Pharmacy (PharmD) Major

<p>Hey everyone! My friend just found this site last night. Pretty cool! Anyways, I'm applying to pharmacy schools that offer the PharmD. These are the schools I'm applying to:</p>

<p>Long Island University
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Ohio Northern University
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia</p>

<p>Are there any schools that offer this major? Thanks. Best of luck to everyone in the college application process!</p>

<p>Pittsburgh has a 6-year PharmD program...many of my peers from high school pursued this one...</p>

<p>also there is</p>

<p>Albany College of Pharmacy - which offers an 0-6 Pharm.D Program.</p>

<p>Do these pharmacy colleges like Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Albany College of Pharmacy give a lot of financial aid to qualified applicants? </p>

<p>I might be interested in attending pharmacy school at one of these specialized pharmacy schools rather than a regular university but I also want a chance at some financial aid.</p>

<p>I've heard that it's a lot harder to receive financial aid at a specialized pharmacy school because the endowment is much, much smaller than that of a typical school. Perhaps you might want to consider pursuing pharmacy at a state institution. In what state do you reside?</p>

<p>I am in New York, but I want to get out of my general area ( New York City) and explore a smaller city like Albany or Massachusetts, but I definitely do not want to go to Philadelphia.</p>

<p>Thats why Albany College of Pharmacy and Massachusetts College of Pharmacy greatly interested me.</p>

<p>I am also only interested in 0-6 programs where I just maintain GPA to continue into professional curriculum.</p>

<p>If you can alert me to any more schools that have 0-6 on the east coast I would appreciate it =)</p>

<p>Here is a list of pharmacy schools:
<a href="http://www.aacp.org/issi/membership/us%20school%20list.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.aacp.org/issi/membership/us%20school%20list.pdf&lt;/a>
University of Pittsburgh has 2+4. Duquesne University in Pittsburgh has 0+6.</p>

<p>I used to interest in a pharmacy major but now almost everyone I know said they want to do that too. That got me discourage and I'm considering something else</p>

<p>try to apply to school with a 6 year programs.. schools such as UNC chapel hill for example do not have a 6 year program, you first are accepted as a "ore-pharm" major and then after two years you need to apply to a pharmacy school that will be 4 years and you are NOT guaranteed admission into unc's pharmacy school. 6 year programs however guarentee you admission. there are only 13 schools that offer 6 year programs and they are as follows:</p>

<h1>Albany College of Pharmacy</h1>

<h1>Duquesne University</h1>

<h1>Florida A & M University</h1>

<h1>Hampton University</h1>

<h1>Massachusetts - Boston</h1>

<h1>Northeastern University</h1>

<h1>Ohio Northern University</h1>

<h1>Philadelphia College of Pharmacy</h1>

<h1>Rutgers University</h1>

<h1>St. John's University</h1>

<h1>St. Louis College of Pharmacy</h1>

<h1>University of Rhode Island</h1>

<h1>University of Texas at Austin</h1>

<p>i want to be a pharmacist as well, i already got accepted into hampton and northeastern but i really want to go to rutgers...let me know how your search goes!</p>

<p>Bumping to see if anyone wants to add to this...</p>

<p>Pacific University -- called something like that -- has a 6 year Pharm.D</p>

<p>I am also very interested in the Pharmacy field. Ever since I got my job at the local Pharmacy, I have been extremely interested in becoming a Pharmacist. I really would like to stick to my state and go to UNC-Chapel Hill, but I really want to go to a 0-6 school.</p>

<p>Anyways, i3asketballboy... I think you might be talking about University of the Pacific. They actually have a five year program (2+3).</p>

<p>5 year program? Wow I never heard of that, is it really true and if so, do other schools have it.</p>

<p>It is on their website. The link to the website is <a href="http://www.uop.edu/admission/academics/accel_programs/pharmacy/index.asp%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.uop.edu/admission/academics/accel_programs/pharmacy/index.asp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>I don't think any other schools have a 5 year program.</p>

