Community College?

Question

I want to go to a community college to complete my two years of pharmacy pre-requisites. The problem is before you can apply most community colleges want you to pick a major or degree program. If I am using all of my time on pre-requisite classes how would i have time for a major. Or, what should I major in or get a degree in?

Answer 1

chances of getting into pharmacy school as a community college student are extremely low. You'll have to have a GPA of at least 3.9 and PCAT of 85-90. Most pharmacy schools have a bias against community colleges. In my class of 162, only 2 were pure community college students.

Answer 2

At most community (or four-year colleges), you have a choice of "undeclared" or "undecided" as a major. Even if your college does require the choice of a major, you can choose something in the science area which would have the same prerequisites as the Pharmacy degree you want. Realize that most students have to take almost half their coursework as general education classes, but your major may require a certain set of options within general education. For example, if you are pre-pharmacy or pre-med, you need more (and possibly different) science classes than you would if you were, say, a dance major.

Answer 3

You can always declare your major as "Undecided" or "Undeclared" until you get that sorted out. I'm in community college now, my major is undeclared & I've gotten into Baylor University with an undeclared major. I guess I'm not really understanding your question. If your going into pharmacy, you'd be a pre-pharm major I believe.

Answer 4

You don't have to choose a major. There is an option under majors called "Undecided." When one doesn't want to commit to a particular major or, in my case, when the school does not recognize your major, one claims this.