For the past generation, the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center has made a difference in the lives of West Texans and in health care professions by educating doctors, nurses and allied health professionals.
The Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) program at Texas Tech offers a new school and cutting-edge technology to educate students, while still maintaining the time-tested traditions and values of the profession of pharmacy.
The School of Pharmacy is housed in a 102,000-square-foot building on the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center campus in Amarillo. The building includes a drug information center, a lecture center, computer based classrooms, faculty and administrative offices, as well as several instructional and research laboratories.
Interview Feedback| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Positively | 42 |
| Negatively | 4 |
| No change | 4 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 4.52 | 50 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.75 | 40 |
"Putting confetti in the official admissions letter was sweet but it was a pain to clean up. maybe next time just print the letter in gold instead." More from this Member | Report Response
"The thing I suggest for the admissions office is to have voice mail and to update their website." More from this Member | Report Response
"Allow a printable parking pass for the day. I received a parking ticket which i had to appeal in order to get it removed." More from this Member | Report Response
"maybe include some information on where to park on the day of the interview in our interview invitation" More from this Member | Report Response
"Please be more friendly! Future students could mean more dollars to you" More from this Member | Report Response
"In what instance were you asked to keep information confidential? If that information was life-threatening, what would you do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too
"Tell me about a time you used logic to solve a complex problem." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too
"describe a time you had to convince someone else to act rationally" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too
"Describe a time when you had to make an ethical/rational decision. (I talked about a time I refused to cheat on an exam when some of my classmates were cheating. They followed up that question with "Did you do anything about it". I said no, they were only hurting themselves and one of the interviewers was very displeased." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too
"describe a time when you had to make an ethical/rational decision" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too
"Tell me about a time you had to make an objective decision." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too
"What makes you different from any other candidate. (This question was in a group of 4 students, and no matter what was said, they said everyone could say that.)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too
"tell me about a time you had to make a quick decision (the steps you took in making that decision, and the outcome). how do you manage time?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too
"name a situation when you had an ethical impact on your environment" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too
"All questions ask you to recall a time in your life you did something, for example talk about when you "showed leadership abilities."" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too
"All questions were in 'describe a time when/give an example of when you _______' format. For example: Showed leadership ability." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too
"Describe a time you were under pressure and how you managed it." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too
"You have 3 to 4 minutes to tell me anything about yourself that you'd like us to know." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too
"tell me about your undergraduate years. degree, what i liked/didnt like" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too
"The SOP question: "Please take a few minutes to tell me about yourself."" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too
"How do you deal with the conflict between your professions and your own belief. (say if you are an anti-abortion person and you have to deal with the related drugs)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too
"In a retail setting, do you think the customer is always right?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too
"Tell us how your study methods and how you deal with schoolwork?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too
"Describe a time when you had to do research in order to make a decision" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too
"I honestly don't recall any of them being all that interesting. There were no "if you were an animal" questions. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too
"Describe a time you were given valuable criticism and what did you do with it." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too
"List an example of when you to be particularly ethical or take an ethical stand." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too
"Describe a situation that required you to be rational and objective." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too
"If you ever decided to become an animal, what kind of animal would you like to be? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too
"It wasn't so much interesting as it was weird and unusual. "So, if you were accepted here would your parents be moving with you?" How does this have any relevance at all to my desire to become a pharmacist or as a potential student to their program? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too
"The most thought provoking question I was asked was concerning the moral delimma of the plan B contraceptive and the refusal of certain pharmacists to dispense the drug. (If you are serious about pharmacy, you should have no problem answering a question like this)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too
"The most interesting question did not come in the actual interview, it was in the group activity, so each of the 7 of us had to answer in front of everyone else. They asked, since you all have similar grade, scores, etc. What sets you apart? Why would you be an asset?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too
"What if you are rejected this year. (I said reapply) Rejected next year again. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too
"50 years from now, what do you want people to say about you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too
"You live in Houston where there are 2 pharmacy schools. why Texas Tech?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too
"None really stuck out. Except, for if I am working with a group and one or two people aren't helping out what would I do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too
"the questions were really relaxed, it wasn't really question-answer type interview. Topics just pop up and you go with it. IT's much more of a conversation." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too
"The most interesting question posed, "Why did you pick Texas Tech University when you have several pharmacy schools in your home state?" " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too