<p>I was planning on going into pharmacy as my career path. I go accepted to Barrett and got a good scholarship at ASU and was wondering how this would work out. I heard that I need to take classes that fit the requirements of a pharmacy school, which could take about 2 years. I was wondering if it would be much easier to just go to UofA and do the “pre-pharm” path over there and then apply to the college of pharmacy. I’m totally clueless as to what to do. Also would it be better if I pursued a bachelor’s degree for 4 years and then tried to apply to a pharm school? And is it true that the pharm school at UofA has a preference for UofA undergrad students?</p>
<p>You should call or email the Pre-health professions office. The do all the advising for pre-med, pre-dental, pre-pharmacy students. They do list pharmacy on there so they should be able to answer alot of your questions. Hope this helps!</p>
<p>To be perfectly honest, I love ASU, but if you want to go into pharmacy, go to U of A. The program there is a LOT better than ASU’s, and any scholarship you got from ASU is likely to be closely matched by U of A. ASU doesn’t have much of a med school at all, and that includes pre-med and other related majors.</p>
<p>I’m in the same boat as you. I was planning to go to UofA because it does have the Pharmacy School. But I fell in love with Barrett.
So I did some research to see if going to ASU would be okay for getting into pharmacy school. I visited and talked to a pre-health advisor at ASU and she said that there are actually quite a few people who apply to pharmacy school from ASU. And that ASU doesn’t have a specific pharmacy program but because it is in Tempe/Phoenix, there should be a lot of opportunities for internships and jobs to gain experience in pharmacy. It’s basically what you make of it. Even if you’re at ASU, you can still get the pharmacy experience that you need for pharmacy school.
And on the UofA Pharmacy School website, the statistics say that more UofA undergrads get into the pharmacy school there than students from other AZ schools. So I emailed them asking if UofA undergrads get preference. And they said that UofA undergrads do not get special preference. They actually do not see where the students recieved their undergrad studies during the selection process. The reason why the statistics say that more UofA undergrads get in is because more UofA students apply for the pharmacy school there.
After visiting both places and inquiring at both places I eventually decided ASU Barrett because I feel like I will still be able to succeed as long as I make it the best wherever I go. But it’s up to you, wherever you feel like you will succeed the most.</p>