Fall classes 2010

[keyy200tx]

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Hey Pre-pharm students,
Do you guys mind sharing the classes you will be taking this fall.
I will start
Organic 1 ( scared of it )
A and P
Statistics
Pharmacy Application
Physics 2 or Calculus 2 ( will decided on monday morning)

I am also studying for the October PCAT .....lol......

 

[palmprepharm]

This is my first semester as a Biology/ Pre-Pharmacy major, so I'm not in many advanced classes yet. Also, I plan to finish my B.S. before applying to Pharmacy schools.

My classes for Fall are:

Microbiology and Lab
Statistics and Lab
Trigonometry
Intro to Theatre Art
Spanish III for Health Professions

 

[cmspharm]

Organic 1
Pathology course
Psyc course on the biopsychological principles of the five senses
Music course
History course
Global Health

Also working as a pharm tech part time and have various leadership roles in organizations. Wanted to take physics instead of one of my classes, but I was concerned it would be too much.

 

[b1234]

Organic 1
Pathology course
Psyc course on the biopsychological principles of the five senses
Music course
History course
Global Health

Also working as a pharm tech part time and have various leadership roles in organizations. Wanted to take physics instead of one of my classes, but I was concerned it would be too much.

I don't think replacing one of those courses with physics would make your schedule too hard.

This is my first semester as a Biology/ Pre-Pharmacy major, so I'm not in many advanced classes yet. Also, I plan to finish my B.S. before applying to Pharmacy schools.

My classes for Fall are:

Microbiology and Lab
Statistics and Lab
Trigonometry
Intro to Theatre Art
Spanish III for Health Professions

This is an upper level micro course, right? Many schools offer both a lower level and upper level micro course and for the pharmacy schools that require micro, the lower level courses usually are not acceptable

Hey Pre-pharm students,
Do you guys mind sharing the classes you will be taking this fall.
I will start
Organic 1 ( scared of it )
A and P
Statistics
Pharmacy Application
Physics 2 or Calculus 2 ( will decided on monday morning)

I am also studying for the October PCAT .....lol......

With you still being in OChem 1 - and not knowing how much physiology you will have had... You may find the PCAT extremely difficult in October due to you not having covered much of the material on it.

 

[delano2000]

Might as well add mine to the list:

Intro to Lit
US History II
Microbio w/ lab (upper)
Genetics w/o lab
Gen. Bio I w/ lab (for those that remember that mix up with my prev. Bio course)

All in all I will be taking 18 cr. hrs + studying for the PCAT.

 

[MathDebate]

physical chemistry
anatomy & physiology II
advanced inorganic chemistry
industrial chemistry

 

[keyy200tx]

I don't think replacing one of those courses with physics would make your schedule too hard.



This is an upper level micro course, right? Many schools offer both a lower level and upper level micro course and for the pharmacy schools that require micro, the lower level courses usually are not acceptable



With you still being in OChem 1 - and not knowing how much physiology you will have had... You may find the PCAT extremely difficult in October due to you not having covered much of the material on it.

Thats why we have something called studying........ I believe if you finish bio 1 and 2 , chem 1 and 2 and some math class you should be ready for the pcat. @ least while taking Organic 1. ..... If i remember well thats what alot of people on SDN do .

 

[pinksparkly]

Genetics (w/ lab)
Biochemistry (w/ lab)
Cultural Anthropology

Shouldn't be too bad, but I am counting on having to teach myself the biochem. The instructor isn't big on lecturing. The husband is starting school this fall, and we had to offset our schedules to avoid paying for daycare. I might forget that I have one by the end of the semester!

All in all I will be taking 18 cr. hrs + studying for the PCAT.

Good luck! I thought you already took the PCAT?😕

 

[palmprepharm]

This is an upper level micro course, right? Many schools offer both a lower level and upper level micro course and for the pharmacy schools that require micro, the lower level courses usually are not acceptable

I'm pretty sure none of the schools that I'm interested in require it, however I could be mistaken. Also, it is a 300-level course.

 

[Rockinacoustic]

Principles of Pharmacology
Anatomy w/ Lab
Animal Physiology Lab
Biostatistics
Asian Philosophy

Annnd my weekends start after 10AM on Thursdays

 

[cmspharm]

I don't think replacing one of those courses with physics would make your schedule too hard.

Well, I have no foundation in physics, as I never took it in high school. I go to to a top 5 university and our sciences are quite rigorous. Since I haven't done so great in my previous science courses here, I really need to get A's in the ones I am taking this semester. That's why I didn't want to risk taking on too much. My organic professor gives less than 10% A's each semester. With that said, I wanted to be able to focus a lot of time on organic because so few people get A's. It is probably manageable, but at this point, I'd rather not risk having another sub-par semester.

