I want to become a pharmacist with the 2 + 4 program do I have to choose a school with a prepharmacy program?

Question

I want to go to one school for 2 years then transfer to a college of pharmacy. thanks in advance

Answer 1

You need to carefully check the requirements for the exact schools you are interest in. Some schools will accept kids right out of high school - the kids attend 2 years of regular college and do all their pre reqs but then they are automatically entered in the pharm college if they didnt screw up in the prereq courses. Other schools you go two years and then have to apply competitively to admission to pharmacy. Other schools mainly take kids who have completed a BS or BA with all the right prereqs. Some schools require the PCAT and others dont.

So, you have to check each school individually to see what they want. There is a big difference in tuition, too. Pharmacy school rankings don't mean much -- everyone who graduates has to take the licensing exam, so they teach pretty much the same thing in all the pharm colleges... and every graduate of every pharm school inthe USA gets the Doctor of Pharmacy degree now, so pick the school that fits you best.

Good luck - you have a lot of work ahead of you but the rewards are great!

Answer 2

GOOD luck on the 2+4 I'm a Pharm major too (in college) and it will take 4 years for me to get the GE out of the way. Every pharm school will tell you that it will take 2-3 years (mainly 3) the majority of the time and on average take 4 years.

In College You will need to complete
1 year Each of
General Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
Biology
Physics
Calculus and
English Comp

1 Course in
Economics
Mammal Physiology
Public Speaking and
either Sociology, Anthropology or Psychology

Mind you these are the bare minimum to EVEN be considered for pharm school. This is just a heads up to know that your going to be in some heavy course loads to complete ALL this in just 2 years. Good luck with everything and what ever you do decide.

If you go to a university that has a pharmacy school attached to it the transition will be much smoother. One such school is the University of the Pacific in Stockton. I have my eyes set on UCSF which is a graduate school.

Answer 3

on the same time as some people get a bachelors degree than graduate college, yet you may end in 6 years. many colleges in simple terms require which you end the prereqs required to circulate into the graduate software and a friends degree might artwork