Okay let me describe my situation. It might be a long write up, but I'll do my best to keep it short. I know some people in real life that read these forums, and I want to keep my identity a secret, so excuse me if anything weird comes up.
I'm a 21 year senior who will be graduating from college soon. I am graduating with a BA in Humanities/Social Science. When I was a freshman in college, I wanted to do pharmacy. I even majored in a science. But, I had some bad things going on freshman year and was extremely distracted. I didn't do as well as I should have on chemistry and math. I ended up getting C+'s on both courses. I was so disappointed in my GPA and how hard those classes were at the university I was attending. I felt so unhappy because my GPA was so low and it felt so hard just to even crack a B in chemistry. The university I attended (let's just say it's a top university) was also extremely competitive and I really felt like I didn't belong.
In an attempt to salvage my GPA and college career, I talked with a few people and concluded that maybe pharmacy wasn't for me, even though I had only taken 2 classes. As a result, I changed my major and thought "following my dreams" and studying what I was "passionate about." So I studied my passion. Eventually, I thought about pursuing law school and was on that route. Little did I know, the legal market went on this insane collapse and as of now, it's only worth it (arguably) to go to law school if you go to what's called the T-14, which consists of schools like Berkeley, Duke, Yale, Chicago, Harvard, etc. Getting to those schools are insanely difficult. It's like saying, "Your only shot of medical school is to get into one of those medical schools. Good luck." I attempted anyways and after 8 months of studying for the LSAT, I took the test and didn't do so well. I can try to take the test again (and I probably will) but realistically, I don't know if I can actually score the score I need to get into a T-14 school. You basically need to score in the 95%+, which is insane.
But for now I'm back in square one. I'm graduating soon and have little idea what my future will hold. I have some legal work experience in undergrad and I have a pretty decent GPA (~3.6). I'm going to try to find any job this upcoming year just to make some money. I'm fortunate that I don't have that much undergrad debt (I do have some, but not too much), but I have to admit it's depressing realizing that the only jobs I could find are clerk jobs, or administrative assistant jobs. Eventually I started asking myself, "Man, what if I just stayed a biology major? What if I just continued on? I wouldn't have changed my major if I wasn't doing so bad...maybe I shouldn't have come to this university...maybe I should've gone somewhere less competitive...)
I talked to a friend of mine who was in a similar situation as me. He also graduated from college with a non-related degree and found his job prospects and future to be pretty grim. After he graduated, he decided to go back to community college and just take the pre-reqs for pharmacy. It was a tedious process and it took him around 3 years, but he eventually got it done and applied to a few pharmacy schools. Eventually, one accepted him and he went. That was a few years ago. He graduated now and is a pharmacist. I talked to my friend and my friend said to me, "Well, if this is what you want to do, you can do it. It's going to be a long path and there's no guarantees, but it's possible."
And now I'm actually starting to think about it. Fortunately, I found out something positive. I took a chem and math class back in my freshman year, but it didn't count for the pharmacy pre req. Think of it like this: for pharmacy, you're suppose to take general chemistry, but usually in large universities there are 2 types of general chemistry offered: the chemistry for engineering students, and the chemistry for pre meds. Well I took the one for pre meds, but the one you're suppose to take for pharmacy is the one that the engineers take. Oh joy. I took the wrong chem class anyways. I don't want to give details about the math class, but I'll say for sure it didn't count. Just trust me on it.
So, to wrap it up, I'm in an unusual situation. It's obviously not common, but I know one other person who has done it before. Do you think I should reconsider pharmacy? Do you think going to a community college to take pre reqs is worth a shot? I don't know how well I'll do, but I know for sure I'll try harder than I did when I was a freshman. I would imagine it would be slightly easier at a CC than it was here at my large, competitive, top ranked university, but that's just sorta a guess based on the common and general belief that CC is easier than a top 25 school. I don't know. What do you guys think? Just want some opinions.
I'm a 21 year senior who will be graduating from college soon. I am graduating with a BA in Humanities/Social Science. When I was a freshman in college, I wanted to do pharmacy. I even majored in a science. But, I had some bad things going on freshman year and was extremely distracted. I didn't do as well as I should have on chemistry and math. I ended up getting C+'s on both courses. I was so disappointed in my GPA and how hard those classes were at the university I was attending. I felt so unhappy because my GPA was so low and it felt so hard just to even crack a B in chemistry. The university I attended (let's just say it's a top university) was also extremely competitive and I really felt like I didn't belong.
In an attempt to salvage my GPA and college career, I talked with a few people and concluded that maybe pharmacy wasn't for me, even though I had only taken 2 classes. As a result, I changed my major and thought "following my dreams" and studying what I was "passionate about." So I studied my passion. Eventually, I thought about pursuing law school and was on that route. Little did I know, the legal market went on this insane collapse and as of now, it's only worth it (arguably) to go to law school if you go to what's called the T-14, which consists of schools like Berkeley, Duke, Yale, Chicago, Harvard, etc. Getting to those schools are insanely difficult. It's like saying, "Your only shot of medical school is to get into one of those medical schools. Good luck." I attempted anyways and after 8 months of studying for the LSAT, I took the test and didn't do so well. I can try to take the test again (and I probably will) but realistically, I don't know if I can actually score the score I need to get into a T-14 school. You basically need to score in the 95%+, which is insane.
But for now I'm back in square one. I'm graduating soon and have little idea what my future will hold. I have some legal work experience in undergrad and I have a pretty decent GPA (~3.6). I'm going to try to find any job this upcoming year just to make some money. I'm fortunate that I don't have that much undergrad debt (I do have some, but not too much), but I have to admit it's depressing realizing that the only jobs I could find are clerk jobs, or administrative assistant jobs. Eventually I started asking myself, "Man, what if I just stayed a biology major? What if I just continued on? I wouldn't have changed my major if I wasn't doing so bad...maybe I shouldn't have come to this university...maybe I should've gone somewhere less competitive...)
I talked to a friend of mine who was in a similar situation as me. He also graduated from college with a non-related degree and found his job prospects and future to be pretty grim. After he graduated, he decided to go back to community college and just take the pre-reqs for pharmacy. It was a tedious process and it took him around 3 years, but he eventually got it done and applied to a few pharmacy schools. Eventually, one accepted him and he went. That was a few years ago. He graduated now and is a pharmacist. I talked to my friend and my friend said to me, "Well, if this is what you want to do, you can do it. It's going to be a long path and there's no guarantees, but it's possible."
And now I'm actually starting to think about it. Fortunately, I found out something positive. I took a chem and math class back in my freshman year, but it didn't count for the pharmacy pre req. Think of it like this: for pharmacy, you're suppose to take general chemistry, but usually in large universities there are 2 types of general chemistry offered: the chemistry for engineering students, and the chemistry for pre meds. Well I took the one for pre meds, but the one you're suppose to take for pharmacy is the one that the engineers take. Oh joy. I took the wrong chem class anyways. I don't want to give details about the math class, but I'll say for sure it didn't count. Just trust me on it.
So, to wrap it up, I'm in an unusual situation. It's obviously not common, but I know one other person who has done it before. Do you think I should reconsider pharmacy? Do you think going to a community college to take pre reqs is worth a shot? I don't know how well I'll do, but I know for sure I'll try harder than I did when I was a freshman. I would imagine it would be slightly easier at a CC than it was here at my large, competitive, top ranked university, but that's just sorta a guess based on the common and general belief that CC is easier than a top 25 school. I don't know. What do you guys think? Just want some opinions.
