Are there any benefits to graduating a semester early?

[eevee]

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Besides the obvious saving of money, inn terms of applying to pharmacy school. I would have all of the pre-requisites for pharmacy out of the way before the last semester, aside from anatomy.

Would pharmacy schools prefer to see a full 4 years? Does it matter significantly? Should I take this chance to apply during my junior year in hopes of hearing back before senior year so that I can just take a semester off?

Thanks in forward!

 

[tehshield]

It does not really matter significantly whether you graduated early or not. I graduated like 2 quarters early. As long as your application is good and you finish your prerequisites everything would be good to go.

 

[DrDrugs2012]

Ask yourself whether earning that bachelors degree has value to you. If so you have two possible avenues. 1) You finish in the traditional manner then go onto graduate school. 2) You investigate whether your current undergraduate school will accept transfer credits from the graduate schools you hope to attend in which case you may be able to double count credits and graduate with a bachelors as you do pharmacy school.

Obviously the latter is a win win because you save on tuition, still get both drgrees and finish faster giving you an extra year of pharmacist income. Hint hint.

 

[eevee]

It does not really matter significantly whether you graduated early or not. I graduated like 2 quarters early. As long as your application is good and you finish your prerequisites everything would be good to go.

Thank you! That's helpful!

Ask yourself whether earning that bachelors degree has value to you. If so you have two possible avenues. 1) You finish in the traditional manner then go onto graduate school. 2) You investigate whether your current undergraduate school will accept transfer credits from the graduate schools you hope to attend in which case you may be able to double count credits and graduate with a bachelors as you do pharmacy school.

Obviously the latter is a win win because you save on tuition, still get both drgrees and finish faster giving you an extra year of pharmacist income. Hint hint.

I meant graduate early as in get my bachelor's degree early! But thank you! 🙂

 

[DrDrugs2012]

I understood your desire to graduate early. My point was that if your current school allows you to substitute your undergraduate credits for graduate coursework, then there is very little reason to delay pharmacy school (or other professional graduate school) for any reason. The idea is not to graduate a semester early... but to enroll in graduate school a year early and then graduate on time from undergrad.