Major in Engineering into Pharmacy school

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<p>Hi everyone,</p>

<p>After putting a lot of thought into future career choices, I have decided to pursue a career in Pharmacy as my first choice. However, I believe that there is a small chance that I might reconsider engineering as my first choice as I progress through my classes, but as of right now I am determined on Pharmacy. I will be going into my second year as a Materials Science and Engineering major in UC Davis this coming fall, and I just wanted to hear your advising input on my particular situation.</p>

<p>I had a lot of trouble my first year getting the classes I needed so I am almost sure that I will be spending a fifth year in Davis. I have a total of 47 units from my first year. The required classes I have completed so far are MAT21B, MAT21C, CHE2A, CHE2B, and ENL3. The other classes that I have taken were either GE classes or filler classes. This fall I will be taking MAT21D, CHE2C, PHY9A, and BIS2A.</p>

<p>I was wondering if you guys would recommend a change in my major to complement the particular situation I am in and my new career choice (perhaps a change within the college of engineering or maybe out of the college). Would you suggest to hold onto an engineering degree as a back-up plan in case I am not accepted into a pharmacy school? I would also greatly appreciate any other advice you have for me.</p>

<p>Thank you all for taking the time to read my post and responding.</p>

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<p>I don’t attend your school so I don’t know what exactly your courses are (math, physics, and chemistry I presume). You can always go for a degree in engineering and then just take the prerequisites for pharmacy school. You can find lists of prerequisites on any school’s admissions page. Every school is a bit different, though, so look at several schools’ requirements.</p>

<p>I used to think that you basically had to do biology, chemistry, or biochemistry as your major before a Pharm.D. program, but that’s not the case at all. As stated before, as long as you did the prereq. classes you’ll be fine. I’ve seen several people post that they think that having a non-chemistry/biology degree is actually better going into a Pharm.D. program because people tend to get higher GPAs… this might not be the case for engineering though.</p>

<p>BUT I would stick with an engineering degree if I’m understanding your situation correctly and that’s your fall-back plan. It sounds like a pretty good one :)</p>