<p>i'm still undecided about which of these two majors to choose: electrical engineering or pharmacy</p>
<p>What should i put as my 1ST desired major on my application? </p>
<p>would it be easier to switch from engineering to pharmacy or vice versa? in case i decide to do so</p>
<p>Put engineering as your first choice. You can take the prepharm courses from any major. I also think the school of nat sciences is a open school so you can switch to it anytime.</p>
<p>ok so it says you must be enrolled in natural sciences before applying to college of pharmacy...</p>
<p>if i get into engineering and decide to switch after a year, would i have to spend another two whole years in natural science? </p>
<p>cause I don't want to waste any time/money</p>
<p>I don't know why you would have to be enrolled in the school of natural sciences to apply to pharm school. You just need all the pre requisite courses done. They can be done at CC or another uni. Alot of the pre requs are also classes you will have to take as a enngineering major. If you are in the school of natty sciences you may be restricted from even beginning level engineering courses but if you are in the school of engineering you can take probably any of the pre pharm courses.</p>
<p>Also you should check with someone in the school of natural sciences but you should be able to switch to the school of natural sciences without having to do a internal transfer or even waiting for th end of the semester or even possibly the year.</p>
<p>Your post caught my eye as I was researching pharm programs for my D as UT Austin has one of only 15 0-6 pharmacy programs in the country. Their Pharmacy Scholars program is pretty unique in that it also allows you to apply during your first or second year of prepharm. It 's not easy to get into pharmacy schools in the "traditional" way - taking 2 years of prepharm at any college, then the PCAT's, then applying to pharmacy school - and many students choose to go the 0-6 or early assurance way to avoid the added stress and expense. It's not like pre-med, where you can get a degree in anything - pharmacy schools have very definite sequences in order to finish in 6 years (though it's fine to do a B.S. then 4 years of PharmD if you want to stay in school that long!). Competition can be fierce and many applicants seem to apply to a number of schools to get a spot in PharmD programs, and UT is a popular one. I think it's doubtful that, as an engineering major, you would have time to complete your prepharm prerequisites in two years. Probably only the math and elective components would be the same - unless multiple chemistry, organic chemistry, biology/micro courses and physics for life sciences are required for engineering! So...if you're really leaning toward pharmacy you might be better off starting there or plan on taking prepharm science courses as your electives and extra summer courses to get through the prereq's in 2 years. Hope that helps a little...!</p>
<p>BTW, you can probably ask the same question and get answers from UT pharm students at this forum:
Pre-Pharmacy</a> - Student Doctor Network Forums</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>sk8rmom,</p>
<p>I wanted to mention that the 0-6 program requires you do your first 2 years or so at UT in El Paso. But the reason I keep saying to apply to engineering first is because he is undecided and its easier go from engineering school to school of naty sciences then from natty sciences to engineering.</p>