im goin to ut-dallas for undergrad and hopefully utaustin for pharm school i heard u only need 2 yrs of undergrad to go to college so wud it be good idea to leave college since i obviously cant get b.s. degree in 2 yrs. and when is a good time to take pcat?
2007-07-05 13:56:03 · 2 answers · asked by asr569 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
You need to look into this much more carefully. Some pharm schools require only two years of prepharm PROVIDED! that you take all the required prerequisite courses and do very well in them (as in, get A's). That would be chemistry, organic chem, biochem, physics with calculus, bio, etc.
But many schools now require a BS before you enter pharm studies. And you need to take the PCAT which requires a good knowledge of chem, organic chem and bio.
Before you do anything more, go to the website of the Association of American Colleges of Pharmacy AACP. They have links to the websites of every accredited American pharm school. You can read through the admissions standards for all the schools you are interested in.
Admission to pharm school these days is very competitive. A recent article in our local paper said that the prepharm kids in our state university had higher GPAs than the premeds, and that there were over 1000 applications for 90 seats in the College of Pharmacy.
Pharmacy is a great career. Good luck in your future plans!
2007-07-05 14:11:37 · answer #1 · answered by matt 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some schools require you take the MCAT. Generally you go into the pharm program after two years of general ed that is very heavy on the sciences.
2007-07-05 21:15:21 · answer #2 · answered by professorc 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