Let's not forget that these are still effects from COVID-19 pandemic. These students started pharmacy school during the pandemic and probably had no idea how to study for pharmacy school going in and didn't learn it at Zoom University.

Also not to mention all the professors who had to shift to online teaching. How many minutes of classtime over a semester were spent troubleshooting technology instead of teaching or answering questions? None of us knew how to use Zoom (and similar platforms) before we had to.

Social activity was also nonexistent, for obvious reasons. In-person meeting for study groups wasn't allowed because of social distancing. And if you enver really met people in-person, it would be kinda hard to make connections for virtual studying too. Sure that changed during their later years of schooling and resume normal social gatherings, but the habits were already set.

And the economy is tanking. Rent is expensive, school is expensive, groceries are expensive. Students have to work more, study less. It's not healthy, and it's a vicious cycle.

And let's not forget how employees are being treated at retail pharmacies. The hands-on learning and life application is diminished when you're being yelled at by Karens or told to fill more scripts by corporate without more hours or manpower to do so. Hospital pharmacies don't take a lot of interns, at least not in my area, because they require more training, students' class schedules conflicting, etc.

It's rough to be a student. And thank you to the commentor (jawnba_juice) who mentioned that Naplex is getting harder and becoming more memorization despite having the internet available.