 

[b1234]

physical chemistry
anatomy & physiology II
advanced inorganic chemistry
industrial chemistry

Sucks to be you next semester... Thermo or Quantum?
Is your industrial chem class as least not too bad?

[/B]

Thats why we have something called studying........ I believe if you finish bio 1 and 2 , chem 1 and 2 and some math class you should be ready for the pcat. @ least while taking Organic 1. ..... If i remember well thats what alot of people on SDN do .

If you're properly prepared for the PCAT, you don't need to study specifically for the PCAT at all... Much easier to take the right courses before taking it - that trying to teach that much material to yourself...

I'm pretty sure none of the schools that I'm interested in require it, however I could be mistaken. Also, it is a 300-level course.

You should be fine then if it's a junior level class with a lab. Many schools already require it and more probably will in the (near) future.

Well, I have no foundation in physics, as I never took it in high school. I go to to a top 5 university and our sciences are quite rigorous. Since I haven't done so great in my previous science courses here, I really need to get A's in the ones I am taking this semester. That's why I didn't want to risk taking on too much. My organic professor gives less than 10% A's each semester. With that said, I wanted to be able to focus a lot of time on organic because so few people get A's. It is probably manageable, but at this point, I'd rather not risk having another sub-par semester.

If you're good at math (algebra and maybe basic calculus) and you normally do well in other sciences then intro physics shouldn't be hard for you at all. Don't let Ochem scare you, it's not that hard, just a lot of material - that builds on itself - so difficult to catch up if you fall behind and/or if you're a last minute crammer that doesn't actually study...

 

[JADpharm28]

Technically my second semester of college.

Bio I
Humanities (Mythology)
Psych 101
College Algebra
Macroeconomics

Totally dreading mythology- my teacher sent an email with what we will be doing in class. It includes writing and performing a 30 minute play as the final exam.....shoot me!

 

[delano2000]

Good luck! I thought you already took the PCAT?😕

Yea but retaking to increase my scores.

 

[UKDude]

This will be my last pre-pharmacy semester....

1. Medical Microbiology w/ Lab
2. Physics w/ Lab
3. Microeconomics
4. Interpersonal Communications
5. Statistics (online)

Cant wait to be done. I will get the entire spring semester off from school before I (hopefully) start pharmacy school at Sullivan University next summer.

 

[dudecoolname]

Calculus I
Biololgy II w/ lab
Chemistry II w/ lab
Interpersonal Communication
American history since civil war

Amidoingitright?

 

[PharmaMaya]

4 - Physics II Lec and Lab
4 - Quantitative Analysis (Analytical Chemistry) Lec and Lab
3 - Organic Chemistry II Lec only (will take lab in the spring)
3 - General Speech
3 - Elementary Statistics
3 - Microeconomics

20 credit hours total. all begins next monday. its crazy, i know, but thats just how i roll. 😀

 

[PandaPharm]

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[Nismo]

Organic Chem I
Psychology
Pre-calc
Gen Biology II

Working at CVS about 10-16 hours a week.

will take PCAT June 2011.

 

[mandydp6]

Physics I
Organic Evolution
Anatomy and Physiology II
Intro to Psychology
Statistics

**My last pre-pharm semester too!!!!** Will still be taking classes in the spring though for degree requirements.

 

[Abominable Itch]

Advanced Organic Chemistry w/lab
Genetics w/ lab
Biostatistics w/lab
Special Problems in Chemistry
General Psychology
Classical Archaelogy

I'm also applying to pharmacy schools this year, volunteering, and doing research. This semester is gonna be interesting...

 

[b1234]

Advanced Organic Chemistry w/lab
Genetics w/ lab
Biostatistics w/lab
Special Problems in Chemistry
General Psychology
Classical Archaelogy

I'm also applying to pharmacy schools this year, volunteering, and doing research. This semester is gonna be interesting...

If your advanced Ochem lab is anything like the advance synth lab I had to take, then I feel for you - nothing like spending about 20 hours one week in the lab, only to find out the next week that your yield sucked and you have to re do it all - just to be a week behind where you wanted to be by that time... Or finding out the hard way, that the pores in a Hirsch funnel/filter are larger than your crystals...

 

[dnguyen401]

Last fall semester as an undergrad!

