<p>I want to study in the pre-pharmacy program.</p>
<p>1st choice is UF, whose pre-pharm program is one of the nation's top 10. However, if I don't get in, my 2nd choice would be either FSU or UCF. I can't decide, because I can't find much information on their pre-pharmacy programs. </p>
<p>Does anyone have any helpful information?</p>
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<p>Bump! help?</p>
<p>are you going to try to get into the pharmacy program after two years undergrad? I assume you can still do this, right? I would highly recommend it. Although pharmacy is still a great profession (I am a pharmacist) the supply is starting to exceed demand in Florida because of all the schools being built. If you don’t get into UF, I think UCF might be better. Remember that UF has satellite campuses for pharmacy and one is in Orlando, so theoretically you could go two years to UCF, apply to the UF pharmacy satellite program in Orlando and stay in the area where you would know people to room with. As much as I love FSU, if you did the first two years pre-pharmacy there, then you’d have to transfer somewhere else where you wouldn’t know anyone. Of course FAMU has a pharmacy school–have you considered that as a second choice? I know it’s reputation isn’t as great as UF, but I work with several pharmacists who went there and they are excellent. My son has a friend at UCF who is pre-pharmacy and he’s going to try to get into UF after his sophomore year. Because he’s from St. Petersburg, he’s going to try for the satellite campus here and live at home to save money. There’s also a satellite in Jacksonville. I’m sure most people want to go to Gainesville, but my hospital takes students from the St. Petersburg satellite and most of them have been very good, so I would not worry about attending a satellite of UF.</p>
<p>and remember, USF has started a pharmacy school as well. </p>
<p>Competition is getting tough and if you want to work in a hospital, you’ll have to do a residency. I tell people to consider going to medical school since pharmacy is becoming such a long process (at minimum 6 years–to PharmD then another 1 or 2 years of residency). Believe me, if you can make it in pharmacy, you can be a doctor–we took a lot of the same classes as med students. The course for pre-pharmacy are the same everywhere…you just have to make sure you get high grades in them and score well on the PCAT.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>I echo what wtztu says about the pharmacy profession in general becoming more competitive. </p>
<p>A family member graduated from FSU and then attended FAMU’s pharmacy program a number of years ago. He took and passed state boards in both Florida and Georgia and had no difficulty whatsoever landing a job - even with hiring bonuses. He now says the landscape has changed and competition for pharmacy work is substantially increased. I’d suggest minimizing your costs if this is your preferred interest. It appears to make no difference where you graduate as long as you pass state licensing exams.</p>
<p>Thank you, wtztu and parent2noles! 
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<p>I’m not considering FAMU, because I kind of want to have my cake and eat it too…and by that I mean I want to study abroad one semester (could it somehow be related to my major? IS pre-pharm considered a major? o.o ), and not rush through my undergrad years…</p>
<p>On a side note: if I get Bright Futures, but let’s say I go through undergrad in 3 years, will I still get $$ for a fourth year, my 1st year of grad school? o.o I’m not quite sure how it works…</p>
<p>Eventually I want to move to San Francisco or somewhere near there xD just putting it out there. :)</p>
<p>If going out of state is your goal then the better nationally known FSU or UF may be preferable.</p>
<p>depends if you want to work in a hospital. You can apply to do a residency in California…again, stellar grades and recommendations in pharmacy school would be important.</p>
<p>FAMU has a satellite pharmacy practice division in Tampa by USF too which puts FAMU pharmacy students in clinical workshops such as internships at drugstores, hospitals and community clinics. I saw on the FAMU Pharmacy College website that they got 10 qualified student applicants for each available seat in their program last year! It’s probably just as difficult getting in the other colleges’ pharmacy programs too.</p>
<p>Bright Futures won’t pay for graduate school, except maybe for a very few joint bachelor’s/ master’s programs where the Bright Futures might pay for a handful of courses, and too, some 5 year degree programs like architecture.</p>
<p>FSU hands down easy choice.</p>
<p>all I can advise from someone who has seen the competition for pharmacy school sky rocket…go where you can graduate the soonest, i.e. 6 years for pharmD and where you’ll spend the least.</p>
<p>How can I quote someone on here? >.<</p>
<p>wtztu and parent2noles, I was so dead set on becoming a pharmacist, but I got my ASVAB scores back, and my friend said a “You should become a nuclear engineer!” and then I started researching about engineering majors and the requirements…</p>
<p>I feel like I’m stronger in math than in science…so now I’m leaning towards majoring in engineering…oh dear. Is the competition for engineers out there as tough as for pharmacists?</p>
<p>There is competition for every job. Do the very best you can and try to find a niche skill that makes you more valuable. Always be positive, cooperative and helpful.</p>
<p>These attributes help a lot in gaining and retaining a job.</p>
<p>have you spent any time shadowing a pharmacist? I will tell you retail pharmacy is a tough, tough gig. Being a clinical pharmacist in a hospital is my preference but it will take a residency of one or even 2 years. These days it’s not just making sure the proper doses are ordered theres a whole area of cost cutting that pharmacists are involved in…i.e. you have to tell doctors they can’t have certain medications because of formulary restrictions and expense. It can be a rewarding career but also stressful. You need to talk to pharmacists in various areas of the profession and get a really clear picture of what they do. The science courses are necessary to become a pharamacist…I don’t use them in my daily work…but you need the background. It’s what you have to take to become a pharmacist but unless you go into research, you don’t use it daily, except to understand why a medication works the way it does.</p>
<p>sounds like you should go to the school that you want, initially take courses that will work for either major and do more research on the professions</p>