<p>Hi, I'm a prospective pharm d student looking to do my pre requisites and then go to a 4 year pharm program in the same school. Any recommendations , of pieces of advice. Right now I really want to go to florida , Pitt, purdue, or uconn. Any other suggestions. I have like a 3.4 uw and I haven't taken the sat yet but I got a 1920 on practice cr+m 1360. I am going to try for 2000. THANKS!</p>
<p>Pull up both the GPA and SAT if you can. Pitt has gotten tougher this year, Pharm has always been tough, so make sure you apply early for rolling admissions. Where are you in-state? You should try to avoid debt as much as you can. Have you taken your parents’ most recent tax returns and run the “net price calculators”? Price likely will be one of the most important criteria of your decision making. Are you taking the toughest Chemistry and Bio you can? If you can take AP Stats, do so, as well as AP Calc. </p>
<p>I haven’t done the net calculator thing but my parents income is >250,000 . The gpa and sat are a little late to pull up a lot orbit I am doing the pre requisite + 4 route so I won’t have to get into pharmacy school, just the college itself. </p>
<p>While some will, many Pharmacy schools don’t necessarily give priority to people from their own undergraduate program. I would focus on getting into a college you like and that offers a good science program that can fulfill the requirements and work to do well on the PCAT exam. </p>
<p>I am not familiar with the last three of your choices but Florida doesn’t have a direct admit program. You would have to take the PCAT and apply. My daughter went to UCF undergrad and is now a P1 at UNC-CH. Most schools these days are pushing toward admitting those with a 4 year degree, though there are many that still will take you after you finish your prereqs. Remember also, you might change your mind/direction once in college.</p>
<p>You might want to check out Duquesne, also in pittsburgh. I think your GPA and projected SAT are a bit low for Pitt, Florida, Duquesne, and Purdue; that is why I encouraged you to do what you can to improve them and to demonstrate course rigor. AP math and chem will do that. Taking SATIIs in MathII and Chem and getting high scores will help offset the GPA. I suggest you take a look at some less prestigious schools as well where you can get the 4 yr degree and then apply to pharm school. Try your state schools.</p>
<p>About money: your family might make a lot of money and still balk at spending 60K/yr for you to go to ANY school. For some schools they might say they’ll spend only 30K. You need to sit down and talk to them about what colleges you’re interested in cost and have The Talk about what they’re willing to spend. If you don’t do this, you risk finding out this time next year that your parents will not provide the money you need to attend any of your schools. Happens in March every year.</p>