Advanced Cell Biology (3)
General Microbiology w/ Lab (4)
General Physics II w/ Lab (4)
Organic Chemistry Lab (2)
Independent Laboratory Study (1)
Advanced Topics Undergraduate (1)

 

[1TB4RKSB4CK]

General Chemistry 1 w/ Lab -4
Anatomy and Physiology 1 w/Lab -4
Trigonometry -3
Sociology -3
Macroeconomics -3

Getting a big course load done in order to prepare for Orgo 1 and Physics (not really my strong suit) in the future so I wont have to cram other classes next to it. Maybe i'll throw in Statistics class for a session 4 if I'm on point with grades 🙂

 

[pharm B]

Might as well add mine to the list:

Intro to Lit
US History II
Microbio w/ lab (upper)
Genetics w/o lab
Gen. Bio I w/ lab (for those that remember that mix up with my prev. Bio course)

All in all I will be taking 18 cr. hrs + studying for the PCAT.

Holy crap, dude. That's a lotta bio. Nice balance with History and Intro to Lit.

 

[delano2000]

Holy crap, dude. That's a lotta bio. Nice balance with History and Intro to Lit.

Haha. I know. If I didn't have to retake this Gen Bio course life would have been so much easier for me.🙁 I hate History anyways.👎

 

[b1234]

Hey Pre-pharm students,
Do you guys mind sharing the classes you will be taking this fall.
I will start
Organic 1 ( scared of it )
A and P
Statistics
Pharmacy Application
Physics 2 or Calculus 2 ( will decided on monday morning)

I am also studying for the October PCAT .....lol......

You can take physics 2 without calc 2? - non calc based physics?

Might as well add mine to the list:

Intro to Lit
US History II
Microbio w/ lab (upper)
Genetics w/o lab
Gen. Bio I w/ lab (for those that remember that mix up with my prev. Bio course)

All in all I will be taking 18 cr. hrs + studying for the PCAT.

Surprised you can get into the upper level bio's without gen bio 1

Yea but retaking to increase my scores.

I'd wait til you see your scores before you decide for sure about retaking it.

Don't overestimate how well most people do...

 

[floreat]

Bio 1 (with lab)
Chem 1 (with lab)
Calculus 1 (optional lab)
Nutrition science

+ volunteering at the hospital and teaching english. I am scared!

 

[pharm B]

Bio 1 (with lab)
Chem 1 (with lab)
Calculus 1 (optional lab)
Nutrition science

+ volunteering at the hospital and teaching english. I am scared!

It's a full course load, but it's also not too difficult by itself. But you'll be busy, between doing all this and teaching English. Are you doing that full time?

 

[zhajifathali]

technically my third semester of college but i call it my second. well because i flunked all my classes my first one 🙁 but this is my fall course load.

gen chem 2 w/lab
calc 2 w/lab
english 1
wellness and fitness(pe gen ed class)
sci 100(intro seminar)

 

[Anterior]

Hello all, first post. Just finished Calculus, Freshman Comp, and Comm 1 this Summer (11 units in 8 weeks, huzzah!)

Fall 2010:

H. Anatomy and Lab
Intro Chem and Lab
Argument/Persuasion
English 2

Trying to get a pharmacy tech job in the area. Thoughts?

 

[delano2000]

I'd wait til you see your scores before you decide for sure about retaking it.

I took it last year.

 

[floreat]

It's a full course load, but it's also not too difficult by itself. But you'll be busy, between doing all this and teaching English. Are you doing that full time?

At my school it's actually only 70% of a full course load. I've just never taken this many sciences at once and am hoping I can handle it. The volunteering is only a few hours a week each and just for fun, since they base entry into pharmacy on gpa alone. Worst case scenario, I will drop the ECs and nutrition and just focus on getting A's (hopefully) in everything else.

 

[b1234]

I took it last year.

Oh, I thought you just took it...

 

[pharm B]

At my school it's actually only 70% of a full course load. I've just never taken this many sciences at once and am hoping I can handle it. The volunteering is only a few hours a week each and just for fun, since they base entry into pharmacy on gpa alone. Worst case scenario, I will drop the ECs and nutrition and just focus on getting A's (hopefully) in everything else.

What kind of system are you on, and what would be a full course load?

 

[rxforlife2004]

Hey Pre-pharm students,
Do you guys mind sharing the classes you will be taking this fall.
I will start
Organic 1 ( scared of it )
A and P
Statistics
Pharmacy Application
Physics 2 or Calculus 2 ( will decided on monday morning)

I am also studying for the October PCAT .....lol......

Back in 2002, this is my schedule for a semester:

O-Chem 2
Physics II
A and P
Human Anatomy
Microbiology
Speech (public speaking)
P-chem (toughest class ever)
Biochemistry

Just got one B in P-chem. The rest are As.

Bottom line: know ur limit. If u're hardcore enough, you can get all pre-req for pharmacy in 2 semesters.