<p>It seems that entry into Pharmacy programs is very competitive these days. I know a few students with 3.5ish gpa's who couldn't gain admission after two years of classes. If you can get into a 0+6 program, it may be wise to go for that. I would at least apply to such a program.</p>

<p>0+6 means that a school that has a Pharm school within it takes you as Pre-Pharm, is that it?</p>

<p>Thanks for all your patience in explaining.</p>

<p>0+6 means you are admitted directly to pharmacy school from high school. You are guaranteed a spot in the pharmacy program and if all goes well, you know you will have a PharmD in six years. An example of this is Duquesne University:
<a href="http://www.pharmacy.duq.edu/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.pharmacy.duq.edu/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>2+4 means you take your general math and science classes in the college of arts and sciences, and then need to apply again to gain admission into the pharmacy program. It is just like declaring that you are a premed doesn't guarantee that you will get into medical school.
University of Pittsburgh is an example of this:
<a href="http://www.pharmacy.pitt.edu/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.pharmacy.pitt.edu/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Some students I know wanted to go with a 2+4 program because is was cheaper, but after passing up a 0+6 program could not get into the 2+4 program. Very disappointing. </p>

<p>Keep in mind that when you take your science and math classes in a school of arts and sciences, you will be competing with science majors and premeds. It may not be as easy to keep a 4.0 as you would think. I did this program, but had to apply twice to get admitted. When you add this to the cost, the difference between programs is diminished. </p>

<p>Even if you take the 0+6 program, you can easily change your mind as the basic chem, calc and electives will transfer to a different major.</p>

<p>Good luck with your decision. If my kid was interested in pharmacy, I would recommend grabbing a 0+6 if possible.</p>

<p>How would you recommend searching for this?</p>

<p>It seems difficult to tell, for instance, I searched for "six year program" and got U of WY and at first it looked like 0+6, but after reading more, I think it is 2+4?
<a href="http://uwadmnweb.uwyo.edu/Pharmacy/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://uwadmnweb.uwyo.edu/Pharmacy/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Pharmacy Schools with 0+6 programs:</p>

<p>Albany College of Pharmacy <a href="http://www.acp.edu%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.acp.edu&lt;/a>
Duquesne University <a href="http://www.pharmacy.duq.edu/%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.pharmacy.duq.edu/&lt;/a>
Florida A & M University pharmacy.famu.edu
Hampton University <a href="http://www.hamptonu.edu/academics/schools/pharmacy/index.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.hamptonu.edu/academics/schools/pharmacy/index.htm&lt;/a>
Massachusetts - Boston <a href="http://www.mcphs.edu%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.mcphs.edu&lt;/a>
Northeastern University <a href="http://www.bouve.neu.edu/pharmacy%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.bouve.neu.edu/pharmacy&lt;/a>
Ohio Northern University <a href="http://www.onu.edu/pharmacy%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.onu.edu/pharmacy&lt;/a>
Philadelphia <a href="http://www.usip.edu/academics/pharmacy.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.usip.edu/academics/pharmacy.html&lt;/a>
Rutgers University pharmacy.rutgers.edu
St. John's University <a href="http://www.stjohns.edu%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.stjohns.edu&lt;/a>
St. Louis College of Pharmacy <a href="http://www.stlcop.edu%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.stlcop.edu&lt;/a>
University of Findlay <a href="http://www.findlay.edu/%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.findlay.edu/&lt;/a>
University of Mississippi <a href="http://www.pharmacy.olemiss.edu%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.pharmacy.olemiss.edu&lt;/a>
University of Rhode Island <a href="http://www.uri.edu/pharmacy/%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.uri.edu/pharmacy/&lt;/a> </p>

<p>You can enter your own criteria in this search page to find the program that's right for you:
<a href="http://www.aacp.org/issi/membership/survey_psar.asp?CID=104&TrackID=&TrackID&TrackID=%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.aacp.org/issi/membership/survey_psar.asp?CID=104&TrackID=&TrackID&TrackID=&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>lkf-
You rock!!!</p>

<p>I agree.</p>

<p>But what about the University of Sciences in Phili and Mass. College of Pharmacy, I could of sworn seing in a plethora places that they were 0-6 programs.</p>