think I answered fairly well." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you manage time, and what is your daily routine like." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think about learning on your own?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What was a difficult point in your academic career and how did you deal with it?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Outside of academics, what other interests do you have?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your extra-curricular activities. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you work in groups?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"It was all the basic questions. Why pharmacy, what brought you here, etc.." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"nothing interesting" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"outside interests" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe yourself" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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