<p>Since the PharmD is now a 4 year degree on top of an AA (minimum 60 hours preprequisites generally), aren't those who get a Bachelor's first looking at 8 years of college versus 6?</p>
<p>Yes, but the procedure is to try to get all your pre-pharm reqs out of the way in 2 years then apply to pharmacy schools. If you don't get in, then you go on for the 3rd year and try again. Still don't get in after that? Then you go on your 4th year and get your bachelor's which makes you more competitive when applying to pharmacy schools, and you should definitely get in after that.</p>
<p>Sometimes the 2 years approach doesn't always work because of classes that you need being full, or you just wanting to handle a smaller coarse load and therefore want to spread out the pre-reqs among 3 or 4 years. It all depends on how much you can handle and getting into the classes you need.</p>
<p>I can see where it would be really hard to get in to Pharmacy school with just the prerequisites after 2 years. Especially when there is no pharmacy school at UCF, so you competing with UF people for 300 UF positions if you want to stay public for cost reasons. I sure wish UCF would get a Pharmacy school now that it has a Med school.</p>
<p>A majority of people who are accepted to pharmacy school have their bachelors.</p>
<p>FAMU and Nova Southeastern(private) also have pharmacy schools in Florida. UF has three distance pharmacy schools in Orlando, Jacksonville and St Petersburg besides the Gainesville campus. You might also consider pharmacy programs outside the state but they would most likely be considerably more expensive unless you can get a scholarship.</p>
<p>Link to list of pharmacy schools in the US:
Schools</a> of Pharmacy on the WWW</p>