<p>Here's my situation: I am a 25 year old non-traditional student currently attending a local community college. I had a few credits from dual-enrollment back in high school, took 3 classes over summer semester last year, and am currently in my 2nd full-time semester. I work full-time during the day, so all of my classes thus far have been evening classes. I have approximately 4 hours of time per day that is not spent at work or in class, which severely limits my ability to become involved in ECs. I do have a 4.0 GPA and am a member of Phi Theta Kappa, and I'm currently looking into getting involved in another on-campus organization. </p>
<p>Here's my plan: I'm looking to transfer to Auburn University in Fall 2012 to pursue a Bachelor in Biomedical Sciences/Pre-Pharmacy, then go into their Pharm.D program afterward. </p>
<p>What are my chances of getting into their Pharmacy program? I realize that ECs and experience play a big role, and luckily once I get to Auburn, I will be a daytime student and capable of becoming more involved in the campus activities and such. With only two years there, will that be enough? What can I do now to improve my chances of getting accepted into the Pharm.D program?</p>
<p>I don’t personally know much about Auburn, as it’s not in my area however, I do know a few things about transfer students in general. Under general circumstances a transfer student ideally has 28 or more transferable credits at the time of application. Most schools ask for a minimum transfer GPA of a 2.5 but it’s certainly better to exceed that. Again,this is just from what I gathered looking around, it’s definitely not for every school. In that case though, your GPA is just fine for admission to a lot of schools. A few schools may require high schools transcripts but, the majority of schools I’ve applied to don’t ask for them, or my standardized test scores after a certain number of credits are completed.</p>
<p>If you haven’t seen this [Pharm.D</a>. Program](<a href=“http://pharmacy.auburn.edu/prospective_students/professional_degree/two_year_equivalents.htm]Pharm.D”>http://pharmacy.auburn.edu/prospective_students/professional_degree/two_year_equivalents.htm) I would suggest you take a look. Students generally have a better chance if the required classes are completed before transfer. Honestly though, I think given your GPA,even the lack of EC’s won’t hurt you too much. </p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>I think you should be fine. Keeping your GPA up is the most important thing. Your job will technically count as an EC anyway.</p>