2007-06-10 16:00:10 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
You can get more info about pharmacy by checking the website of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. Google AACP. They have a link to every accredited school of pharmacy in the US.
Pharmacy is a tough four year program. You earn a Doctor of Pharmacy degree and then take a difficult national or state licensing exam. The pay for pharmacists is quite high - about $90k to start, so it is no surprise that the admissions to pharmacy school is very competitive and only very good students are admitted.
Some pharmacy schools will admit students after two years of college if the students have VERY good marks and have taken all of the tough prerequisite courses (organic chem, biochem, etc) but many schools now prefer that you have a BS or BA degree and have done well on the difficult PCAT exams (similar to MCATs and GMATs)
Check the AACP site and go through the website of your local pharm schools and you will get all the details.
Good luck!
2007-06-11 01:25:34 · answer #1 · answered by matt 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get an undergraduate degree in something like Biology, Chemistry, or Bio-chem, and then go to Pharmacy school--it is a 3 yr. post-graduate school sort of like med school or vet school or law school. There is a lot of competition, so check look for a school that you would like to attend and make sure you take all the required courses as an undergraduate and keep your grades up. Also, you may want to check salaries before you make that decision--pharmacists are not nearly as highly paid as other professionals with the same level of education, and entry jobs often involve odd hours and weekends.
2007-06-10 16:24:52 · answer #2 · answered by kk 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
First you need to get good grades in math and science. Then apply to a college that has a pharmacy program. Do your under-grad work in one of the sciences like Biology. Take the p-cats and apply to pharmacy school.
2007-06-10 19:11:09 · answer #3 · answered by PharmNerd 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is just like being a doctor
you go to college then to school again for another four years
or you can go to special schools that allow you to go to pharmacy school straight from high school like albany college of pharmacy in new york
2007-06-10 16:10:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
They have a school for this and you get a state certificate to do this work.
2007-06-10 16:08:25 · answer #5 · answered by roy40371 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you need to study your rear end off in undergrand because they only accept the cream of the crop to pharamacy school
2007-06-10 16:26:54 · answer #6 · answered by Christina F 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to school
2007-06-10 16:03:01 · answer #7 · answered by butch a 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