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Essay Suggestions

The following are guidelines and suggestions from the Admissions Committee for the Pharm.D. application essays.

 

The Admissions Committee expects:

- the essays to attend to basic mechanics, grammar and spelling.

- the essays to address the questions.

 

Good essays:

- have a coherent message, a positive tone, and don't overstate.

- draw from personal experience.

- express what becoming a pharmacist will mean to the applicant.

- paint a picture/tell a story (illustrate the applicant's character and interests).

Skaggs School of Pharmacy
32 Campus Drive, 340 Skaggs Building
Missoula, MT 59812-1512
Phone: 406-243-4621
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