<p>Hello :) I'm an incoming freshman and I wanted to know is it possible to get a bachelors degree in three years. At my university we have a three year pre pharmacy curriculum, so can I get a bachelors instead before applying to pharmacy school?</p>
<p>Of course it is, as long as you finish all of your required classes.You might have to take summer classes if you don’t want to have really busy schedules. If you have lots of AP credit it will help.</p>
<p>BTW: here is a story of someone who managed to finish a double major in one year:
<a href=“http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/19/AR2006091901779_2.html[/url]”>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/19/AR2006091901779_2.html</a></p>
<p>If it isn’t, I have a problem. 
(I finished in three years.)</p>
<p>Now, Pharmacy is about as far away from my own discipline as it gets, so I would think it best to ask the relevant advisors about any differences between a “regular” three year degree and the specific three year pharmacy curriculum before making any decisions.</p>
<p>That being, said, finishing in three years is a nice financial boon (obviously) and can allow you to get a slight head start on post-BA education, which is also nice. In the end, I’m glad I did it. However, I offer up these purely anecdotal observations–
- I didn’t go into college expecting to have fun (my choice was dictated by finances), but I ended up having lots of fun anyway, and I remember many instances of wondering, “did I make the right decision?” and thinking, “I’m not ready yet” during my last semester. Like I said, I don’t look back with regret, but that last semester was more emotionally and existentially trying than I thought it would be.<br>
- Depending on how your institution handles these things, you could find yourself a bit adrift in certain ways. My institution insisted on keeping students housed with their entering cohort for the first two years, which meant that I was living with people who weren’t in my classes and engaging in the most meaningful experiences of my college career (research, etc.) with people who lived elsewhere and who had bonded with each other already. Graduation was a little lonely; of course people were kind to me and inclusive, but there was a bit of something missing.<br>
- I did not make the situation described in #2 easy on myself. During that crucial first year, I sucked. I wouldn’t have wanted to be my friend. I was the worst: I was humorless; affected faux-maturity (saying things like “guys, some of us are trying to seriously study here” at 11pm on a Friday in the dorms) to conceal the fact that I was actually a bit emotionally immature; wouldn’t shut up about how I was going to graduate in three years (protip: it’s not all that special a thing and I was a gold-plated [redacted] for carrying on like I did); and generally acted like everyone in my entering cohort was beneath me (spoilers: they weren’t, I just sucked). I can’t emphasize this strongly enough: don’t do any of this.</p>
<p>everything is possible</p>
<p>Make a three-year plan, instead of a four-year plan, and see if it is possible. Consider if it will hurt your GPA or take away from the time you could spend getting work experience or exploring different classes and career options. If you know that you’d like to graduate in three years, that you want to be a pharmacist, and that this wouldn’t hurt your chances at applying to pharmacy schools, and the three-year plan is possible, then go for it.</p>
<p>Thanks everyone for your responses !! I want to get a toxicology degree and it actually covers all the pre pharmacy courses so I’m in pretty good shape</p>
<p>If you are willing to work REALLY hard, you can.</p>