<p>what are my chances for pharmacy at SUNY- University at Buffalo?</p>
<p>PA resident
asian
3.8 GPA uw
rank 12/500 ish
SAT...1150/1600, 1650/2400
3 APs
good recs
good ECs</p>
<p>bump bump bump</p>
<p>You'll be accepted to SUNY Buffalo, and with the pharmacy guarantee it will be up to you as to whether or not you go all the way. If your grades in the math and sciences are better than a 3.7-3.8, you have a pharmacy guarantee if you declare yourself as a prepharm major when you apply. My kid is a freshman prepharm student in the honors college, and is finding the work pretty easy so far (big freshman classes graded on the curve). Next semester will be tougher since the lower end of the chem/bio/calc classes will be weeded out, but so far it's looking good. The pharmacy school will soon be moving to the South Campus with the med and nursng schools, which makes a lot of sense. So far my kid really likes SUNY Buffalo, and is happy with the choice. His stats were close to yours (SATs 1350, GPA 3.7, 3 APs, good recs/ECs). It was a great deal economically even for out of state students (we're in PA too). Another kid went there with SATs 1150/1600 and a GPA of 3.3, and liked it a lot too.</p>
<p>thanks a lot Neonzeus!! but could you explain a little more, I kinda got confused with the pharmacy guarantee, and the 3.7.....is the pharmacy program a 0+6? How is the school campus, and the weather? I have not visit the school yet.</p>
<p>Also, I see u're from pittsburgh. did your kids apply to Pitt's pharmacy? Pitt was my first choice, I got in, but no scholarship. and it's a 2+4. I really like the campus though. How did they think about pitt, and what made them choose SUNY over pitt??? </p>
<p>Thanks for ur help!</p>
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<p>Sorry for not responding right away...I usually only check out this site every few weeks. The pharmacy program is a 2+4 at SUNY too, but there is a guarantee that if you get better than a 3.5 in your math and science classes you don't need to take the PCATs and can do a simplified application. It's my understanding that if you get a 3.7 or higher and identified yourself as a prepharm student when you apply as a freshman, you apply to the School of Pharmacy in your third semester (so they know you still want to major in pharmacy) but you're guaranteed admission to the School of Pharmacy. If you're in that 3.5-3.7 range, they recommend taking the PCATs. They have a web site that explains it better. Their orientations over the summer are in groups and if you're prepharm, you'll be in orientation with other prepharm kids. </p>
<p>My kid was registered for calc, bio, chem and two seminars (1 honors seminar) for 19 credits in the Fall. He said the classes were really interesting, and not too bad if you studied. The chem and bio classes are weed-out classes (300+ students in class with one lab, graded on a curve). He got straight As (yippee), and still played video games, went to comedy shows & concerts, and had fun. Next semester is more of the same, with organic chem next year. </p>
<p>The campus is not pretty, although South Campus (the location of the medical and nursing schools) where the pharmacy school is relocating looks more like a traditional college with lots of trees and older buildings. SUNY North Campus has a lot of big, glass classroom buildings and wide open spaces. It doesn't have many trees, and is pretty flat. The North Campus is the main campus, about a 15 min shuttle bus ride from from South Campus. North Campus is a giant flat campus area -- to far to walk to stores, but it has a little shopping area with a CVS, Chinese restaurant, Burger King, etc. as part of the campus. South Campus borders a neighborhood and has the usual college type stores. North campus looks really quiet, because most of the activity is inside the buildings. The buildings are connected through walkways and interior bridges, so people are walking around inside instead of on the sidewalks. Lots of little libraries in the buildings, which is nice for studying. I did a college visit report on this site with more info. Yeah, it's cold and gray. At least my kid hasn't needed a space heater in his dorm room. One odd fact is that the dining halls aren't open at lunch time. The meal plan includes "dining dollars" for lunches, which are at one of the little restaurants/fast food places/food machines in the classroom buildings, or in the student union or tiny shopping mall by the bookstore. I guess they don't think kids go back to their dorms during the day? My kid says it works out ok, but it seems odd to me. Other odd facts are that the laundry rooms are free and printing is free for some huge number of pages...anyway, my kid hasn't needed a printer.</p>
<p>My middle kid also got into Pitt, but didn't get any money. SUNY was generous. The other problem with Pitt was that there was no guarantee into the School of Pharmacy and they said that they didn't give a preference to their own students. Getting into the School of Pharmacy appeared to be as competitive as getting into an Ivy League school --which felt too risky. SUNY offered better odds of success, and the cost was reasonable. </p>
<p>So far my middle kid has a 4.0 and is on track to get into SUNY's program through their guarantee program. He is considering taking the PCATs next year, and might try applying to Pitt's or some other program to see if someone will give him money... although he likes SUNY so much, I doubt he'll make a change.</p>
<p>thanks a bunch!!!! ur info helps a lot!!!! SUNY is defnitely one of my top 3 choices!!! thanks again!</p>
<p>is pharmacy program in suny buffalo better than duquesne univ and University of science at philadelphia?</p>
<p>My kid got into Duquesne Honors College too, but didn't apply to University of Science. Duquesne's pharmacy program switched to a 2+4, which meant he would have had to apply to the pharmacy school without a guarantee. </p>
<p>Duquesne would also have been a lot more expensive, even after his grants and if he lived at home. </p>
<p>He didn't apply to University of Science since he wanted the full college experience and wanted a pharmacy guarantee. He also wanted to make sure he had lots of options if he did decide to change majors. That's ultimately why he picked SUNY. </p>
<p>I can't advise on the pass-rates for the pharmacy test, but do remember that both SUNY and Duquesne said their pass rates were very high.</p>
<p>UB's Pharmacy, Dental, and Medical programs are very, very competitive. Their Business program is also very competitive. Good luck.</p>