[crystal_t33rs]

Thank you much to both kuku & f0reveralways. This really narrows it down for me. My test is next week. XD I've been looking over the books kind of. Mostly skimming. I've memorized the abbreviations for route, form, time, and measurement. ^^;;

[jennych]

i am i have an interview tomorrow ^^ hopefully itll go ok, its like a 3 hour journey there though o.O gna revise my chemistry and biology incase any of those questions come up -.- wish me luck 8D

[crystal_t33rs]

^ Good luck! I'm such a bad public speaker in general so I'm nervous for that part of applying to Pharm. schools... XD

[ktra]

Being a pharmacological chemistry major is a lot more intense than I originally thought.
I'm definitely screwed for the Skaggs School of Pharm at UCSD. I don't think I'm even
mentally prepared for the math and chemistry courses.

[the_summerangel]

Hi! I'm a wannabe pharmacist!! xD What a weird way to introduce myself...

Anyways, I come from Quebec, Canada, and the admissions and studies in pharm are way different from yours... Here, we don't have pre-pharm (possibly cause we did all the organic chem and biology in CEGEP for two years) and then we have 4 years and a half of studies including work? I don't know the name in English, but in French it's called "stage"... if it helps anyone... Oh and we don't have any type of interview, except a psychometric test? I don't know if it's the right name..

So yah I just applied to pharmacy and I'm waiting impatiently for an answer... Hmm. I'm pretty scared at the courses I need to take the first year if I get in... I heard it's like, 8 courses per semester O__O which sounds insane (cause normally in university people take like, 4-5 courses right?) But I guess many people before me made it through... *sigh*

[jphase]

is it possible to go to Pharmacy school in say.. Canada and working in the US after taking the necessary exams?
would it be harder to get into pharmacy schools in Canada compared to ones in US after I get my B.S. in Chemistry?

[gglover]

I received my University of Washington Pharmacy school acceptance email today. Good luck to you all

[farcus]

I received my University of Washington Pharmacy school acceptance email today. Good luck to you all

Congrats future P1

I'm going to be either attending LECOM at Brandenton or NovaSoutheastern next year, lol i paid matriculation fee for both just in case something mess up also since nova is under probation right now but its such a better campus than LECOM

[tkdboi817]

i know that U of A Pharmacy school has an accelerated PharmD. program. it is accelerated, but that means, more stress, more harder. test every week. they also have a law school. but its in grundy virginia. the U of A is like in the middle of a miner's town. walmart is like 45 minutes away..they have a few places to eat near the school.

[iitzjesss]

^ are you talking about University of Alberta?? I'm from there, not in pharm school though =< and the pharm school is pretty good...and actually from what I've heard it's harder to get into pharm and medicine in Canada compared to the US

[farcus]

law school is worthless to get into unless youre in the top 14

[BR1TT4NYy]

whats the acceptance rate for the 7 year pharm program and ucsd?

[tkdboi817]

^ are you talking about University of Alberta?? I'm from there, not in pharm school though =< and the pharm school is pretty good...and actually from what I've heard it's harder to get into pharm and medicine in Canada compared to the US

university of Appalachia. Grundy Virginia

[.:daRkwinGs:.]

I really got into this thread.
And it's depressing me and motivating me at the same time...
There are only 3 pharmacy schools in my state T.T which means more competition.
Sigh... more classes to take.
I actually might have to start studying hardcore now.
This is gonna be a short-fast-paced 7 years or a long drawn out one. D:

^ i totally agree....now im really afraid.
im also going for a pharmacy field, but i might lean toward a Doctors...not sure though.
tat means i need to study hard and bring up my GPA...since years does fly by fast.
crap.

@kmalancer: THANKS that was really helpful.




Im going to a 4 year college and doing my major on Biological Science. Do you think attending a four year college first is good?
and if i want to get into med school what is the best GPA?
What is the best advise for me since im just a first-year college student?

thank you!

[erure]

Im going to a 4 year college and doing my major on Biological Science. Do you think attending a four year college first is good?
and if i want to get into med school what is the best GPA?
What is the best advise for me since im just a first-year college student?

thank you!

Best GPA? As high as you can get -- 4.0. I think most people have above 3.5 at least.

[.:daRkwinGs:.]

^thanks!

Dang that means I have to bring up my GPA.

[philophobia.]

i'm kind of confused on the whole majr thing.
so i chose biological science at uci.
is that a major for pharmacy?

[ken-21]

hello everyone,i have some questions about pharmacy..
im graduating this May, and i may go to community college study for pre pharmacy..
i hear people alway say that pharmacy is extremely hard, even my uncle got shocked by my decision , then he told my mom im not gonna make it...
(i live with my uncle, my parents in Hong Kong)
but i really wanna try....question is....i have lived in US for 2 years, my english still very very weak....
should i study pharmacy? But english is not my first language =[

[nyc88]

hello everyone,i have some questions about pharmacy..
im graduating this May, and i may go to community college study for pre pharmacy..
i hear people alway say that pharmacy is extremely hard, even my uncle got shocked by my decision , then he told my mom im not gonna make it...
(i live with my uncle, my parents in Hong Kong)
but i really wanna try....question is....i have lived in US for 2 years, my english still very very weak....
should i study pharmacy? But english is not my first language =[

If your english is good enough for you to take the pharmacy prereqs and the PCATS and do well on them then I think you would be fine. But then you would probably have to work harder. So you must also be strongly motivated

[mimii]

hello everyone,i have some questions about pharmacy..
im graduating this May, and i may go to community college study for pre pharmacy..
i hear people alway say that pharmacy is extremely hard, even my uncle got shocked by my decision , then he told my mom im not gonna make it...
(i live with my uncle, my parents in Hong Kong)
but i really wanna try....question is....i have lived in US for 2 years, my english still very very weak....
should i study pharmacy? But english is not my first language =[

If that's what you're really passionate about then you have to work hard. If English isn't your first language and struggling with it, I suggest extra-extra English classes and writing classes that will help you. And you might want to go to a public speaking class after. I mean, weak English skills is a downer but... it shouldn't be stopping you if you want to study pharmacy badly. Learning English is a skill, so ... just do a lot of reading, talk in English a lot, write in English a lot. Pretty sure, you'll excel in no time as long as you're determined.