<p>do you have a list of all the 6 year pharmd schools?
every site i look at gives me a few more, but i’m sure im still missing some…</p>
<p>The pre-assurance schools are also worth looking into…such as Butler and Drake. You will still need to interview, and score a very low score on PCAT (55). As long as you get Cs in all the prereqs you are in. Saint Louis College of Pharmacy is another great school, but it is a unique environment. I would not apply without a visit.
The best thing about those schools are the fact that there are many other excellent programs at the school if you decided to change majors. I always recommend that you think very long and hard about pharmacy before you get into it. the boom is over, for now, and many kids graduated with huge loans and no jobs this year. Shadow pharmacist, especially retail pharmacists. The working conditions are crazy (no bathroom breaks, 12 hour shifts without a break, no respect from customers), so you need to really love it. For the 0-6 programs, they want you to have a clear reason why your want pharmacy as well.</p>
<p>girlnextdoor, check the student/school info section on aacp.org for a list of the 0-6 schools. I believe there are only 10 or so left.</p>
<p>All PharmD schools: [AACP</a> - Pharmacy School Locator](<a href=“http://www.aacp.org/resources/student/pages/schoollocator.aspx]AACP”>School Locator | AACP)</p>
<p>And I really want to go to Ohio State but someone just said it’s a 4+4 program now?? ***
Can someone confirm this please, I don’t want to be in school for an extra 2 years for no reason…</p>
<p>^^^^^^^^From OSU’s website:
How to Prepare for the Doctor of Pharmacy Program at Ohio State</p>
<p>The entry-level Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) is a four-year graduate professional program. Applicants are now required to have completed a Bachelors Degree prior to matriculation into the PharmD program. Applicants are not required to have prior pharmacy education; any undergraduate major is acceptable as long as prerequisites are met.</p>
<p>Time has flown. Can’t believe that DS is now a high school senior and all of his applications have been sent. He ended up applying to Ohio Northern, Toledo ( hoping for contingency status), Cinci, Findlay, Butler, and Buffalo. He ended up getting a 32 on the ACT so we’re hoping for some merit money for that. He didn’t apply to OSU because it is definitely a 8 4+4 program. He really liked Ohio Northern but it will take a lot of scholarship money for him to go there- if he even gets in. He already got into Cinci but that is because you start out in pre-pharm for 2 years.</p>
<p>Don’t exclude Ohio Northern.</p>
<p>I don’t understand… why would I have to study for 4 years what I could learn in 2? is it the courses that matter or the time…? all other schools are 2 years for pre-pharm so do you have to learn twice as much pre-pharm at OSU or is it just added unrelated BS?</p>
<p>A 4-4 program allows you to get your bachelors degree, which means that you have had a more complete college experience. It means that you are competing with all the other PharmD candidates with bachelors and/or masters degrees. The biggest advantage of this allows you to study what you want (as long as you cover the prereqs) and go to the undergrad program that you like. In many cases, it can be cheaper, since you can go to your in-state public, or accept the best financial aid package for undergrad. It is more competitive to get in, but by that time, you chould have had more opportunities to job shadow or work in a pharmacy. Also some of the more prestigious programs strongly encourage a bachelors degree. 5 years ago, it didn’t matter, but the job market has changed for pharmacy and residencies and jobs outside of retail are more likely to go to someone who graduates with goo grades from a more prestigious program.
On the negative side, with so many new pharmacy schools opening, by the time that you study those two extra years, you will be completing with more pharmacy graduates. 0-6 is great if you have no doubt in your mind that you want to be a pharmacist, and have the experience to back it up. The 2+4 early assurance programs now require the PCAT, but are not asking or expecting scores to be as high as the competitive programs. That is not to say that you won’t get a great education at a 0-6 (because at many you will). It simply means that you will be in a different environment. My friends that went to STLCOP feel that they missed out on a lot of the college experience compared to the ones that attended Purdue. All are PharmDs but those that crammed all the prereqs into 2 years missed the genereal ed classes that satisfied their intellectual curiosity.</p>
<p>Vienna man, just wondering why you are saying not to exclude Ohio Northern?</p>
<p>alej, the prereqs have been increasing for the past few years at many schools and it’s not easy to complete all of them in just two years…even the scheduling for high-demand classes, limited enrollment classes can be problematic. Many schools now have added biochem and microbiology to their pre-reqs in addition to the chem, bio, orgo, calc, physics, A&P sequences and the “soft” pre-reqs like econ and public speaking. To maintain a high gpa, taking 19-21 credits/semester, and adequately prep for the PCAT takes a lot more determination and study time than many freshmen/sophomores are prepared for…and takes a lot of the fun out of the college experience!</p>