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Wife's nephew is about to make a terrible college decision

he got into a fraud 6 year pharm.d program. they offered him...
thriller lake market
  01/16/26
Why is it 6 years? Is it UG+grad school or something? For...
Godawful marvelous home
  01/16/26
yes, it's an accelerated program. normally to become a pharm...
thriller lake market
  01/16/26
out the school there very much is prestige in pharmacy sc...
Razzle menage wrinkle
  01/16/26
Isn't it random state schools like Connecticut or Michigan S...
grizzly set
  01/16/26
There aren't more and better opportunities for grads of bett...
Godawful marvelous home
  01/16/26
probably at the margins if you want to teach or something. b...
thriller lake market
  01/16/26
That's what he wants to do? You need a "doctorate"...
Godawful marvelous home
  01/16/26
i commend the thoughtful tone of your poast, which is all th...
hairraiser deer antler skinny woman
  01/16/26
How much did you pay for your philosophy PhD from Arizona St...
Godawful marvelous home
  01/16/26
...
hairraiser deer antler skinny woman
  01/16/26
How much was your stipend in law school?
Motley Gaped Lodge
  01/16/26
All the scholarship I could handle and then some
Godawful marvelous home
  01/16/26
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Motley Gaped Lodge
  01/16/26
Pharm.D. is a "professional" degree like an MD or ...
Garnet glittery sandwich
  01/16/26
some make way more than doctors, but most make $100k at CVS ...
Razzle menage wrinkle
  01/16/26
Gtfo? The fucking register?
Cyan coldplay fan
  01/16/26
The separate register at the pharmacy, not the front of stor...
grizzly set
  01/16/26
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Razzle-dazzle pearl space
  01/16/26
Imagine going to school for all those years, learning hard s...
vivacious twinkling uncleanness
  01/16/26
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Godawful marvelous home
  01/16/26
Is Pharm D cr for research and new drug development, as oppo...
Godawful marvelous home
  01/16/26
Pharm D's are pill pushers, researchers are PhDs, if not bot...
Histrionic meetinghouse juggernaut
  01/16/26
So why would anyone in this day and age cop PharmD?
Godawful marvelous home
  01/16/26
Pharmacy seems even more fucked long term than other profess...
Vibrant alpha
  01/16/26
it should have been taken over by robots 10 years ago, but t...
azure costumed lay
  01/16/26
...
Fishy Concupiscible Parlor
  01/16/26
could a robot tell me what they did with the fidget spinner ...
hairraiser deer antler skinny woman
  01/16/26
that's the part that gets me. this kid is so well-mannered, ...
thriller lake market
  01/16/26
"enjoy your Viagra, my friend" *sinister Arab s...
Unholy Clown Field
  01/16/26
Why? What's the upside here?
Godawful marvelous home
  01/16/26
the amount of work that goes into becoming a pharmacist is i...
Razzle menage wrinkle
  01/16/26
it's so unnecessary, 90% of them end up working as quality c...
azure costumed lay
  01/16/26
He’s your nephew dude
Passionate jap telephone
  01/16/26
I know, hoping he gets into some decent UCs but don't feel r...
thriller lake market
  01/16/26
Here is my uneducated take on this: it is almost certainly a...
Aggressive piazza
  01/16/26
speaking of new mexico, he could move there, become a reside...
azure costumed lay
  01/16/26
isn't that basically law school? I got a $60,000 scholly ...
coiffed curious garrison toaster
  01/16/26
But it opened so many doors and you literally learned how to...
exciting locus
  01/16/26
I want to sit in a gas chamber with a wooden door
coiffed curious garrison toaster
  01/17/26


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Date: January 16th, 2026 11:15 AM
Author: thriller lake market

he got into a fraud 6 year pharm.d program. they offered him a "$25k scholarship" that they offer probably to everyone. total cost will be north of $300k

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5822789&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310744#49593665)



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Date: January 16th, 2026 11:18 AM
Author: Godawful marvelous home

Why is it 6 years? Is it UG+grad school or something?

For academic subjects, 100% of PhDs that the candidate pays for are flame. They should be funded by the school + a stipend (based on the candidate's lab work, research, and/or teaching). Is that not the case with a Pharm.D.?

