<p>Hi!
I know I have a lot of questions about this topic, but after some MORE exhaustive research here are my final ones.
As you may have figured out, I want to attend UT Austin and do their pharmacy program.</p>
<p>UT Austin is a 0-6 program, which means you do 2 years of pre-pharm and then go straight into 4 years of pharmacy college, correct? however, you still have to take the pcat and do the regular admission process after you complete the pre-pharm reqs...?</p>
<p>I'm a high school senior now. Can I apply to their pharmacy scholars program? And if so, how do I do it? Are their any other honors I can do...like Dean Scholar's?</p>
<p>Thanks! Correct me on any information if I'm wrong.</p>
<p>For the very specific questions you have about a specific major at a specific school, you’d be better off calling the Pharmacy Dept. at UT.</p>
<p>For UT’s pharmacy school, you don’t have to do 2 years of pre-pharm. You can take as long as you want as long as you fulfill the prerequisites. You have the take the PCAT for every Pharmacy school…</p>
<p>You can apply to their pre-pharm program but just selecting the “major” (isn’t really a major) when you fill out college applications on the applytexas.org page. Dean’s scholars is separate and requires a different application. You need like two recommendations and other stuff for that.</p>
<p>okay thanks! but i’ve heard of direct programs, in which you never have to take the pcat…like the st. louis college of pharmacy.</p>
<p>If you want to want to take Pre-Pharm seriously, various honors programs will not be able to be an option for you since they have their own curriculum aside from the already tedious Pre-pharm coursework. Unless you really want to do both Dean Scholar’s and pharmacy, you could just declare a major (such as biology), get your undergrad degree, and then apply to pharmacy school.</p>
<p>hellokitty93 - Yes, there are programs like that but you would great stats to get into them…</p>
<p>There is a program at the University of Pittsburgh where they accept high school seniors and all they have to do when they enter Pitt as a freshman is maintain a 3.2 GPA and take the pre-pharmacy prereqs. If you get the 3.2 GPA, then you are automatically accepted into Pitt’s pharmacy school, which is very highly ranked in the nation, and you do not have to take the PCAT. However, I think that after 2010, they are requiring the PCAT for these students. They still have the same program, but you have to take the PCAT now. I don’t think that it’s a big factor though. If you get into the program, you just need to make sure you maintain the 3.2 GPA and do decent on your PCAT, like don’t bomb it, and I’m sure that the automatic acceptance will be the same and you will get in like the past students in the program have. As time goes on though, I am sure they will put the PCAT into more consideration for these automatically accepted students. </p>
<p>If this program is something that interests you, go and research the program online through Pitt’s website and APPLY EARLY. My sister applied in September and was accepted with mediocre high school grades, rank, SAT, etc. So the key is to APPLY EARLY to the program!</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>