<p>I heard for UoP, you don't really need one, but for other schools its recomended, is this true?</p>
<p>I don't know the exact answer to your queston, but I know there are schools that offer a 6 year PharrmD program which doesn't require a BS/BA. I believe Wisconsin- Madison is one of them.</p>
<p>For any pharm school you can apply to after two years of undergrad. There are 0-6 programs that you apply to out of HS like the one the poster above has mentioned. I'm not sure that you gain an advantage in admissions if you have a bachelors though.</p>
<p>My roommate got his Bachelors, mainly b/c he wanted the full college experience and really loved college. I think he appreciates the extra couple years of maturity over his classmates in his pharm school (he goes to Creighton). He's just a lot more relaxed about things and used to upper level classes since he had to take them to graduate.</p>
<p>There are lots of different options, so you need to find the one that's best for you.</p>
<p>I see, well thanks for the help. I will probably get a BA first so I can be more relaxed as well.</p>
<p>If you want to be a pharmacist, I personally think it is a waste of time and money to get a bachelors degree first. Your time would be better spent after your PharmD degree in getting an MBA or a MHA so that you can move up in your career later on.</p>
<p>Of course, if you want to be more "relaxed", I guess that taking basically the same courses over again would do that. ;) Any 22 year old with a BS degree certainly should be a little more capable than an 18 year old freshman with no college experience. It's just not an efficient use of time and money, IMO.</p>