<p>So I've been hearing different answers from different people, and I just wanted to get it straight---is UT Austin's pharmacy program a 0-6 program, or do you have to get admitted to its Pharmacy graduate school separately? And is "pre-pharm" a major for undergrads, or do you have to choose something like "biology" or "biochem"?</p>
<p>Any other info about UT's pharmacy program will be appreciated. Thanks :)</p>
<p>You have to get admitted to it’s graduate program separately. You can apply to the pharmacy school as soon as you’ve completed the required courses. Pre-pharm is basically a two-year major that has the required courses that satisfy the UT’s pharmacy prequisites. After that, you just apply to the pharmacy school.</p>
<p>Thanks for making that clear…but my question now is: Since you have to get admitted to UT’s graduate pharmacy school separately, which is the best way to get in:</p>
<p>1) applying as soon as you finish the pre-pharm pre-requisites for 2 years at UT
2) applying after 4 yrs and getting a bachelor’s at UT
3) attending a school that is better academically than UT (like Rice, Duke, or the Ivies) for two years & completing only the pre-req’s
4) same scenario as in #3 except studying as an undergrad for 4 yrs and earning a bachelor’s</p>
<p>They have a 6 year program as well, but from what i read its only at UTEP and UTPA. 2 and 4 seem to be your best options, and possibly 1.</p>
<p>Supposedly, from what I hear from other Pre-Pharmacy applicants, UT is biased against it’s students applying to the UT COP. They want their own students to experience different universities/teaching styles so many of the students who apply to UT COP (and attend UT currently) get rejected and end up going else where for Pharmacy School. I don’t know if this is 100% true but that’s the whole “aurora” about the School of Pharmacy at UT. It doesn’t matter where you take your pre-reqs- whether it be Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Duke, or your local CC, The admission officers don’t care- all they will check is to see that the pre-reqs are done, whether you have a high/good GPA, PCAT scores, etc.</p>
<p>@ iambored10:</p>
<p>How many people have you heard that from? Because my #1 option would be to attend UT Austin as an undergrad and also attend their College of Pharmacy, but if what you stated is true…then I’m screwed…
I see how UT would want their students to be “diverse” and experience other colleges for graduate school, but I would think that it would be the other way around usually—that they would give some sort of advantage to their own alumni.</p>
<p>bump…:X</p>
<p>That’s probably just one person’s view/opinion. I haven’t really heard about UT COP being bias against anybody besides OOS applicants…</p>