How is the quality of the school? Would he be doing work with his 6 year, $300k (plus opportunity costs!) investment that he couldn't do with a 2 years my masters in bio or something?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5822789&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310744#49593672)



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Date: January 16th, 2026 11:21 AM
Author: thriller lake market

yes, it's an accelerated program. normally to become a pharmacist you need 4 years of undergrad, 4 years of pharmacy school.

it's not really an academic doctorate, more of a professional doctorate like a JD. so you pay for that shit.

school is a TTT but prestige doesn't matter for pharmacy school. and yeah you need a pharm.d to be pharmacist.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5822789&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310744#49593676)



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Date: January 16th, 2026 11:38 AM
Author: Razzle menage wrinkle

out the school

there very much is prestige in pharmacy schools, but the schools at the top of the list would surprise you

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5822789&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310744#49593751)



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Date: January 16th, 2026 11:44 AM
Author: grizzly set

Isn't it random state schools like Connecticut or Michigan State that are top pharmacy schools?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5822789&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310744#49593779)



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Date: January 16th, 2026 11:44 AM
Author: Godawful marvelous home

There aren't more and better opportunities for grads of better, more selective programs?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5822789&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310744#49593777)



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Date: January 16th, 2026 12:01 PM
Author: thriller lake market

probably at the margins if you want to teach or something. but if you're standing in a cvs or a hospital pharmacy why would it matter?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5822789&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310744#49593827)



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Date: January 16th, 2026 1:39 PM
Author: Godawful marvelous home

That's what he wants to do? You need a "doctorate" for that? I thought people got a doctorate to make big money researching new drugs for pharma companies or to get sinecures teaching at universities.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5822789&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310744#49594112)



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Date: January 16th, 2026 11:22 AM
Author: hairraiser deer antler skinny woman

i commend the thoughtful tone of your poast, which is all the more impressive given that you seem to not at any point have put any thought whatsoever into the subject matter.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5822789&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310744#49593681)



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Date: January 16th, 2026 11:42 AM
Author: Godawful marvelous home

How much did you pay for your philosophy PhD from Arizona State, friend?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5822789&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310744#49593769)



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Date: January 16th, 2026 11:44 AM
Author: hairraiser deer antler skinny woman



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5822789&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310744#49593776)



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Date: January 16th, 2026 11:56 AM
Author: Motley Gaped Lodge

How much was your stipend in law school?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5822789&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310744#49593816)



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Date: January 16th, 2026 1:39 PM
Author: Godawful marvelous home

All the scholarship I could handle and then some

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5822789&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310744#49594117)



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Date: January 16th, 2026 11:51 AM
Author: Motley Gaped Lodge



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5822789&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310744#49593804)



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Date: January 16th, 2026 11:28 AM
Author: Garnet glittery sandwich

Pharm.D. is a "professional" degree like an MD or DDS. They even have an equivalent of "residency" although it's optional. Pharmacists are a cartel which basically have no reason to exist in a world where everything is digitized, but they've never been enough of a drain for anyone to really care about killing the industry. That could certainly change though as their role becomes increasingly trivial.

It's certainly a less secure path than an actual doctor, not something worth investing 300k in (especially given pharmacists obviously do not make as much as doctors).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5822789&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310744#49593705)



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Date: January 16th, 2026 11:43 AM
Author: Razzle menage wrinkle

some make way more than doctors, but most make $100k at CVS and will be working the register

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5822789&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310744#49593773)



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Date: January 16th, 2026 11:58 AM
Author: Cyan coldplay fan

Gtfo? The fucking register?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5822789&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310744#49593819)



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Date: January 16th, 2026 12:02 PM
Author: grizzly set

The separate register at the pharmacy, not the front of store registry. 1/2 their job is just having people pick up and pay for shit at the register.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5822789&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310744#49593830)



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Date: January 16th, 2026 12:47 PM
Author: Razzle-dazzle pearl space



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5822789&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310744#49593929)



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Date: January 16th, 2026 1:02 PM
Author: vivacious twinkling uncleanness

Imagine going to school for all those years, learning hard science and shit, and then having the assistant manager of a shitty CVS explain to you “yeah, we got a mandate from corporate to cut staff and we need to keep Joe up by the self-checkout because our customers are too retarded to use it and bums keep stealing the toothpaste and ice cream, but anyway it turns out you have enough time to fill all the scrips and run the register, so let’s try you doing both without a tech and see how long it takes for you to keel over. No you don’t get a raise this year - that goes to the CEO and the shareholders.”

