What are my chances of getting into the Rutgers Pharmacy School?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Rutgers University
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Currently going to become a junior in September. So far, in my freshmen and sophomore years, I consistently have A’s as my final averages, a few A-'s here and there. I was in science club for 2 years, being vice president for the 2nd year. Joined badminton club in sophomore year. I volunteered at a science museum for about 180 hours and volunteered at some farmers market for a day or 2. I’m going to try and volunteer at a hospital…I took one AP class so far…Oh also, all my classes are considered honor classes.

AP Bio but got a 3 on my exam
Got 720 on my Bio SAT

I plan to make up for it by trying to aim for a 4 or 5 in AP Chem and at least 750+ on the SAT Chem Subject test. I’ll also be taking AP Physics and AP Language this year as well. What should I get on the SATs and ACTs to pass as well? How do AP Scores work for Rutgers?

Btw, I’m Asian and I live in NJ. Does being Asian hurts my chances tbh as I heard? My cousins got in to the school tho.

I am not sure how the admission process works but any info would be of great help. Thank you.

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School of Pharmacy, Class of 2018’s GPA and SAT averages are 4.05 and 2200, respectively. I think you’re on the right track. Your extracurriculars sound good. GPA should be great considering you’ve received all A’s. Just make sure you get a high SAT score. Being asian may hurt your chances (I’ve seen those articles…stupid affirmative action), but don’t worry about that. Just try your best :slight_smile: There are tons of asians at Rutgers, including me, and I hope you join us. Good luck!

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Rutgers pharm doesn’t care about AP scores AFAIK; you only get to use 8 AP credits (2 classes) if you get into pharm anyways. For srs I swear they just care about SAT scores. I had a bad GPA (3.4 unweighted) albeit with mostly AP classes (so difficulty of classes might matter). Had a 1470/1600 (when writing didnt count) and I think that’s how I got in lol.

Also don’t think they care about extracuriculars too much as I had none that were pharmacy related lol. So yeah just SAT and GPA.