KBPA88 Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 [mention=141205]KBPA88[/mention] when did interviews seem to start for your class?The first interview was held at the end of October. They are 4 interview days in total. One in October, two in November, and one in December.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaguirre85 Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Hi everyone, I am new to the forum and have submitted my application. My stats: B.S. in Nutrition >10,000 hours as a renal dietitian BCP GPA 3.67 Overall GPA 3.75 LOR from MD, manager who is an RN, and professor/director of my program Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodparrot444 Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 To calculate your last 45 credit hour GPA, do you use the last 45 credit hours from your undergrad, or include the classes you took after your undergrad? Does anyone have any insight on this? Thank you!! Application verified 8/6! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
becmarkend Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 8 hours ago, Bloodparrot444 said: To calculate your last 45 credit hour GPA, do you use the last 45 credit hours from your undergrad, or include the classes you took after your undergrad? Does anyone have any insight on this? Thank you!! Application verified 8/6! It's the most recent 45 you've taken! They're looking for an upward trend, including post-undergrad classes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkimbe Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 Just got my "application complete" from Pacific! I submitted my application on 7/31, but my last transcript didn't arrive until yesterday. Verified in less than 12 hours, plus an email from Pacific this morning SO glad Pacific isn't on rolling admissions like every other program I applied to so late in the cycle. Stats: Oregon native and current resident BCP GPA: 3.82 Overall GPA: 3.84 PCE: >6000 (4 years as a CNA) HCE: ~500 (Volunteer with Providence Hospice and OHSU) Good luck to everyone!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atn2797 Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 On 5/16/2018 at 10:02 AM, hmtpnw said: So I went to the open house last night and got a lot of info on the program, some of it surprising. I thought I would summarize things here in case it was helpful to other applicants this cycle. The number one priority at Pacific is GPA. Although their cut off is a 3.0, it was suggested not to apply without at least a 3.4. Of 2200 applications, only about 700 meet their soft GPA requirements and the rest they screen out. Both BCP GPA and last 45 semester credits are weighted equally, and more or less these two number should average to a 3.6 or above to be considered a competitive applicant. They will only read two LORs. It was stressed that they want to see letters from clinicians or supervisors in the medical field. If you have five letters, the two strongest medical letters will be selected and read as part of the application. Even if you have a strong academic letter and two weaker medical letters, they will toss the academic letter. Because they prefer high GPA applicants who are already obviously academically strong, at this point they just want to hear how those in the medical field view your abilities. Once your application is verified and sent over to Pacific, they will not look at updates. After verification your app is printed and it is not revisited. Any updates over the application cycle will not be viewed. Pacific doesn't use rolling admissions. They start offering interviews in September, about two weeks after the deadline. There is supposedly no benefit to early submission and all applicants verified by September 1st are considered for interviews. Interviews are offered on Saturdays in October, November and December. There will be four interview days this year. On each date about a quarter of the class is admitted. You will receive an acceptance email in about 3 - 5 days, usually the Tuesday or Wednesday following your interview day, if you were accepted and likely a phone call as well. Deposit is $1,000 and you have two weeks to accept or decline the offer. Those are the main things that stood out to me! If anyone has specific questions I would be happy to try to answer them. Good luck to everyone this cycle! @hmtpnw For prerequisites... Year-long series of General Chemistry with labs (may not be introductory courses, upper level may be substituted) 1 Organic or Biochemistry course (lab not required, may not be a combined course) Do you happen to know if a year long series of Organic Chemistry covers bullet #1? Then cover bullet #2 with Biochemistry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmtpnw Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 17 minutes ago, atn2797 said: @hmtpnw For prerequisites... Year-long series of General Chemistry with labs (may not be introductory courses, upper level may be substituted) 1 Organic or Biochemistry course (lab not required, may not be a combined course) Do you happen to know if a year long series of Organic Chemistry covers bullet #1? Then cover bullet #2 with Biochemistry You could definitely use biochemistry for bullet number two, but as far as using organic chemistry for bullet number one I would recommend asking Leah Baldwin and emailing admissions directly. Anytime that I have contacted Pacific I have gotten responses within 24 to 48 hours. You may even be able to call them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nth122 Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 On 8/8/2018 at 6:35 PM, atn2797 said: @hmtpnw For prerequisites... Year-long series of General Chemistry with labs (may not be introductory courses, upper level may be substituted) 1 Organic or Biochemistry course (lab not required, may not be a combined course) Do you happen to know if a year long series of Organic Chemistry covers bullet #1? Then cover bullet #2 with Biochemistry I just spoke with Leah Baldwin and for bullet #1 they only want Gen. Chem. (but not Intro. to Gen. Chem.) and you should not use an Orgo. sequence here. For bullet #2 you can use Orgo. or Biochem., whichever is a higher grade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeninapascua Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 Hey guys! Anyone heard back about interviews yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmtpnw Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 1 minute ago, Jeninapascua said: Hey guys! Anyone heard back about interviews yet? Pacific doesn't use rolling admissions. They generally don’t start reviewing applications until after the September 1st deadline. Then they should start offering interviews in mid September. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyells Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 Any one received an invitation to interview? