Wilkes University
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| ID | 94 |
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| Name | Wilkes University |
| City | Wilkes-Barre |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| Contact | School of Pharmacy Wilkes University 84 West South Street Wilkes Barre, PA 18766 570-408-4280 or 800-WILKESU Ext. 4280 www.wilkes.edu/pages/390.asp |
| Pharmacy School Name | Nesbitt College of Pharmacy and Nursing |
| Accreditation Status | Full |
| Institution Type | Private |
| Main Campus | Wilkes-Barre, PA |
| Branch Campuses | None |
| Curriculum | The School of Pharmacy is fully accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education. The doctor of pharmacy program consists of a two year pre-professional and four-year professional program. The coordinated professional curriculum incorporates student centered and problem based instruction. Continuous core based assessment of student progress toward program outcomes is an essential feature. Small section classes and recitations are encouraged and computer assisted instruction is used whenever possible. The fourth professional year is comprised of 36 weeks of clinical experience. Students will complete experiences in general medicine, ambulatory care, community clinical and hospital care. Each student will also have the opportunity to complete elective rotations in their area of interest. |
| Additional Requirements | Guaranteed Seat Pre-pharmacy Program Wilkes University awards up to 70 guaranteed seats to the most qualified entering freshmen applicants. As a minimum, applicants to the Guaranteed Seat Pre-pharmacy Program must be graduates of an accredited high school or academy, rank in the upper half of the graduating class, have attained an SAT total of 1000, and must have shadowed or worked for at least 8 hours in a pharmaceutical care setting. In addition, two high school faculty recommendations, a recommendation from a pharmacist and a successful interview are also required. Please note that competition for seats is based on assigned point values for class rank, SAT score, and the results of personal interview. Even if a student meets the minimum qualification they are not assured of being awarded a guaranteed seat. As part of the Guaranteed Seat Pre-pharmacy Program contract, students must maintain an overall and prerequisite GPA of 3.0 or greater, may not have earned grades below a 2.0 in prerequisite courses, and earned a composite PCAT score in the 25th percentile or greater. Students failing to meet these criteria lose their Guaranteed Seat and must academically compete for available seats in the Pharmacy Program. Pharmacy Program Admission to the Pharm.D. program will be on a competitive basis. Seats will first be awarded to Guaranteed Seat students who maintained the academic criteria to claim a seat. Remaining seats will be awarded to all other students (Wilkes students and non-Wilkes transfer students) on an academically competitive basis. Applicants to the Pharm.D. Program must have completed the pre-pharmacy curriculum and earned a minimum GPA of 2.5 for consideration. In addition, students must also provide two letters of recommendation from faculty, one letter from a pharmacist, and must also complete the PCAT. A select group of students (based on GPA and PCAT scores) will be invited to campus for a personal interview. After this process, students will be ranked based on criteria that include: overall GPA, prerequisite course GPA, interview, and PCAT score, and number prerequisite courses that were remediated for higher grades (all prerequisite courses must have been completed with grade of 2.0 or greater). Each of the pharmacy admission requirements is weighted separately and considered collectively in order to develop a realistic portrait of the applicant. The highest ranked students will be invited to join the Fall semester class. Other qualified students will be waitlisted and awarded seats as the class is being filled. The P-1 pharmacy enrollment limit is seventy-two students. The admission deadline for pre-pharmacy is February 1. Applicants on the waiting list will be considered at successive dates. Admitted students will be given three weeks to complete enrollment procedures. Applications for the professional program are due February 1. |
| Prerequisite Courses | Biology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 General Chemistry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Organic Chemistry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Physics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Calculus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Statistics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Speech. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Microeconomics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 |
| Enter Class Stat | Number interviewed: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Number accepted: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Estimated entering class size: . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Estimated male (%): . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38% Estimated female (%): . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62% Estimated out-of-state (%): . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2% |
| Application Process Requirements | Participates in PharmCAS: No Deadline for receipt of applications: February 1 Supplemental application required: No Supplemental application fee: Not applicable Expected GPA: 3.5 Minimum overall GPA considered: 2.5 Minimum prerequisite GPA considered: 2.5 PCAT required: Yes Minimum PCAT scores considered: 25th percentile Oldest PCAT scores considered: 2 years Interview required: Yes |