Best advice for applying without BS/BA...

[LAsFinest]

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Hi guys, so I am going to be applying for the 2010 fall term, and I do not have nor will be getting a bachelors, any advice on what area I should focus on the MOST?.... ANY advice would be greatly appreciated, and if anyone got accepted without a bachelors if you don't mind sharing your stats that would be awesome! 👍

 

[RealUnreaL]

you will need to take all the science courses for preparing your self ,and you need to focus on , chem, bio classes.
These are the most value classes for pharmd Program.
you don't really need a bachelor for applying a pharm. schools.
Every school has different course requirements but also most of them are pretty same.
And these classes are Science classes again.
Math
Chem and organic Chem.
Biology , micro bio. vs vs vs
if you type to search "transfer" you will see a lot of threats about students who did not get a bachelor but still went in to pharmd Program.
Stats are also up to schools but if you want to get in and no question asks, get your GPA and Pcat high.
Best of luck

 

[LAsFinest]

you will need to take all the science courses for preparing your self ,and you need to focus on , chem, bio classes.
These are the most value classes for pharmd Program.
you don't really need a bachelor for applying a pharm. schools.
Every school has different course requirements but also most of them are pretty same.
And these classes are Science classes again.
Math
Chem and organic Chem.
Biology , micro bio. vs vs vs
if you type to search "transfer" you will see a lot of threats about students who did not get a bachelor but still went in to pharmd Program.
Stats are also up to schools but if you want to get in and no question asks, get your GPA and Pcat high.
Best of luck

.... Thanks you... here is another question: I am a very capable student, but I did screw up a little in the beginning. At the end of this spring term, I will have all A's for chem 101 calc II and philosophy and speech. which will bring my gpa up to 3.4, then i will 99% chance get ALL A's in chem 102 and the organic chems and bios, I am very capable and feel that I can, do you think getting all A's in these hard classes will outweigh the not so good start I had in the easy classes such as econ and eng 101 lol?

 

[AStudentDoctor]

.... Thanks you... here is another question: I am a very capable student, but I did screw up a little in the beginning. At the end of this spring term, I will have all A's for chem 101 calc II and philosophy and speech. which will bring my gpa up to 3.4, then i will 99% chance get ALL A's in chem 102 and the organic chems and bios, I am very capable and feel that I can, do you think getting all A's in these hard classes will outweigh the not so good start I had in the easy classes such as econ and eng 101 lol?

Yes, but obviously it would have been easier to take the easier classes more seriously and get the initial A instead of trying to make up the B with an A in orgo or whatever.

 

[diastole]

You are probably going to need a pretty good PCAT. However, you are going to have to take it by October and I'm not sure you will have enough science classes under your belt to really do well. How many science classes will you have taken by the time you take your PCAT?

 

[LAsFinest]

Sorry for late response guys, I am applying to UOP which is in CALI so no PCAT required, I will have after this fall term, a 3.5 GPA with two semesters of general chem 1 semester of bio and 1 semester of organic chemistry, with A's in all of them.... I have 2 years of volunteer experience in a pharmacy, just got my pharm tech license, am currently hired by CVS as a pharm tech, and also a paid SI (supplemental instruction) leader for chemistry at my CC.... pretty good LORs and statement I will try to make as good as possible, again I am applying for UOp and yes i know deadline is Nov 2 =( lol.... should i even bother? I've completed everything pretty much I just need to submit.

 

[roziak]

deadline is Nov 2 =( lol.... should i even bother? I've completed everything pretty much I just need to submit.

Submit PharmCAS? Dude, it takes up to 5 weeks to process everything when you E-submit. It may be too late if your deadline is in four days. Any other opinions?

 

[busyizzy]

Submit PharmCAS? Dude, it takes up to 5 weeks to process everything when you E-submit. It may be too late if your deadline is in four days. Any other opinions?

It's not too late.

As long as the student submits by Nov 2, you're fine. I don't remember if UOP is rollings, and you might have a disadvantage in that if you submit so late, but if you're willing to accept this, and your application is near complete, go for it.

 

[inquirer89]

I got in after 2 years with no undergrad degree. My single best piece of advise to get experience either as a volunteer or tech.

Read about my journey in the link below.

 

[LAsFinest]

I got in after 2 years with no undergrad degree. My single best piece of advise to get experience either as a volunteer or tech.

Read about my journey in the link below.

I just read parts of your journey on the link, WOW, you put a lot of effort into that. I have done a lot of research on how to get accepted without a bachelors, and you basically had everysingle thing I had read about, and some more. I wish I had read about your experience earlier, thank you so much for sharing your experience and helping a lot of people. Btw I also wanted to do aerospace engineering in high school, and for the same reasons later on decided that its not the right career for me, and my mom is an RN as well. Lol, again thank you very much for the help....