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5822789&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310744#49593979)



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Date: January 16th, 2026 1:40 PM
Author: Godawful marvelous home



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5822789&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310744#49594119)



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Date: January 16th, 2026 11:43 AM
Author: Godawful marvelous home

Is Pharm D cr for research and new drug development, as opposed to counting out pills and looking up contraindications? Or is that all done by people with MDs and chemistry PhDs?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5822789&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310744#49593775)



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Date: January 16th, 2026 11:53 AM
Author: Histrionic meetinghouse juggernaut

Pharm D's are pill pushers, researchers are PhDs, if not both MD and PhD

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5822789&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310744#49593812)



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Date: January 16th, 2026 1:40 PM
Author: Godawful marvelous home

So why would anyone in this day and age cop PharmD?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5822789&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310744#49594123)



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Date: January 16th, 2026 11:25 AM
Author: Vibrant alpha

Pharmacy seems even more fucked long term than other professions.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5822789&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310744#49593693)



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Date: January 16th, 2026 11:28 AM
Author: azure costumed lay

it should have been taken over by robots 10 years ago, but they're fighting it hard. it's such a terrible job too.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5822789&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310744#49593706)



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Date: January 16th, 2026 11:45 AM
Author: Fishy Concupiscible Parlor



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5822789&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310744#49593783)



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Date: January 16th, 2026 11:46 AM
Author: hairraiser deer antler skinny woman

could a robot tell me what they did with the fidget spinner display that used to be by the checkout?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5822789&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310744#49593789)



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Date: January 16th, 2026 12:01 PM
Author: thriller lake market

that's the part that gets me. this kid is so well-mannered, tall as fuck, world is his oyster, and he's about to stand in a cvs for 9 hours a day making 120k being abused by proles day in and day out

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5822789&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310744#49593825)



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Date: January 16th, 2026 12:46 PM
Author: Unholy Clown Field

"enjoy your Viagra, my friend"

*sinister Arab smile*

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5822789&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310744#49593926)



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Date: January 16th, 2026 1:41 PM
Author: Godawful marvelous home

Why? What's the upside here?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5822789&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310744#49594126)



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Date: January 16th, 2026 12:07 PM
Author: Razzle menage wrinkle

the amount of work that goes into becoming a pharmacist is insane

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5822789&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310744#49593841)



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Date: January 16th, 2026 12:51 PM
Author: azure costumed lay

it's so unnecessary, 90% of them end up working as quality control drones checking decimal points and overriding computer alerts. alternatively, we should really cut them loose to make low level diagnoses and prescriptions, they're wildly underutilized.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5822789&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310744#49593939)



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Date: January 16th, 2026 12:03 PM
Author: Passionate jap telephone

He’s your nephew dude

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5822789&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310744#49593831)



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Date: January 16th, 2026 12:16 PM
Author: thriller lake market

I know, hoping he gets into some decent UCs but don't feel right shitting on his dreams

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5822789&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310744#49593858)



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Date: January 16th, 2026 12:24 PM
Author: Aggressive piazza

Here is my uneducated take on this: it is almost certainly a cash grab on a very vulnerable segment of the population to try to trap them into 6 years of tuition with poor prospects after graduation.

there are instances in which i could see something like this making sense - if for example, new mexico was short on recruiting family doctors or nurses to live in their state, i could imagine implementing a program whereby essentially trapping a 24 year old into a local practice would make sense for both parties.

i dont know enough about pharm but i assume life will be quite different in 2032. seems like a major red flag to me hermano

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5822789&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310744#49593881)



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Date: January 16th, 2026 12:52 PM
Author: azure costumed lay

speaking of new mexico, he could move there, become a resident after a year, go to UNM for free, then go work wherever he wants.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5822789&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310744#49593943)



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Date: January 16th, 2026 1:55 PM
Author: coiffed curious garrison toaster

isn't that basically law school?

I got a $60,000 scholly and graduated w/ $250,000 debt

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5822789&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310744#49594188)



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Date: January 16th, 2026 10:16 PM
Author: exciting locus

But it opened so many doors and you literally learned how to think. That’s priceless

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5822789&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310744#49595622)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 2:32 AM
Author: coiffed curious garrison toaster

I want to sit in a gas chamber with a wooden door

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5822789&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310744#49595883)