<p>^ Six years of pharmacy courses would be torture if your goal was really to be a child psychologist. Sure, you could make a nice salary, but you would also have six years of debt for a degree you didn't even want. I would advise you to pursue your goal in psychology, realizing that various funding options will be available along the way.</p>
<p>Alright, thanks for the advice!
I don't really know that much about my choices yet, so I'm trying to weigh all my options.
This definitely helped though.</p>
<p>suppose you were somewhat attracted to biochemistry or chemistry in college, having had 3 years of chemistry in high school, including a semester of organic. But suppose you were't sure you wanted to spend your life in a lab. But you like the subject of chemistry or biochemistry.</p>
<p>So then what do you do with this attraction toward this subject? </p>
<p>I myself would like to influence this kid toward antibiotics research, but of course there is the question of always being in a research lab if that path is taken. Also, I assume that would require a PhD in biochemistry, or even an M.D. and then a research path after that, right?</p>
<p>So I'm interested in this pharmacologist/pharmacist route. Could you be a pharmacologist with the PhD and all, and do some research for your 20's, and then if you want to be a mom and work part-time, could you back-pedal and just be a pharmacist for a while? and then later on return to the research as a phamacologist once again? Or do you have to major in PHARMACY in order to ever be a pharmacist?</p>
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So I'm interested in this pharmacologist/pharmacist route. Could you be a pharmacologist with the PhD and all, and do some research for your 20's, and then if you want to be a mom and work part-time, could you back-pedal and just be a pharmacist for a while? and then later on return to the research as a phamacologist once again? Or do you have to major in PHARMACY in order to ever be a pharmacist?
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Just get a PharmD first and then pursue a PhD in Pharmacology. As long as your license to practice is good, you can always practice pharmacy.</p>
<p>And yes, you do have to acquire a PharmD to ever become a pharmacist as of right now. In the past, there have been some pharmacist with a BS degree and a R.Ph. (registered pharmacist). They have been grandfathered in.</p>
<p>Hi Polo08816,</p>
<p>I really like the answers you give. They are very helpful, I am thinking about doing a pharmacy degree. And wanted to find out more, everyone tends to say chemiistry is very difficult. I havent studied for many years and the only way forward is to complete a degree that is in demand like pharmacy.</p>
<p>DO you know by any chance how much pharmacists earn in London and can you kinly list the pros and cons of being a pharmacist please?</p>
<p>Also you mentioned a masters in Chemistry and then Chemical Engineering, how much could you be earning afte that.</p>
<p>Hi Polo08816,</p>
<p>I really like the answers you give. They are very helpful, I am thinking about doing a pharmacy degree. And wanted to find out more, everyone tends to say chemiistry is very difficult. I havent studied for many years and the only way forward is to complete a degree that is in demand like pharmacy.</p>
<p>DO you know by any chance how much pharmacists earn in London and can you kinly list the pros and cons of being a pharmacist please?</p>
<p>Also you mentioned a masters in Chemistry and then Chemical Engineering, how much could you be earning afte that. </p>
<p>Pharmacists in London: Do not make as much as they do in the USA.<br>
Pros of Pharmacy: Hourly pay, flexible hours, no taking work home, good pay
Cons of Pharmacy: high burn out rate in retail, low job satisfaction (often), approaching saturation in job market</p>
<p>If you are looking to work in the pharmaceutical industry, you need a PhD to get anywhere.</p>
<p>You should just go into business because you’re the biggest money-grubbing materialist I’ve ever seen. I hope you and your bank account live a long and miserable life together.</p>
<p>I wonder what Z e r o X is up to these days!
Did he pick University of Massachusetts-Boston, Wentworth Institute of Technology, or Suffolk University?
Did he, as he predicted, get a 4.0 in Chemical Engineering without any studying?
Did he ever get into i-banking and make that million dollar salary?</p>
<p>So many questions! I almost wish he still posted here.</p>
<p>Now 2011, both beasts are still thriving and are top choices/considerations by $ grabbers. Any new thoughts?</p>
<p>yes. you should go into pharmacy. i will go into engineering. this way i will have one less competitor</p>
<p>I’m currently doing CS and it’s a blast so far 
I posted on this thread about a year ago, and I decided that I couldn’t give up math, so I decided to go into a more tech-y field. Follow your heart~ You have one life to live, so live it with no regrets. Do what makes you happy. Hopefully, this does not entail: lust, greed, addiction to drugs… :)</p>
<p>What jobs could you get with having a degree in pharmacy with a master in chemistry and chemical engineering</p>
Pharmacists shouldn’t be getting paid on average more than engineers, and it should be the other way around. Pharmacists mostly deal with biology and chemistry, while engineers can deal with biology, chemistry, physics, math, etc.
Engineers study areas which are relevant to pharmacy as well as study additional areas which are relevant to engineering. Engineering is a more difficult profession that requires a greater aptitude in a greater variety of areas than pharmacy, and arguably engineers should be getting paid more than pharmacists.
High school teachers get paid less than engineers even though they often require teacher’s college and additional education in addition to a bachelor’s, while engineers often only need to complete a bachelor’s.
It should be the same for pharmacists, pharmacists require additional education but it isn’t as demanding and doesn’t require an aptitude in as many different areas at a higher level as engineering, and should be getting paid less than engineers. Pharmacists deserve more pay than teachers imo, so if occupations were to be organized from greatest to least in terms of salary, it should be, engineers > pharmacists > teachers.
It doesn’t make any sense that pharmacists are earning more than engineers on average. Some students can submit their high school physics grade and include it during the pharmacy admissions process to get into pharmacy school. I just don’t see how pharmacy can be comparable to engineering.
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