Pre-Pharm Post Inteview Comments

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Dear All,

IF you are interviewing or will be interviewing for Pharm School, you

need a leg up! So why not learn what others have to say about the

interview process?

Go the Link section of this site. There you will find Folder #6

Links > L 6 Student and Foreign Pharmacist Study Groups & Help

In that folder you will find the following links and their

descriptions:

Student and Foreign Pharmacist Study IF you would like to become a

pharmacist you may want to check out the sites listed here. But this

site, Jeanettas PTCB Study Group, is not intended for posts regarding

this topic. It is listed here because a few techs and a few visitors

have asked for this information or give us new information to pass

on. Jeanetta Mastron encourages the professional growth of all

technicians. But her site is not able nor focused to answer RPh study

questions. If you would like to add to this folder email Jeanetta

privately.

Student Doctor.Net A forum to lead you to forums and other help if

you want to study to be Pharmacist or Doctor!!!

http://www.studentdoctor.net

Student Doctor/Pharmacist Post Interview Comments Read post interview

comments from other pre-pharm students. Learn what types of questions

you may be asked. Be better Prepared

http://more.studentdoctor.net/schoollist.php?type=4

Student Pharmacist A site for those preparing or interested in a

career as a pharmacist. Posted in October 2005 by a member. I have no

open opinion of this site. But I place it here if it will help

someone great. If not no harm done (I hope!)

http://www.studentpharmacist.com

I suggest the third link:

http://more.studentdoctor.net/schoollist.php?type=4

Good luck and keep us posted!

Jeanetta Mastron CPhT BS

Pharm Tech Educator

Founder/Owner of this site

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> > > I took PTCE on 12/1 and have now received my PTCE results in

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> > > I'm proud to announce that I PASSED the exam ! :-)

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> > > Total Score: 863

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> > > Assist Pharmacist in Serving Patients: 866

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> > > Maintain Med Inventory Control Systems: 830

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> > > Admin Mgmt of Pharmacy Practice: 900

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> > > Even after reading scoring explanation at PTCB web site I still

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> > don't understand how scores are calculated ... but I'm pleased

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> > proud of 863 score out of 900 total possible.

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> > > I attended a 7 month course. I'm currently serving externship

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> > ends in just over a week. There's currently a hiring freeze where

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> > serving externship so I don't expect a job offer.

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> > > As we all know job openings are few and far between right now

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> > the most difficult part in all of this process will be finding a

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> > > Many of my ex-classmates have not found positions yet, or have

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> > found part-time or full time with very low pay and no benefits.

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> > > After being in the work force for 33 years and having to re-

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> > over (losing my job to outsourcing) , needless to say I'm most

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> > > My main study materials were ... Pass Assured, Mosby's Review

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> > Technician " by A. Hopkins Jr. " , sheets of various

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> > > I actually didn't use materials in the files here at the group,

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> > > I read posts here in the group and would tackle any math

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> > > When I took the exam the math did not seem difficult to me ...

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> > > But that's because I'm somewhat insecure of my math

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> > but have been overcoming that since taking the course.

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> > > My lowest math test score in class was 86% (only test I got

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> > > My highest math test in class was 98% (missed 1 question,

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> > darn!) ... so I did much better on math than I thought I ever

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> > > When someone asks me if PTCE was " easy " , I hesitate to say yes

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> > no. After all what seems easy for one person may seem difficult

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> > > Whenever I heard anyone say the exam was " easy " , I would catch

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> > myself relaxing and not thinking I had to study/review as hard or

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> > > But then I realized not to fall into that trap. So I approached

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> > as I will not assume it's " easy " and will study as though it's

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> > > I tend to usually over-study but I'd rather be more prepared

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> > > I went into the exam extremely relaxed and felt very good when

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> > > I laughed and said I know I passed (because I saw that much on

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> > > I was hoping to score in the 800's ... so needless to say when

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> > > Thank you everyone for all the participation here and for the

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> > > a CPhT

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> > > (previously used " zaldamo " email handle in the group)

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