Hello, I have been searching online for 2 hours now and not finding a solid answer.
Please please help!
Difference between 2+4 and 0-6 programs?
List of 2+4 pharmacy programs in California?
List of 0-6 pharmacy programs in California?
List of 3+3 pharmacy programs in California?
Does UCSD only have a pharmacy school for graduates?
I am so confused as to what the differences are, what colleges require a bachelors degree to get into a pharmacy school, and if you know the answers to any of these questions, you are saving my life. I really would appreciate anyone’s help, Thank you!
0-6 pharmacy schools admit you directly as a freshman and take you through all six years of school without you having to take the PCAT (Pharmacy College Admission Test) It's an early assurance that basically guarantees you in the professional school. Each school has its own caveats to the situation (maintaining a certain GPA, graduating with certain credits etc.) 2+4 programs are different. The first two years are your typical pre-professional years where you complete the necessary pre-reqs in the first two years and, in your sophomore year, then apply formally to pharmacy school. You will have to take the PCAT, prepare your app, and basically compete against other people. This would usually happen after you complete the third semester similar to high school/applying for college. (Prep in the winter/spring for the fall)
~ California North State University will accept you if you are coming off a 2+4 program (it offers P1, P2, P3, and P4)
~ Keck Graduate Institute also has a 4 year program. This place definitely wants a completed bachelors degree so make sure you're in an accelerated/2+4 program that will give you that dual degree option. Doesn't require PCAT.
~Loma Linda has a four year program. Keep in mind LLU is associated with the Seventh Day Adventist Church aka Mormons so religion has a heavy weight on the admissions process and the curriculum.
~UC San Diego has a four year program for graduate students AND a 7 year dual degree program for incoming freshmen (see #5)
~ Touro University of California calls its program a 2+2 but it's really a 4 year program for grad students that have already gained bachelors' degrees. Touro also has a dual degree so you can get your Masters in Public Health. I never personally found Public Health to be an influential major but it's good if you want a broad range of career choices.
~ UC San Francisco is four years.
~ University of the Pacific is four years. They like to call themselves 8 semesters. UPacific also has dual degrees for an MBA (Business) and a Masters of Public Health (MPH)
~ USC truly gives you the best option when it comes to dual degrees. They do require a bachelors degree but they offer you dual degrees in JD (Juris Doctor -- law), PhD (doctor of philosophy), MBA, MPH, an MS (Masters of Science) in Regulatory Science, MS in Gerontology, MS in Global Medicine, certificate in Gerontology, and an MS in Healthcare Decision Analysis.
~ West Coast University has a four year program. It's a new school though...they just seated their first class in 2014.
~ Western University of Health Sciences has a four year program.
~ California University of Health Sciences is a four year program too. They require a bachelors.
Please make sure to double check the requirements with each individual school! I’m just giving an overview.
I'm pretty sure California doesn't do 0-6 programs. I could be wrong. I always heard that on the East Coast it takes 6 years and the West Coast, it takes 7-8 years. The basic trend, if you noticed in number 2, is that all of the CA pharmacy programs do NOT directly admit you from high school.
There are no 3+3 programs. If you really want a 6 year program, you should think about coming to the East Coast. There are many direct entry programs from high school (Rutgers New Brunswick is one) where you can complete a PharmD and possibly another degree in 6 years.
http://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/prospective/programs.shtml UCSD has both a 4 year program for grads and a 3+4 (seven year program) for incoming freshmen. The 3+4 will give you the three necessary, required years for a B.S. in Chemistry and then the next four years are the same program as the UCSD for grad students.
For all of this, a bachelors degree is HIGHLY recommended but not required. However, you should definitely enroll in a program that can get you that bachelors so you can have a competitive edge. You can find all this if you grind down and do loads of research on each individual school’s website, hit up Wikipedia, and go straight to PharmCAS or( something similarly accredited) to find out a list of member schools.
I’m a high school senior who is mainly interested in Pharmacy, so that’s how I was able to determine the answers to your questions. Hope I helped you out and I wish you the best of luck as you continue to research!
I’m a sophomore in high school in NJ and was wondering what my chances are for Rutgers and university of the sciences 0-6 programs.
I was also curious if senior year counts with what classes I’m taking because I will take a good amount of AP classes that year as well as physics reg, which Rutgers recommends to take. I want to make sure they look at senior year too since I’ll take many science AP classes that year.
-Freshmen: Hon alg 2, Hon eng, spanish 2 reg, Bio hon
GPA: 4.0(most u can get in my school is this) and weighted: 5.75/6.0
-Sophomore: Hon precalc, spanish 3 hon, hon eng 2, hon chem, history 1 reg
Getting good A’s so far so most prob will be: GPA: 4.0 and weighted: 5.8/6.0
-Junior classes: Hon spanish 4, AP ENG, AP Calc 1, history 2 reg, AP bio
-Senior classes: AP spanish 5(maybe), AP Calc 2, phsyics reg, AP chem, AP eng, AP world cultures
Also, I’ll be taking the new 1600 pt SAT, and was wondering about what score will be needed for admission to rutgers and USP. I have very smart kids in HS so is class rank very important?
Is the ACT and SAT 2’s a must or not really because I was planning on only taking the SAT’S.
I did and they’re really broad. They unfortunately don’t provide any specific stats/ information at all I wish I knew someone that did the 0+6 pharmacy program to refer to.
Most schools don’t require SAT subject tests. If they do it will say somewhere. Most want 4 years of same language, math, English, science, social studies. 3 different sciences, bio, chem, physics.
Thanks so much! Hopefully it won’t matter if I dont take physics until senior year since im supposed to apply the beginning of senior year… Im still debating if it will be a big deal if i dont take AP physics since ill take ap chem, ap bio, chem hon, and bio hon
check out this page for ‘self reported academic record’
seems like you can report your grades there? And after you apply in October maybe you can add your first quarter senior courses and grades in there when they are available?
If you are looking for a guaranteed freshman entry 0-6 accelerated PharmD program, check out the following schools (I am not sure which of them other than Northeastern includes a bachelor’s degree as part of their program) :
Florida A & M University
Massachusetts - Boston
Northeastern University
Ohio Northern University
Rutgers University
St. John’s University
St. Louis College of Pharmacy
University of Findlay
University of Rhode Island
University of the Sciences
DS graduated from Northeastern 0-6 with a BS in 2012 and PharnD in 2013.
@TheDidactic is definitely right – getting a bachelors degree as part of the 0-6 program is very important, especially later if you apply for an MBA or other graduate program outside of pharmacy. Students at Northeastern go three semesters per year (except for the summer between their freshman and sophomore year) to get all the requirements for both degrees. Many complete a minor as well as the BS degree.
Besides Northeastern, I’m not sure how many of those 0-6 schools include a bachelor’s degree with the program. Rutgers and USciences, correct me if I’m wrong, accept you from high school for you to only earn your PharmD. Rutgers offers instead dual degrees where you can earn a MPH or MBA alongside with the PharmD. Again, I’m not completely sure. However, getting that bachelors’ degree is important if you desire a fallback.
I wish I knew someone that did the 0+6 pharmacy program to refer to.