Chances for Butler Pharmacy?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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I’m currently a junior and I want to apply to Butler University’s Advanced PharmD program (2 pre-professional years and 4 professional years). I want to know if I have a good chance of being admitted! Here are my statistics:

Junior Year:
AP English Language Comp - A
APUSH - A
Honors Spanish 3 - A+
Psychology - A
Sociology - A
Pre-Calculus - A+
Chemistry II - A
Medical Intervention (PLTW Biomedical Program) - A
Office Cadet

Senior Year Schedule:
AP Chemistry
AP Calculus AB
AP Psychology
AP European History
Spanish 4 (dual credit course)
W131 (Writing course through IU)
S121 (Speech course through IU)
Anatomy and Physiology
Office Cadet

EC’s (based on senior year):
Student Council - 4 years
4-H - 10 years
NHS
SHS
Spanish Club - 3 years
Prom Committee
Senior Class Council
Student Leadership Academy
Leaders-To-Go
Junior Class Secretary
Senior Class Treasurer
Men’s Tennis Team - 4 years
Mentor-Protege Program: Over the course of my senior year, I will be job-shadowing a research pharmacist 4 hours a month. It’s part of a program my school offers that only 21 seniors are accepted into each year in order to provide insight into their career interests. I think that this will hopefully improve my Butler Pharmacy application greatly.

Volunteer:
I volunteer regularly at my school and church throughout the year. Also, I volunteer weekly at my local hospital’s ER unit for 4 hours each week. Total service hours = 100+ hours.

Test Scores:
I have taken the ACT twice. I got a 26 on my first try (28-English, 26-Math and Reading, and 25-Science). The second time I got a 27 (33-English, 25-Math, Reading, and Science). I’m going to take the SAT in May. (Butler superscores both the SAT and ACT.)

What are my chances?

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Have you taken biology and physics?

Everything honestly looks good up to your test scores. You seriously need to study and get those subscores in at least the 90th+ percentiles and get your ACT score to a 30+. (http://www.actstudent.org/scores/norms1.html)

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I have taken biology but not physics (the physics teachers stink at my school). Thanks for the advice about the ACT score! I have been studying to get it up to the 30 range! Thanks!

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I recommend taking a physics course online or at a CC over the summer if you don’t want to replace something like the Speech course senior year with Honors Physics. I know pharmacy has nothing to do with physics but you’ll have to take at least one course during your pre-req years and you don’t want college physics to be your first jump in the pool.