Re: Meet full need schools, that is great, but if OP is only doing two years and then has to transfer to a pharmacy program and won’t qualify for merit, then what?
Which pharmacy school meets full need? Maybe Northeastern?
I think if he would get into a school that has prepharmacy and pharmacy (best if a conditional admission program that reserves a seat, or 0-6 program) and offers merit at least for the first 4 years, that would be a big savings.
Then he would only have to borrow grad loans for last two years. Also if he doesn’t have to apply to pharmacy schools that can save a lot of money too. PCAT is $210, Pharmcas applications probably $100 per school, traveling for interviews, sending test scores and transcripts, etc.
So he will have to do some major research into costs of instate options, merit possibilities, are these 2+4 programs, 0-6 programs, what is the criteria to be accepted into pharmd program.