Im going into a pharm D. program....i need advice!!!?

Question

whats classes do i need to take. what will help me most in order to be successful. is it stressful?

Answer 1

How old are you? If still in high school, take the most advanced science and math classes you can (do well in them, obviously) and then apply to the PharmD programs that take kids right out of high school. Or, if you're already in college, just take the pharm school prereq classes.

Nothing really prepares you for bio except prior bio classes. Chem needs a good math background. Otherwise, you should be concentrating on getting the best grades you can, not what class might help prepare you.

Yes, pharm school is hard (you don't study to 2am every night, but you do study a lot), but the pharm school pre-req classes actually do a good job of preparing kids for pharm school.

Answer 2

I take it your are in HS . Rest and relax and enjoy life a bit. When you get to college you will be taking lots of Bio chem and chemistry. So Id assume you are doing those now anyhow.

Maturity is the most important thing in pursuing a long term education such as Pharmacology which now days takes near 6 years for that Doctoral in Pharmacy.

Of course its a stressful subject to pursue. And it takes long study nights of 200 Am or more to make it thru the program and there are State exams of Pharm nature you must pass plus the state exam for a license.

The pay nowdays is around $75,000 a year or more.