Need help and advise... share your wisdom.... pharmacy or business?

Question

I have basically decided on two options in my life.One is to become a pharmacist and the other is to be a business major so I can persue either going to law school or opening my own business.

here is my situation, I am currently in community college and basically hate it because it is so impersonal.I really want to experience the university life.However, if I go the Pharm route I will have to stay at my CC for a long time (3 more years) and then transfer to a graduate school (miss out on my college experience).BUT, pharm is a very financially rewarding job and very secure.
OR
I can go the business route and either become a lawyer or get my MBA.Also, something Ive wanted to do for a while is open up my own business and I know this will prepare me for that. Also, if I go this route ill be able to transfer sooner and even go to a four year college somewhere.BUT it is very financially unstable and that worries me

whats your insight and pls be more specific than 'follow your heart'

Answer 1

Okay listen .. My father, and mother are both pharmacist. Mom gets paid between 450 - 550 a week.

Dad who has a Master's get's paid $800 a week.

They have a pharmacy of their own, and I work there trying to catch on to things. How to treat people, how nice I have to be etc.

All my life I hated pharmacy, I told mom and dad no way, am into theology and animechanics (People who make machine animals like Jaws)

But things changed, I really like their pays. I could work for one week and that's my rent money right there.

SAD to say .. I am now doing my 3rd year in Pharmacology. I STILL HATE it but ummm. The money, and it's wayyy less stressful than being a lawyer.

You Quoted
"... pharm is a very financially rewarding job and very secure..."

That is so true and mom and dad had this pharmacy for 15 years, dad told me the other day we make close to a million a year. GO FIGURE.

I was like noo dad you lying, he say no and he showed me the orders and everything. (That's all I need, I DROPPED everything, DAD know I wasn't inta pharmacy, if he didn't show me that ...)

I doing pharm, my sister doing pharm, all of us doing pharmacy. And all of us hated it, and had own our goals.

Listen DON'T FOLLOW your heart. Follow the MONEY and follow my advise.

PHARMACY my friend.

Answer 2

Are you good at science, specifically chemistry? Usually pharmacy schools are really competitive so coming from a community college, it may be hard to get into one. I would be sure to talk to some pharmacy schools about how they handle credits from a cc.
Business would be the most marketable without any higher education. But you can always plan to go to law school or get a MBA without having a undergrad degree in business.
You can probably arrange a fall schedule that will allow you to take classes from both fields and it wouldn't put you too far behind in either one.

Answer 3

Do both, go to a school with a PharmD/MBA program.
You do understand for you to have a good chance at getting into pharmacy since you went to a CC, you'll have to get bachelors.