Bachelors Degree Necessary?

[Z Pharmacy]

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Hi i wanted to know if anyone knew of any statistics about what percentage of students got into pharmacy school without completing thier bachelors degree?

 

[delano2000]

Hi i wanted to know if anyone knew of any statistics about what percentage of students got into pharmacy school without completing thier bachelors degree?

Hell who cares if you have a bachelors degree? As long as you complete the Pre-Pharm requirements to get into Pharm school I don't think that should be a problem (don't quote me on this). Just my 2 cents.

 

[pharm B]

Every school is different. Unofficially, it seems to be the opinion of the board that more and more schools "want" you to have one. It might factor in as bonus points on your admission package.

Hard numbers are hard to come by without calling/researching each school. Are there any schools in particular you're looking into?

 

[WhiteSnows]

I found out early at my school that having a bachelor in science is very helpful. Classes like biochem, micro, physic helps you to understand the materials well, especially for your first year. I am glad that I had those classes before school start. I have less stress time to learn all of those for my first semester while others have trouble with understanding and need to spend more time on it.

 

[Passion4Sci]

A few schools in California require a bachelor's degree, yeah, and other schools have such abysmally low acceptance rates (~2%) for people w/o Bachelor's degrees that they might as well require it... I didn't look at any out of state schools, though.

 

[tomk]

Hell who cares if you have a bachelors degree? As long as you complete the Pre-Pharm requirements to get into Pharm school I don't think that should be a problem (don't quote me on this). Just my 2 cents.

this is bad advice.

yes, at many schools you can get in w/o a bachelors. however, out of 100 students, there's only like 1 or 2 that get in without a bachelors at those schools.

so if you you like those odds, then go for it. if not, i'd suggest getting a bachelors. pharm school is very competitive and its nice to have options/a degree. A bachelor's degree definately helps your chances of getting in.

 

[PharmDonk]

this is bad advice.

yes, at many schools you can get in w/o a bachelors. however, out of 100 students, there's only like 1 or 2 that get in without a bachelors at those schools.

so if you you like those odds, then go for it. if not, i'd suggest getting a bachelors. pharm school is very competitive and its nice to have options/a degree. A bachelor's degree definately helps your chances of getting in.

Source?

 

[Monalyce]

Interestingly enough, 87% of my incoming class has a bachelors' degree. In 2003, only 31% of the class did.

 

[Passion4Sci]

Source?

There's no definitive, compiled source, and it does vary from school to school completely.

Not every school offers class profiles. Some do, though, and one of them is UCSF:

For fall 2008 -
Degree Held when Entering

00.00% no degree
00.82% Associate's degree
96.72% Bachelor's degree
02.46% Graduate degree

However, that is UCSF. It is reasonable to assume that other schools which don't require Bachelor's degrees, but DO require PCAT, will accept more "no degree" students. This is just a rational thought process on my part. Observation, hypothesis made, and I've experimented a few times by looking through websites of schools that do not require Bachelor's degrees.

Now, let's look at some other schools that have class profiles for the "experiment":

Creighton University
39%

East Tennessee State University
58%

There are probably more, but only some schools have profiles.

Bottom line is this:

yes, at many schools you can get in w/o a bachelors. however, out of 100 students, there's only like 1 or 2 that get in without a bachelors at those schools.

is not entirely accurate at all. If I had more time to go through every single school, and call the ones w/o websites at all, I'm sure I'd find a similar percentage represented all across the states. Creighton and TN are two good examples... 39% and 58%. In CALIFORNIA, it is different, but we don't require PCAT here either, whereas other schools do.

So yeah... take that with a grain of salt

 

[Benelli]

I would say it would give you more of an advantage to have a Bachelor's degree in a related field; especially when getting into a doctorate level program such as Pharmacy.

 

[mike36]

this is bad advice.

yes, at many schools you can get in w/o a bachelors. however, out of 100 students, there's only like 1 or 2 that get in without a bachelors at those schools.

so if you you like those odds, then go for it. if not, i'd suggest getting a bachelors. pharm school is very competitive and its nice to have options/a degree. A bachelor's degree definately helps your chances of getting in.

You're ******ed. This will differ widely between schools. At my school, 1/3 have a bachelor's, 1/3 will have the minimum 2 years pre-req classes, and 1/3 will have more than the pre-reqs but less than a bachelor's. It is highly dependent on the schools you are applying to.