I finally did it.

[Jahira]

After a very long time of preparing, writing, editing, re-editing, and being really freaked out, I submitted my Notre Dame Law School application. I did the early admission process and will know by December 15th. My academic benchmarks are lower than what they normally accept, but I hope having my Doctorate in Pharmacy will make up for those pitfalls.

If they don't want me, I have already applied to Colorado, Iowa, Illinois, and Texas. I just spent extra time on Notre Dame because I really want to be there.

WHAT A RELIEF! I need to go drink.

[Gan]

Congrats!

Question: If you're already a pharm-D, why law school?

[Jahira]

I actually talk about it in my personal statement. While I like the pharmacy information, the profession itself is very stagnant. 90% of pharmacists will still be a pharmacist with the same title, job responsibilities and pay brackets today as they will have 20 years from now. My girlfriend is a law student and she turned me onto the idea of doing some form of healthcare law.

[TheEschaton]

With a doctorate in Pharmacy, and a JD, you can very easily turn yourself into an expert witness in pharmaceutical cases.

Congratulations, even though ND sucks (I have to say this as a BC Double Eagle).

-TheE-

[Jorddyn]

If they don't want me, I have already applied to Colorado, Iowa, Illinois, and Texas. I just spent extra time on Notre Dame because I really want to be there.

If you wind up at Iowa, I'll buy you a beer :) Good Luck on the Notre Dame thing, though.

[Keller]

You could do far worse than ND.

Also, the PharmD will get you a lot of brownie points. With that list of schools, why not Indiana University?

[Some Rogue]

Because Everything > IU

[Keller]

Because Everything > IU

Meh, it's in the same part of Tier-1 as the rest of the schools the OP is app'ing.

[Some Rogue]

Fucking Hoosiers.

[Keller]

Fucking Hoosiers.

Are you bitter about Air Gordon?

[Some Rogue]

Haha, of course not.

P.S.
Illinois 55, Indiana 13
:D

[Tsa`ah]

Indiana sucks ... God even saw fit to try to drown Indianapolis because of it.

God tried to smite Texas with hurricanes.

CO ... God hates CO for their antics at the RNC, he's just biding his time before enacting full retribution.

God hates IA, but fears Jorddyn.

[Makkah]

I actually talk about it in my personal statement. While I like the pharmacy information, the profession itself is very stagnant. 90% of pharmacists will still be a pharmacist with the same title, job responsibilities and pay brackets today as they will have 20 years from now. My girlfriend is a law student and she turned me onto the idea of doing some form of healthcare law.

I'm perfectly fine having to choose between PIC, staff retail, staff central hospital, decentral hospital, clinical, nuclear, research, faculty, specialty, independent retail, etc etc etc. :)

Congrats though... always room for more bloodsuckers!

[Warriorbird]

The expert witness thing can be pretty hot. A close friend of mine works for an expert witness who makes his living (and has staff) solely based off of railroad accidents.

[Jorddyn]

God hates IA, but fears Jorddyn.

Aww, that's the nicest thing anyone's ever said about me!

[Jahira]

I did look at IU but it just didn't appeal to me. If I am accepted by any of the schools listed I would go there before IU so why waste the application fee.

[Jahira]

I'm perfectly fine having to choose between PIC, staff retail, staff central hospital, decentral hospital, clinical, nuclear, research, faculty, specialty, independent retail, etc etc etc. :)

Congrats though... always room for more bloodsuckers!

I guess I should clarify. After having 3 rotations in hospitals, unless I am completely decentralized and rounding with a physician, hospital pharmacy bores me. So that leaves all of the others listed.

While there are a lot of options, again, most of them are stagnant positions without a ton of room for growth. I am sure you can think of plenty of cases where you have room to grow, but those positions I don't really want to be in.

Plus, in the grand scheme of things, the law admisstions people don't know much more than retail

[Keller]

I did look at IU but it just didn't appeal to me. If I am accepted by any of the schools listed I would go there before IU so why waste the application fee.

You never know where you'll get a scholarship.

Plus IU feeds into Chicago, Indianapolis, Cincinatti, Louisville, and Nashville while schools like Iowa feed into . . . ?

[Makkah]

Des Moines!

[Jahira]

Iowa is not linked to a lot of big cities, but it is a top tier school, near my family, and near my girlfriend and I have friends in med school there.

Indiana should be an obvious choice as well because it is a top healthcare law school, but I just can't bring myself to want to apply there.

[Jahira]

Des Moines!

I go to Drake, and Des Moines is coming around. It has brought in music, nightlife, and shows. They are developing a nice upscale area call "Jordan Creek" and it spent a ton of money to fix its shitty roads and it is doing so much better then it was 6 years ago. Give it 10 years, and it might actually be something

[ElanthianSiren]

I actually talk about it in my personal statement. While I like the pharmacy information, the profession itself is very stagnant. 90% of pharmacists will still be a pharmacist with the same title, job responsibilities and pay brackets today as they will have 20 years from now. My girlfriend is a law student and she turned me onto the idea of doing some form of healthcare law.

Yeah but with your PharmD, you could take just 4 more years and get a phD and do research. You might even be able to break through with just a master's, depending on your specialization/contacts.

I realize if you don't want to do research, that's a pitfall to pharmacy, but IMO you're selling it short.