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- Don't worry about your GPA or major, both are fine.
- I don't think any pre-requisite is considered more important than another.
- Yes, being a pharm tech will help.
- I don't think any pre-requisite is considered more important than another.
- Yes, being a pharm tech will help.
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1) It doesn't look bad switching from one major into pre-pharmacy because many people get in from non-science majors like finance.
2) Your GPA should be at least 3.0 to have a shot at a decent school. Anything 3.4 or above is considered competitive.
3) You should focus on the classes that will prepare you for the PCAT. Biology, chemistry, calculus, etc.
4) Being a pharm tech will boost your application but is not required. As long as you do something related to health care, it should suffice.
5) Focus on your grades and getting a good PCAT score. Taking the PCAT is highly advised or you will be severely limiting your options. It is not as difficult as you think if that's what you're worried about.
2) Your GPA should be at least 3.0 to have a shot at a decent school. Anything 3.4 or above is considered competitive.
3) You should focus on the classes that will prepare you for the PCAT. Biology, chemistry, calculus, etc.
4) Being a pharm tech will boost your application but is not required. As long as you do something related to health care, it should suffice.
5) Focus on your grades and getting a good PCAT score. Taking the PCAT is highly advised or you will be severely limiting your options. It is not as difficult as you think if that's what you're worried about.
Which pharmacy setting does your cousin work? You need to actually work in a busy chain retail pharmacy before you decide that pharmacy is for you, as that is where the majority of grads end up.
California is already extremely saturated with 8 fully accredited pharmacy schools. There are still 5 more that are yet to graduate their first class in 2018-2019. However, you really don't need to be a strong applicant as these schools will take just about anyone willing to throw $200k+ at them. Beware though, just imagine how the job market will be when another massive wave of new grads hit the market from these new schools.
There are much better professions out there, i.e. computer programming, finance, accounting, engineering, the trades, etc. that offer better job prospects, better quality of life, gross salary as good as pharmacy if not higher, and do not require you to take out $200k+ in loans and spend an additional 4 years in school. These jobs are in high demand especially in CA, whereas as a pharmacist you will most definitely have to move away and may be locked out of the state indefinitely due to the lack of jobs and extreme competition from a combination of new grads coming from CA schools and those trying to come back into the state - that is if the jobs in BFE are not already taken.
California is already extremely saturated with 8 fully accredited pharmacy schools. There are still 5 more that are yet to graduate their first class in 2018-2019. However, you really don't need to be a strong applicant as these schools will take just about anyone willing to throw $200k+ at them. Beware though, just imagine how the job market will be when another massive wave of new grads hit the market from these new schools.
There are much better professions out there, i.e. computer programming, finance, accounting, engineering, the trades, etc. that offer better job prospects, better quality of life, gross salary as good as pharmacy if not higher, and do not require you to take out $200k+ in loans and spend an additional 4 years in school. These jobs are in high demand especially in CA, whereas as a pharmacist you will most definitely have to move away and may be locked out of the state indefinitely due to the lack of jobs and extreme competition from a combination of new grads coming from CA schools and those trying to come back into the state - that is if the jobs in BFE are not already taken.
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