Bad idea? (Switching between health professional schools)

[Pharmaniac]

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What is your take on this? If I get into pharmacy, I may want to try for medicine and hence have pharmacy as a back-up. Anyone try this? Please share experiences.

 

[EyeCandy5]

There are many ways to look at this. Professional school adcom are not stupid people. They could take your switch as undying motivation towards (medicine) whatever you are switching to from pharm school. On the other hand they could take it as unstability... and ask if you would do this once in med school too and thus take the spot they could have given to another desirable candidate? It just looks like you cant finish what you start. On the other hand if you finish pharm and then apply it seems like you know what you want and have achieved more live experience in the process.

Just my two cents.

If you do end up getting an interview alot of justifications are required. A couple friends of mine in science did a masters in business administration instead of a masters in science and were hammered during their med interview. So be careful.

 

[HristosKaran]

You should really figure out which you PREFER to do....I know it can be a hard decision, especially with the healthcare system in flux, but the amount of money and time you will spend on applying to both is no small matter. Plus if you get into pharmacy, and decide to switch to medical, you will lose a year of tuition at the pharmacy school and you will have to repay. You really need to do some soul searching and only apply to which program you want to work in for 30+ years.

 

[Moni526]

I knew an older woman (in her 40s) who was a nurse, but when she started getting older, she was not able to perform at the level needed to be a nurse anymore, so she decided to become a pharmacist because it was not as physically demanding. And one of the pharmacists at work was telling me that she knew a doctor who was getting tired of that, so he became a pharmacist to be able to research drugs/drug therapies.

My take: both are A LOT of money, so figure out which you like more and stick with it.

 

[Pharmaniac]

Thanks EyeCandy 🙂 lol... Let's how the near future plays out first and then I'll worry about all this.