Applying to Pharmacy schools (Chances?)

[Akki6]

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Hello everyone! I am ready to apply to Pharmacy schools this year. However, I haven't taken the PCAT yet and I am aiming to take it in September. Here are my stats as well as my extracurriculars and clinical experience so far:

Chem 1 and 2: Bs in both
Bio 1 and 2: B+ and A-
Organic 1 and 2: B- and C+
Physics 1: A
Biochemistry: C (had a very rude instructor who didn't care about his students)
Physics 2 is still pending.

Clinical Volunteering and Shadowing:
Regional Hospital (will have around 150-200 hours or more)
Volunteered at a Community Health Fair for a day
Shadowed a Pediatric GI Specialist for about 3 months (Around 100 hours)
Will also shadow few pharmacists soon

Extracurricular Clubs:
Member of Indian American Association on campus
Leadership position at a community temple

My overall GPA is 3.44 which is actually my university GPA because I went to a community college my first year (2 sems) and it was 3.6 there. Also, I am majoring in Economics. I wanted to know about my chances of getting in to some of the schools like ETSU Pharmacy, PCOM Pharmacy, Belmont etc. I am from Tennessee.

Also, what is the best way to study for PCAT? I have talked to different people and most of them say go for Dr. Collins Self Study Guides.

 

[Akki6]

Any suggestions will be appreciated.

 

[Corpseman]

Any suggestions will be appreciated.

You'll do fine, but should consider medical or PA school.

 

[PharmtoCS]

You will get in but in addition to medical or PA school as Corpseman recommends, I would add business, finance, accounting, software development, and engineering to the list of potential options.

 

[Akki6]

Thank you for the suggestions. Actually, I was a medical student which is why I have lot of shadowing experience. I was thinking about applying to both medical and pharmacy schools this cycle, but gave up the thought because didn't want to take both MCAT and PCAT back to back and apply in same cycle which is tough. Also, I was interested in engineering after I graduated high school but got into Health field after shadowing. I wouldn't mind doing Pharmacy. I really hope I get into ETSU Pharmacy because it's really close to home.

 

[Akki6]

How do you think I should study for PCAT? I am planning on taking it in September. I heard some great things about Dr. Collins Self study guide. Also, I haven't taken Microbiology yet which I am taking in Fall.