SO CONFUSED AND STRESSED about Schools and Choices on PharmD and MBA! PLEASE HELP!? #2?

Question

I asked this question but my wording and all was really bad lol plus it was too long so here it is more understandable and shorter version lol PLEASE ANSWER!

*Question 1 - If I decide to do Pre Pharmacy in my home-city… Do you know any 4 year Professional Pharmacy School in the Northeast?

*Question 2 - If I do Pre Pharmacy in my home-city...Do you any 4 year Professional Pharmacy School that offers a joint dual degree in Pharm.D/MBA Master of Business Administration in the Northeast?

*Question 3 – If I don’t do Pre Pharmacy…Do you know any 0-6 Pharmacy Schools in the Northeast?

*Question 4 - If I don’t do Pre Pharmacy… Do you know any School that offers 0-6 Pharmacy.D/Masters in Business Administration Program Joint Dual Degree in the Northeast?

Northeast as in the US and I don’t mind what state but I prefer bigger cities but list any schools that you know of.

Thanks for your help! (Sorry about all the (Pharmacy) questions)

(For question 1 - I only found one… Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Science)

(For question 3 - I only found U of Maryland)

(Do you know any more?...Please Help Me find more so I have choices)

Opps I mean for question 4 I found U of Maryland

Answer 1

Okay, first PLEASE take a deep breath. :) There are a lot of places where you can look to find out this information. There is also plenty of time to work on finding out what you need to know. You don't have to make this decision by the end of the week. Okay, with that said, let's get down to business...

You probably want to start by looking for schools that offer the Pharm D program. Many of the those schools are likely to offer MBA programs. There are probably very few or no schools that offer an already put together joint program with those two specific areas (though I may be wrong about that). Most universities are willing to work with you and allow you to do the course work that you want as long as you've demonstrated that you can handle it. Once you have a list of schools that offer both degree programs, call their admissions office and/or registrar and ask about the possibility of doing both programs at the same time. If you find that most of the schools you contact strongly warn against doing the two programs at once, think twice. They know better than you do (at this point) what is required of students in each of the programs. If they think it's going to be too much for most students to handle, they might be right. On the other hand, if just a few think it will be tough, give it serious thought and decide if you are the kind of person who can handle that kind of pressure. If not, you can always do one program and then the other. (Hey, once you've got a couple of student loans, what's one more?)

Okay, now go to www.petersons.com. This is a very reputable web site that will help you narrow down what schools you are looking for. Don't just run through the search once, search several times with different variables. I did a quick search and came up with the following schools for Pharm D in the greater northeast region (from Wash, DC to Ohio to Maine):
Northeastern University
The Ohio State University
Shenandoah University
Albany College of Pharmacy of Union University
Duquesne University
Howard University
Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
Ohio Northern University
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick/Piscataway
St. John's University
State University of New York at Buffalo
Temple University
University of Cincinnati
University of Connecticut
University of Maryland
University of Pittsburgh
University of Rhode Island
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia
The University of Toledo
Virginia Commonwealth University
West Virginia University
Wilkes University

I know that UConn definitely offers an MBA program. And from many visits to Storrs, CT I can vouch for it being a beautiful and homey area to live in and for the good reputation of the school. Other than that, I can't say I have any particularly personal experience with any of the other schools other than their general reputations.

So, take that list (and come up with your own too) and find MBA programs that coincide and then you have the list of schools to choose from.

If you are looking for some specific advice about which programs are the best, try asking if there are alumni you can talk to from the schools you are considering. Also, talk to your local pharmacists. They will probably be thrilled to talk to someone entering the field and happy to help you out. Even if you plan to go into the drug research part of the field, your local pharmacists are a good source of information. Approach them at a time when they aren't busy and ask if they have time to answer a couple of questions for you. If they say they are too busy, ask if there's a better time for you to come back. Make sure you've prepared some questions ahead of time so you don't waste their time trying to think of something on the spot.

Hope that helps you out a little. I wish you the best of luck...sounds like you have a lot of hard work ahead of you!

Answer 2

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