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmtpnw Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 1 hour ago, Skyells said: Any one received an invitation to interview? No word yet. I would expect invites to start going out this week or next week. I’m tempted to email Leah and ask when they’ll start sending them, but I don’t wanna be that person Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KBPA88 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 38 minutes ago, hmtpnw said: No word yet. I would expect invites to start going out this week or next week. I’m tempted to email Leah and ask when they’ll start sending them, but I don’t wanna be that person Our class did not begin receiving invites until the last week of September! It will be soon Can't wait to meet some of you on interview day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmtpnw Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 1 hour ago, KBPA88 said: Our class did not begin receiving invites until the last week of September! It will be soon Can't wait to meet some of you on interview day! Thanks so much for sharing! Makes it easier to stop obsessively checking emails every second searching for an invite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECB1994 Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 On 5/16/2018 at 11:02 AM, hmtpnw said: So I went to the open house last night and got a lot of info on the program, some of it surprising. I thought I would summarize things here in case it was helpful to other applicants this cycle. The number one priority at Pacific is GPA. Although their cut off is a 3.0, it was suggested not to apply without at least a 3.4. Of 2200 applications, only about 700 meet their soft GPA requirements and the rest they screen out. Both BCP GPA and last 45 semester credits are weighted equally, and more or less these two number should average to a 3.6 or above to be considered a competitive applicant. They will only read two LORs. It was stressed that they want to see letters from clinicians or supervisors in the medical field. If you have five letters, the two strongest medical letters will be selected and read as part of the application. Even if you have a strong academic letter and two weaker medical letters, they will toss the academic letter. Because they prefer high GPA applicants who are already obviously academically strong, at this point they just want to hear how those in the medical field view your abilities. Once your application is verified and sent over to Pacific, they will not look at updates. After verification your app is printed and it is not revisited. Any updates over the application cycle will not be viewed. Pacific doesn't use rolling admissions. They start offering interviews in September, about two weeks after the deadline. There is supposedly no benefit to early submission and all applicants verified by September 1st are considered for interviews. Interviews are offered on Saturdays in October, November and December. There will be four interview days this year. On each date about a quarter of the class is admitted. You will receive an acceptance email in about 3 - 5 days, usually the Tuesday or Wednesday following your interview day, if you were accepted and likely a phone call as well. Deposit is $1,000 and you have two weeks to accept or decline the offer. Those are the main things that stood out to me! If anyone has specific questions I would be happy to try to answer them. Good luck to everyone this cycle! Hello! I know it’s been a while since you attended the open house but if you can remember - is the 3.4 recommendation only for BCP and last 45 or for cumulative too? Also, has anyone reached out on when we should start hearing?! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmtpnw Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 21 minutes ago, ECB1994 said: Hello! I know it’s been a while since you attended the open house but if you can remember - is the 3.4 recommendation only for BCP and last 45 or for cumulative too? Also, has anyone reached out on when we should start hearing?! Thanks! From my understanding they’re primarily looking at last 45 and BCP with less of a focus on cumulative. Pacific is know for focusing on more recent coursework. From other posters, I would expect to start hearing back next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NussPA31 Posted September 19, 2018 Author Share Posted September 19, 2018 On 6/19/2018 at 6:13 AM, RTNPA said: Anyone from the Southeast applying here? I've applied from South Carolina. You? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missroux Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 On 6/20/2018 at 12:30 PM, aquacamel said: Applying from Georgia! I'm also applying from Georgia! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lindsay727 Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 Anyone applying from Hawaii? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilmems Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 Applying from Texas! Anyone heard back yet? It looks like invites started going out around this time last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkimbe Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 Nothing yet, I doubt that they will start sending invitations on a Friday so I'm betting on next week. So close, yet so far! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyells Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 One of their representatives was at our grad fair yesterday and I asked her when we should be hearing back. She said that they had a record number of applicants and so it’s been taking a little longer to go through all of them, so it might be a little later this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TyDaves Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 Just got an interview invite for Oct. 20th!!! So happy right now. Good luck, friends!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmtpnw Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 5 minutes ago, TyDaves said: Just got an interview invite for Oct. 20th!!! So happy right now. Good luck, friends!! Congrats!! Glad to hear they’re starting to send invites out. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KBPA88 Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 Just got an interview invite for Oct. 20th!!! So happy right now. Good luck, friends!! [emoji106]Congratulations! I remember that was an amazing feeling! If you have any questions at all please feel free to reach out [emoji4] FYI for everyone else: the interview dates this year are October 20th, November 10th and December 1st. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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