<p>Guys, i want to transfer to UT my junior year to pursue pharmacy.U know-the 0-6 thing. I was wondering if Austin allows transfer applicants to complete the pre pharmacy requirements at another university and then just transfer into the professional pharmacy program.</p>
<p>well, from what i understand, getting into professional pharmacy school is hard enough, especially UT's pharm school. here are admission stats for 2005...</p>
<p>as you can see, not every UT prepharm student gets into UT's pharm school; in fact, the percentile is pretty low (calculate it yourself). its getting a lot more competitive these days. in fact, so much so that most students are now getting 4 year bachelors degrees before applying to pharm school instead of going the 2year--->4year route, as it seems this sort of route is being discouraged nowadays. in fact, if you look back at the stats, you'll notice that a lot of the applicants had BS degrees in chemistry, biochemistry, etc.</p>
<p>and pharmD school is a professional/graduate school, so i would assume one cant "transfer" in as an undergraduate.</p>
<p>im not in college yet, but this is what i have researched/figured out so far, so im not exactly in expert on this stuff, but i think my advice is sufficient (i hope ;))</p>
<p>actually, there are schools that have 0-6 program(13 of them in the country) where you get admitted to the oharmacy program right out of high school.So you dont even have to "apply" to enter the professional program after you have completed the pre-pharm requirements. You just start scheduling the pharmacy courses. Most of the schools that do this allow transfer students who have completed prepharm requirements at another university to get into the professional program.Of course transfers have to apply to the school unlike students who are acepted straight out of high school.i know its extremely competitive but i figure its worth a try?I would be really ****ed though if i spent time writing essays and taking PCATS and ish and then got rejected from all the schools i apply to.Texas' tuition for pharmacy is outrageous.And im out of state(pennsylvania) So i probably wont apply there at all.im thinking of instate schools like pittsburgh but its a no name school. </p>
<p>Im so torn right now.I dont know if i should just complete my chem E degree(im at penn state) and then do 4 years pharmD or just try and get the pharmD done in 6 years and get an extremely lucrative job that would help me pay off my student loans as quickly as possible.</p>
<p>Basically im not sure if i would save more money by completing my undergrad chemE degree and then doing pharmD grad school rtaher than doing the 0-6 at a top notch school.</p>
<p>yeah, those would be those "guaranteed" programs. i was also thinking about doing pharmD. however, unfortunately, this idea of mine came after i finished applying to all my schools. bahh. so if i do decide doing prepharm, guess i will have to do it the hard way or transfer in somehow, if thats even possible.</p>
<p>i do know however, that ut's 6 yr program isnt necessarily guaranteed, as shown by their stats, which is why i didnt apply to the pharm program as my undergraduate "major" (well, not really, but it was an undergraduate option). sorry to hijack the thread, but want to give me some advice on prepharm? lol. is it required to have a high gpa, liked premedicine? PCATS hard? the journey hard?
[EDIT] actually, is UT's 6 yr program auto or not? im somewhat confused on this matter now, and have looked at their site and UT's course catalog and it doesnt explicitly say that it is guaranteed admission to the 4 yr pharmD school. yet on the other hand, they call it a 6 year program, but is it a guaranteed six year program?</p>
<p>and just my two cents, maybe you should take a semester off to write essays and study/take PCATS. if you mess up, go back to school and finish your degree. so that at least for a semester, you can focus on at least trying to get into pharm school w/o having to worry about school and paying for tuition as well. although, i dont know how this might affect the continuation of your studies if you do end up resuming them. another thing is, if you're only going to practice, doesnt it really not matter what pharmD school you end up going to? i figured it matters more if you're going into research, which in that case, UT pharm school is a good choice.</p>
<p>in the end, both options are risky, because they both dont guarantee you a route to pharmD school...transfering into UT sounds tough, and trying to pharm school even after 4 years sounds tough.</p>
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Yeah, those would be those "guaranteed" programs. i was also thinking about doing pharmD. however, unfortunately, this idea of mine came after i finished applying to all my schools. bahh. so if i do decide doing prepharm, guess i will have to do it the hard way or transfer in somehow, if thats even possible.
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<p>I dont think its "unfortunate" that you thought of pursuing pharmacy AFTER you applied to schools.I mean you would have gone through he ll if you got into one of these 0-6 programs and then later decided that pharmacy wasn't for you.</p>
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i do know however, that ut's 6 yr program isnt necessarily guaranteed, as shown by their stats, which is why i didnt apply to the pharm program as my undergraduate "major" (well, not really, but it was an undergraduate option). sorry to hijack the thread, but want to give me some advice on prepharm? lol. is it required to have a high gpa, liked premedicine? PCATS hard? the journey hard?
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<p>Im just as new to all this as you lol.Just started considering pharmacy less than 2 days ago lol.The PCAT looks pretty doable from what i've seen so far.what do you think?</p>
<p>I mean i havn't taken organic chem yet but the math and chem portion seem pretty easy.</p>
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actually, is UT's 6 yr program auto or not? im somewhat confused on this matter now, and have looked at their site and UT's course catalog and it doesnt explicitly say that it is guaranteed admission to the 4 yr pharmD school. yet on the other hand, they call it a 6 year program, but is it a guaranteed six year program?
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<p>I'm not even sure anymore.I'll do some hardcore research tomorrow.</p>
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and just my two cents, maybe you should take a semester off to write essays and study/take PCATS. if you mess up, go back to school and finish your degree. so that at least for a semester, you can focus on at least trying to get into pharm school w/o having to worry about school and paying for tuition as well. although, i dont know how this might affect the continuation of your studies if you do end up resuming them. another thing is, if you're only going to practice, doesnt it really not matter what pharmD school you end up going to? i figured it matters more if you're going into research, which in that case, UT pharm school is a good choice.</p>
<p>in the end, both options are risky, because they both dont guarantee you a route to pharmD school...transfering into UT sounds tough, and trying to pharm school even after 4 years sounds tough.
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<p>Taking a semester off is a huge risk.If i do so and dont end up getting rejected by the schools i want to go to,then it would take me an extra year to complete my undergrad chemE degree because MOST of the courses are offered exclusively in the spring or summer.</p>
<p>i think its SAFEST to get my chem E undergrad degree and then try for pharm school.if i dont get in,i'll start looking for a chem E job.</p>
<p>That 100K pharmacist salary sounds pretty fu cking good though. But the job seems like SUCH a boring job.I'm wondering if i would regret taking that path instead of obtaining the chem E degree(also good-but now as lucrative as working as a pharmcist).WOW..we really need to do some research.</p>
<p>on the other hand, pharamcists make almost twice the salary and seem to have more off-time. boring as a pharmacy job may seem to be (chemE doesnt sound too fun either), at least you have more free time to do what you'd like to do with the money you earn.</p>
<p>good luck. i need it too, lol.</p>