<p>kiwifest- I don’t think you should feel bad, if Rutgers accepts you for Pharmacy, I’m sure they would accept you for CAS as well, at least that is what I have heard and perceived. You just need to indicate your choice on your reply form for which college you are attending at Rutgers.</p>
<p>if you got accepted in pharmacy and not cas, i would be very surprised.</p>
<p>Hi, I’m only a high school sophomore, but I’ve already decided that I’d like to study for a PharmD. So, what courses do you recommend I should take? I’m already going into AP Chem and Physics next year, but should I also do AP Bio senior year? And, I’ve researched a bit about Rutgers, and heard all variations of opinions. Is it a good school?</p>
<p>From what I’ve read, the advice I would give is:
- Look at the courses you would need to take at Rutgers Pharm, and take the highest level of those courses at your high school. If you do well in those (B+ or better) you will probably handle the course work easily, but keep in mind
- Rutgers admissions is mainly scores/grades driven; I don’t think they care that much that you took 5 AP’s every year, just that you had a high-level course load. However, if took all those AP’s but mainly got B’s, it would probably hurt your chances that having more A’s on your report card.
- Yes, “I’m only a high school sophomore”; in high school may be your only chance to branch out and sample other fields of study, as once you start towards the PharmD, your electives are limited. Take classes like psychology, economics, etc - who knows, those fields may interest you more.
- See if you can get a part time job in a drug store, or a health field where you are exposed to the use of drugs, or a summer program where you can do research, if that is your path. It may give you a better idea if the career is for you. But don’t worry even if you do go, almost all of your first two years of coursework could be applied to other related 4-year degrees.</p>
<p>Finally, the opinion that I’ve heard most is that Rutgers is what you make it (take the bus tour). You will have to find/get what you want. Don’t expect to be able to go with the flow and end up somewhere - other colleges hold hands much better.</p>
<p>is it possible to apply to a dental/med school after completing 4 years (only 2 years of professional years) at rutgers pharm?</p>
<p>Professional credits do not count towards a bachelors. Thus if you quit after your fourth year, you would only have 70-80 credits and would not get a bachelors. The 70ish professional credits would be entirely useless. </p>
<p>You do not have a bs. you will not get into med school.</p>
<p>do the pharmacy students enjoy rutgers? would most of the students recommend rutgers to hs students who want to go to a pharmacy school? </p>
<p>also…is the information session on rutgers pharm beneficial!? :o</p>
<p>and… how important is the placement test in may? (if you do poorly on the math section, would you not be able to take calculus the first yr?)</p>
<p>sorry for asking so many questions! 
i’m planning on going to rutgers pharm this fall, but idk anyone who goes there so… </p>
<p>THANKS!!</p>
<p>thanks for the help, gmccr 
. One more question. I’ve heard that there is an optional test you can take before entering Rutgers, but does it help your chances of getting in if you do well?</p>
<p>It depends on what u mean by “enjoy”. If u mean enjoy the classes then that depends on what u conceive how difficult the classes to be and how much effort u put into them.</p>
<p>But if u mean by social life, then i think u can enjoy that. Making friends is not that hard and you prob have to rely on a group of ppl to help u through pharm school.</p>
<p>All in all imo, pharm school has been pretty enjoyable so far, but as what other ppl said before it all depends on what u make of it.</p>
<p>Cherryfilter: Whether you enjoy RU or not is up to you/what you make of it. I know some pharmacy students who love it, some who are okay with it, and some who aren’t very enthusiastic at all. I would recommend RU Pharmacy as being a good school though. I’m a shy person and had a slow start because I didn’t have many friends, but things definitely improved by second semester of my freshman year. </p>
<p>I never went to the info session, so I wouldn’t know about that. It didn’t seem to be that essential though. </p>
<p>There are people who have had to take precalculus because they did not do well enough on the math placement test (very few, though – I’ve only heard of 1 or 2 cases). The test wasn’t difficult. One part was simple computation while the other part was algebra and basic trig (all you had to know was sin/cos/tan). </p>
<p>Don’t worry about not knowing any other upperclassmen. You can message me any questions you have, if you’d like. The pharmacy upperclassmen tend to be super helpful too. There is a Big Brother/Big Sister program where the freshmen are paired up with upperclassmen mentors, so that’s another resource you’ll have if you enroll.</p>
<p>I decided to contact the school and ask them how many apps they receive versus how many they accept. This is their response:</p>
<p>“Last year we received approximately 3600 high school applications and we had spots for 225.”</p>
<p>I assume this means that they ‘want’ 225 people to enroll, but they must accept more than this because not everyone would accept. Just curious what you guys think about this. For those of you in the school, do you know about how many pharmacy students are in your class? Is it about that number? Cause I have a hard time believing they only accept 225 applications. That would be ridiculous.</p>
<p>225 to enroll.</p>
<p>At the pharmacy information session in November, they said that they accepted approximately 800 applicants last year.</p>
<p>well 225 is pretty reasonable number for a graduating pharmacy class.</p>
<p>My year there is a little over 230 ppl and the dean said that number was a little higher than previous classes.</p>
<p>Do many students in pharmD do the honors program? It looks like a lot of work, but a lot of excellent opportunities and experience. I was also considering doing the dual MBA but I guess doing both would be too much to handle :/</p>
<p>@gmccr39</p>
<p>I think that you’re pretty spot on except for “getting a B+ in hard HS classes” means you’ll have no problem with pharmacy courses. IMO, AP courses are no comparison for pharmacy school courses, or even classes like orgo, which is a royal pain.</p>
<p>And @ zheng’s comment, I just want to clarify that the # of 3rd year/P1 students is AFTER 60+ transfers replace everyone who dropped/changed majors.</p>
<p>I got into Rutgers Pharm but i want to be a doctor. Is it a good idea to go to Pharm then transfer later to arts and sciences later if my gpa and mcat are high enough or is it better to just go to SAS from the beginning?</p>
<p>@sd22793: </p>
<p>A lot of people drop outta pharm because of they want to go the dr route increasing the “dropout” rate during 2nd year. If by end of ur PP2 year your GPA is a 3.9, go for it </p>
<p>Just so you know Rutgers Pharm makes you take a lot of general science classes together perhaps dropping your potential science gpa whereas on your own you might spread them out more evenly. </p>
<p>Also Rutgers Pharm suggests you take the easy elements of physics 161 which doesn’t satisfy gen physics req for med school. However in order to progress in pharm school without taking 161 means you have to take phys 1 + 2 and separate lab course with orgo. </p>
<p>If you really want to be a doctor and you know you can do it go for SAS. </p>
<p>The safe way out will be pharm as a backup however you might sink your chances at med school due to low gpa from the unbalanced courseload. </p>
<p>Unrelated you might have the chance to apply for that 7 year program? at umdnj if you succeed at the end of your PP2 year but you’ll have to start collecting recs right away.</p>
<p>I just got scholarship notification today (I received an email that linked me to their site.)</p>
<p>I got the James Dickson Carr scholarship for SAS, but I got the Scarlet Scholarship for Pharmacy. Does Pharmacy offer James Dickson Carr? The Scarlet Scholarship is significantly less money. If I qualified for the scholarship in one school, I’m not sure why I didn’t get it in the other unless it is not offered.</p>
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<p>Maybe pharmacy had higher requirements for the James Dickson Carr? Did anyone else get the James Dickson Carr for pharmacy?</p>
<p>Does anyone know how to get into the Honors program for pharmacy?</p>