applying 2nd yr undergrad?

[excel]

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Can you apply to a 0-6 program as a 2nd year undergrad to most pharmacy programs? Are there very little spots available? And wouldn't it be easier to get into then applying for the professional third year? I emailed MCPHS about this but they weren't very specific on the details, would i be enrolled into the guaranteed admission program or not? Thanks in advance.

 

[andrewattheU]

I'm pretty sure for the 0-6 programs you have to enroll right out of highschool with no college experience so if you have already taken a year of college you will have to apply as a professional student like everyone else

 

[ANXIOUSnSCARED]

Can you apply to a 0-6 program as a 2nd year undergrad to most pharmacy programs? Are there very little spots available? And wouldn't it be easier to get into then applying for the professional third year? I emailed MCPHS about this but they weren't very specific on the details, would i be enrolled into the guaranteed admission program or not? Thanks in advance.

my friend from UOP came in 2nd year as pre-pharm, but he hated ochem and stuff so now he's an econ major...haha

 

[rheumlife15]

yea how can you do an 0-6 program when you're in college. the whole point of that is to go outta high school, and get your pharm D in 6 years....so if you're in college, your just like any other applicant and will take you most likely 4 years of pharmacy school

 

[SGPharmD]

You can apply as an undergrad to a 0-6 school but there are very few spots because they save their spots for their internal students. Basically you come in from high school and have 2 years of undergrad. Then when you're ready for the profession program in year 3 you have to have a specific gpa (it's usually pretty low) but you do not have to take the PCAT. As long as you have the minumin gpa required you move on to year 3. If you don't you're out. Now there are probably very few students that don't reach that minumim gpa because it's low, but some people do change their minds and drop out of the program in the first 2 years. Therefore between those 2 groups of people, the ones that drop out and the ones that don't make it, they will have a few spaces to fill and will fill then with transfer students from other schools. But it's difficult to transfer in because they get thousands of applications and only have a few spaces to fill. It's much easier to get into a 4-year school.