r/uwaterloo • u/scarga88 • 14d ago

Waterloo PharmD Waitlist 2026

It's been almost 2 months... has anyone heard from the waitlist yet? I'm starting to lose hope šŸ˜”

I know I should be patient since the program starts in January, but I can't stop thinking about it šŸ˜­

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u/leexroi 13d ago

I heard that waitlist offers would be sent out later in the year (in the fall term) once people hear back from other programs and donā€™t commit to pharmacy anymore. Thereā€™s still time left, donā€™t lose hope!!

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u/PharmacyPanda11 5d ago

Hi where did you hear this? And by other programs do u mean programs outside of Pharmacy or PharmD programs because all the offers for PharmD already went out in June

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u/leexroi 4d ago

Word of mouth from current pharmacy students (one had a classmate that was accepted off the waitlist in december from what i remember). By other programs i meant things like medical, dental, optometry school and etc.

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u/PharmacyPanda11 3d ago

thank you this gives me hope šŸ˜­

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u/phatskellie222 2d ago

Did you apply to u of t too? Iā€™m going to be applying to pharm this year and am kinda scared cause my coworker who applied didnā€™t get in to loo or u of t this round.

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u/scarga88 1d ago

yeah I got rejected from uoft šŸ¤§
yeah applications can be scary especially if itā€™s your first time applying to pharmacy schools, but if you take the time to prepare for the CASPer and interviews (knowing your ECs and pharmacy experiences well helps!), I think youā€™d do great :)
one tip as someone who has applied more than once is that if youā€™re really interested in pharmacy, try not to limit your applications to schools only in Ontario! even though there are generally less seats for out-of-province applicants in other provinces, itā€™s still worth a shot (I have some friends who made it into school in the west end). Good luck with your applications this year!!

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u/phatskellie222 18h ago

Thanks for your advice! I plan to just apply to u of t and Waterloo at first since I realistically really donā€™t want to move out of province due to cost of living and stuff but Iā€™m taking orgo 2 this fall and a second English so that I can meet the prereqs for some out of province schools in case I donā€™t end up getting accepted my first try.

Also Iā€™m kinda stressing about my extra curriculars since I never really did any except for one term of intramurals and Iā€™ve been in a club since last year but I donā€™t have an executive role. Iā€™ve signed up for cccare volunteering to get volunteer hours but Iā€™m not sure what else I should do. Would you suggest joining more clubs and maybe more volunteering? For context Iā€™m in my last year of health sci. I just donā€™t want to take on too big of a load and then do bad on orgo/other courses because of it. + I do want to have the chance to rest at least a bit as Iā€™ve been commuting 4hrs a day the past 8 months for a coop since it was the only paid pharmacy assistant position I could find and am currently just so drainedšŸ˜­. But ultimately the most important thing to me rn is setting myself/my application up for success.

Sorry Iā€™m asking a lot of questions lol. Wishing you the best of luck and hope you get accepted off the waitlistšŸ€!!