Hi. First I want to say that I love your site and ideas. With that in mind, I hope you can give me sound advice.
I'm a fifth year pharmacy student in New York with three more semesters left (2010) and I want to know if I should be starting to study for Naplex/MPJE at this time. I bought a book called Appleton & Lange's review of pharmacy but its 2001 edition and I haven't touched it yet.
· Which is the more important exam, Naplex or MPJE?
· What did you and your classmates study from when you took the Naplex/MPJE?
· When did you start to study for Naplex/MPJE?
· Is live prep. Courses like Kaplan good for Naplex/ MPJE review?
· How many times can I retake Naplex/MPJE?
· Am I within a set timeframe to take these exams?
· Are there different MPJE’s for different states? If so, which states have ‘easy’ MPJE’s?
· Is it true that you can retake the MPJE the next day or even the same day if you fail?
Regarding state selection, is it easier if I get licensed in New Jersey than New York? I heard that the compounding exam is really hard in New York and I only worked in retail for a year and a half at CVS. The only compounding experience I have was in school back in fourth year. Would it be better to take New Jersey MPJE and reciprocate back to New York?
Regarding miscellaneous options,
· Are there states that will license RPh’s that have below 75 in Naplex or accept Naplex without MPJE? If so, which states and are there any special conditions (work in state for X years, take specific pharmacy courses after licensure, etc).Dear Letter Writer,
· Regarding California's licensure exam, is it easier than Naplex/MPJE?
· Can I use California's results to reciprocate back to New York if I pass it?
· I’m a US citizen and want to know if I need to take the FPGEC as well?
· Are there special licensure situations that require me to take all three Naplex, MPJE, and FPGEC?
What the hell are you talking about? I have a feeling this FPGEC of which you speak is some sort of English proficiency test. I also have a feeling, based on my day to day work experience, it must be very easy to pass.
MPJE? If I knew what the fuck that was I might be able to answer some questions about it. I bet Google knows what it is, but like you evidently, I don't really feel like looking up stuff about the MPJE on the Google right now. My future doesn't depend on knowing what the MPJE is though. Just sayin'
You seem to be forgetting letter writer, I'm old. Not old enough to have had to have taken a compounding test though. What the hell is up with that? When I took the NABPLEX, administering it was an event. You showed up at the same time in the same place with everyone else taking it and you took it using a pencil and paper. You were not allowed to use a calculator. I shit you not. The day I took the NABPLEX I spent a good 10 minutes trying to remember how to do long division involving decimal points by hand.
By the way, The NABPLEX was given in a building that contained the Ohio Agricultural Hall Of Fame. Had I not seen it with my own eyes, I never would have believed someone took the time and effort to create an Ohio Agricultural Hall Of Fame.
Eight years later I took California's exam, which was harder because it was geared towards PharmD's at a time when the rest of the country was still giving out BSPharms. There was an essay part, and I will never, ever forget that I missed a question about administering Plan B. I will never forget it because I had been a practicing pharmacist for eight years, and I had DISPENSED the fucking Plan B probably dozens of times in the last year and I still flubbed the question. Brain farts happen to the best of us my friend.
All in all though, this Bachelor Of Science degree holder kicked the California test's ass. Scored a 92 on the multiple choice and an 87 on the essay. If you're a *cough cough* Doctor (snicker snicker) of Pharmacy and scored less, you pretty much wasted a year of your life and a few thousand in tuition money. There's also a good chance you do the exact same things during the workday that I do. Ha ha.
Anyway Letter Writer, what I'm saying is that very little of what I went through would apply to you now. I'm sure a few alert readers, or um, Google, the company that built its empire on making the world's information easily accessible, will be able to help you out though.
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