<p>i really want to get into a pharmacy program from high school, but i want to know the requirements</p>
<p>i got a 3.4 end of sophmore year(not on 4.0 scale)
i am finishing 10th grade this june</p>
<p>it really depends on what universities you're looking at...a lot of pharmacy schools require you to take pre-pharmacy courses for two years or even gain a Bachelor's degree before you get into a 4 year Pharm.D. program...others, however, admit you to a 6 year pharmacy program where u complete both pre-pharm and your Pharm.D. ...what pharmacy schools are u thinking about?</p>
<p>i'm thinking about attending USP direct pharmacy program or St. John's or pretty much anything i can get into right out of high school</p>
<p>any comments cause i really want to go to an immediate pharmacy program and finish in 6 yres</p>
<p>u can try st. johns or ut austin</p>
<p>what are the requirements for St. John's, UT-Austin, Rutger's, and USp pharmacy programs</p>
<p>Are u planning on doing ne AP or IB subjects during your junior year...you should have a challenging course load (I would suggest taking IB or AP Chem as well as another science...I'm taking IB chem HL, Physics HL, and Math HL and got into a good pre-health program) Also, try as hard as u can to raise your gpa..I'm not saying it's not good..but it doesn't hurt to be even more competitive. Research is always a great thing to add to your application and make sure you show dedication in your EC's rather than a long list of activities that you're not committed to. Score good on the SAT's...anything over 1800 would be good. Plan on taking SAT 2's as well...I'm not really sure of the requirements of the schools your looking at but I do know that UT-Austin is very competitive especially for out of state students (I'm assuming you live in NJ/NY...I used to live in NJ :) haha)...I'm also thinking of pharmacy but I chose to do a pre-pharmacy or pre-health major (Chemistry) because I might change my mind and go into medicine or dentistry...but for now it's pharmacy...I hope this helped!</p>
<p>I forgot..but if your GPA is weighted..then it's a bit low for UT-Austin (not sure about the others)...if it's unweighted then it's ok. Both cases, try to raise that gpa during your junior and senior year! Good luck!!</p>
<p>If you can get into a program directly, go for it. There is stiff competition for programs that admit into year 3. I know someone with a 3.5ish who cannot get in anywhere. Also, they seem to continually increase the requirements to apply after the two years of undergrad courses. So yeah, go from high school if you can. Good luck!</p>
<p>Here are 13 schools that have a 0-6 program:
<a href="http://www.aphanet.org/students/careers/Preparing_for_Pharmacy_Admissions_Process.doc%5B/url%5D">http://www.aphanet.org/students/careers/Preparing_for_Pharmacy_Admissions_Process.doc</a></p>
<p>my gpa is unweighted(3.4 not on 4.0 scale), i have 100 hrs. in comunity service, i belong to jsa(debate club), and live in nj
my school is like in the 70's out of 300, school district is in 800's in US
i am not planning to do AP Chem next year though, will that actually ruin my chances in getting into a Pharmacy school
though in sounds weird for someone who wants to do pharmacy, i am doing AP Gov't and Politics next year
i am interested in Rutgers, St.John's, Albany, and USP Pharmacy programs. will i be able to do get into one of the 0-6 year pharmacy colleges mentioned in the previous sentence with a 3.4, or will i need to aim higher. Please let me know... Thanks so far</p>
<p>Maybe you could try ACP as well</p>
<p>o yeah..i was also in a delegation in an exchange program to go to Japan to represent my town</p>
<p>ACP meaning albany???</p>
<p>Albany college of Pharmacy</p>
<p>Hmm...u do realize that most of what you'll take in pharmacy school is chemistry-oriented so you should at least have a chemistry course (AP chem would be better of course)...I'm really not sure if taking chemistry or not would hurt your chances...I think it all depends on which college ur looking at...contact some colleges or look at their websites and see wat their minimum requirements are. If they don't have minimum requirements, check their statistics (how many students got in with a certain gpa, admit rate, sat-score range..etc etc). A lot of websites will help u in this if you can't find it in the actual university's website (such as princeton review, college board, etc). No matter how high your gpa is, you could always strive better (even with a 3.8 gpa, if there's a chance to improve, you should). I'm glad to hear that it is the unweighted gpa ur talking about because it would be pretty low if it was weighted. I hope this helps. Good luck!!</p>
<p>thanks, as a sophmore i am taking Lab Chem this year</p>
<p>No problem :) . I just wanted to make sure you get what I'm saying...if you want to pursue pharmacy as a career, you really should take challenging chemistry courses throughout ur high school years...not necessarily for college admission but for yourself. Pharmacy has a lot to do with chemistry and you should really "experience" the material and the kind of stuff that you learn in pharmacy school. That way, you know how college life and ur major are going to be and you know whether you truly do want to pursue pharmacy as a profession. The last thing you want happening to you is discovering after 2 or 3 years that pharmacy is not your thing. Make sure you do know what you're going to study in university. I never had the intention of pursuing pharmacy...EVER...but after taking IB Chemistry for two years, I realized what I would like to choose as a major and pharmacy really appealed to me because of such high school advanced level courses. I'm just offering you advice based on my own personal experience...I'm not telling you that this is what you have to do. Sorry this is too long. Best of luck!</p>
<p>o...ok, thanks for the advice.
what does IB mean, cause i don't think my school has anything referred to IB</p>