<p>Does it matter which degree i graduate with? I hear that pharmacists are in high demand so it doesnt really matter. I live in NYC so its easier to go to St Johns. What do you think?</p>
<p>what degree will you graduate with if you go to which college? is cost a factor? do you have a preferred school?</p>
<p>if you’re getting the same degree, i’d go to buff if it’s cheaper</p>
<p>If money is not a factor, I would go to St. John’s. It seems that you want to stay near home, NYC is a great place to go to school and both schools are about the same academically.</p>
<p>^ what?! no way. st. johns = local school for kids without the grades to go anywhere else that eats up your money. </p>
<p>might as well go to buffalo</p>
<p>I agree with Pierre - the St. John’s Pharmacy program is excellent and well regarded. UB is good as well.</p>
<p>The question is the financial bottom line between the two schools. Obviously Buffalo is cheaper for tuition. But you would have to pay for housing. And St. John’s does offer both merit and need based aid.</p>
<p>I would apply to both and see what FA package they both offer.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>wow thanks guys! really good answers. </p>
<p>which pharmacy program will get me out and working ASAP?</p>
<p>also considering i dont have a car, which would be a better option?</p>
<p>both pharmacy programs are about the same. If you don’t have a car and you live closer to St. John’s, that would be the better option. Besides NYC has a great subway system.</p>
<p>There isn’t a subway to St. John’s. But there are several buses (Q30, Q31, and Q46) that go by the campus.</p>
<p>[Public</a> Transportation](<a href=“http://www.stjohns.edu/about/general/directions/directions/manhattan/public.stj]Public”>http://www.stjohns.edu/about/general/directions/directions/manhattan/public.stj)</p>
<p>Yes, that is how to get to the Manhattan campus. The OP is interested in Pharmacy, which is offered in Jamaica Queens, over an hour away. If he were studying insurance, he might want to go to the Manhattan campus (where I worked for a semester last year). </p>
<p>There is no subway anywhere close to the Jamaica campus. I just graduated from St. John’s Queens last week, so I am quite familiar with how to get to and from campus.</p>
<p>There is a huge difference between St John’s and UB, despite the fact that you could end up with a respected PharmD from either school. St John’s is a 0-6 school, very competitive for admissions to pharmacy, but easier to stay in since you have a guaranteed spot for 6 years with a relatively low gpa requirement (as pharm schools go). It may be more expensive on an annual basis, depending on your FA package, but you’re very likely to have only 6 years of expenses. </p>
<p>UB is a 2+4 school (or a 3+4 starting next year), accepts several hundred pre-pharms a year and weeds them down to 35-40 pharmacy admits. There is a “guarantee” of sorts but they will openly admit that it’s very difficult to stay in the program and many pre-pharms transfer schools or majors in the first year or two. UB is a good school at a great price, no question about that, but if your goal is to become a pharmacist in 6 years you should definitely plan to take the PCAT and apply to other schools unless you can manage to keep your math/science gpa over 3.5, which is not an easy task at UB! The pre-reqs are demanding, the time frame is short, and there is a possibility that you will not be able to take all of them at Buffalo due to demand (unless you’re an honors student). On the other hand, if there’s a chance that you’ll want to switch majors, UB is probably more likely to have many other programs that will be both challenging and interesting:) (I’m sure susgeek can speak more about St John’s in that respect)</p>
<p>Btw, the demand for pharmacists has been cooling the past few years in the metro areas. Don’t count on $100K and signing bonuses when you graduate, so make sure you can afford whatever school you choose! If possible, try to keep your debt to a minimum until you’re actually in the professional phase and don’t get caught up in the “I’ll be able to pay it all back when I’m a doctor/lawyer/engineer/pharmacist mentality”!</p>
<p>UB has been making the Pharmacy wannabees take 2 semesters of hard-core physics for scientists and engineers. Not sure what it has to do with pharmacy, but it seems to weed people out pretty well.</p>