 

[1TB4RKSB4CK]

Back in 2002, this is my schedule for a semester:

O-Chem 2
Physics II
A and P
Human Anatomy
Microbiology
Speech (public speaking)
P-chem (toughest class ever)
Biochemistry

Just got one B in P-chem. The rest are As.

Bottom line: know ur limit. If u're hardcore enough, you can get all pre-req for pharmacy in 2 semesters.

Wow that's one hell of a semester and you even got near straight As 😱

 

[rxforlife2004]

Wow that's one hell of a semester and you even got near straight As 😱

here's why:

O-Chem 2

Continuation from O-Chem I...just more reactions and synthesis

Physics II
Review for me since i already learned these during highschool
A and P
Another review for me
Human Anatomy
Half review/half new since i had to memorize a bunch of names of structures and stuff...lots of memorization
Microbiology
Love this stuff...easy/interesting subject.
Speech (public speaking)
P-chem (toughest class ever)
brand new subject, very conceptual subjects
Biochemistry
New for me, but i liked it

 

[Rockinacoustic]

Bottom line: know ur limit. If u're hardcore enough, you can get all pre-req for pharmacy in 2 semesters.

Barring AP credits I don't see how that's possible, nonetheless sensible.

 

[Passion4Sci]

Barring AP credits I don't see how that's possible, nonetheless sensible.

For Touro it probably would be... but for most schools, it does seem totally impossible.

 

[delano2000]

Surprised you can get into the upper level bio's without gen bio 1

I already took the course and have credit for both it and Gen Bio II at my university. However, at the CC where I took it back in the day, they changed it to a non-science major course and I ran into an issue with it when I was applying last year for pharmacy schools. It's a long and complicated story.😡

 

[delano2000]

Oh, I thought you just took it...

Nope. Was gonna take it this October but decided to maybe finish up my degree first and take it next summer if I don't get into one of the schools that I applied to this cycle.

 

[desmoulins45179]

With you still being in OChem 1 - and not knowing how much physiology you will have had... You may find the PCAT extremely difficult in October due to you not having covered much of the material on it.

I don't think taking orgo while taking the PCAT is a problem. Maybe a couple questions might be on things you haven't covered but I thought that the orgo questions were things taught in orgo 1 (I seem to remember nomenclature was a big part on mine). I think if you are taking orgo 1 and read a PCAT review book, you should be fine for the orgo chemistry part.

I think not taking A & P will be a much bigger problem. In my experience, just taking first year bio (evolutionary bio and cell bio for me) was not enough. Taking during my sophomore year I got a 66th percentile on bio (86th composite so it's not like I didn't study and sucked really bad). After I took anatomy, physiology and other upper level sciences (but anatomy and physiology classes were the most helpful), it increased to the 99th and 94th percentile. SO, for me at least, it made a HUGE difference.

 

[b1234]

I don't think taking orgo while taking the PCAT is a problem. Maybe a couple questions might be on things you haven't covered but I thought that the orgo questions were things taught in orgo 1 (I seem to remember nomenclature was a big part on mine). I think if you are taking orgo 1 and read a PCAT review book, you should be fine for the orgo chemistry part.

I think not taking A & P will be a much bigger problem. In my experience, just taking first year bio (evolutionary bio and cell bio for me) was not enough.

Depends on the way bio and a&p is taught at your school - also other classes like biochem cover a lot of those same things - so a lot of that depends on what other classes you've had too. As far as still being in ochem when you take the PCAT, I think a lot of it depends on how far into OChem you are. If you're taking it with only a 1/3 of a semester of OChem, then you haven't covered really very many reactions at all probably in class - not even E1/E2 and SN1/SN2 so... unless you absolutely must take the PCAT then, I'd still suggest waiting.

 

[desmoulins45179]

Depends on the way bio and a&p is taught at your school - also other classes like biochem cover a lot of those same things - so a lot of that depends on what other classes you've had too. As far as still being in ochem when you take the PCAT, I think a lot of it depends on how far into OChem you are. If you're taking it with only a 1/3 of a semester of OChem, then you haven't covered really very many reactions at all probably in class - not even E1/E2 and SN1/SN2 so... unless you absolutely must take the PCAT then, I'd still suggest waiting.

Well the Oct pcat is about 2 months into the course and for us, SN2/SN1/E2/E1 was already covered (or at least some of it was covered) but I don't remember orgo being stressed. I took it during many first semester of orgo and got a 93rd percentile. I thought it was mostly nomenclature and functional groups. Not knowing a ton of reactions didn't hurt me. When I took it 2 years after I took orgo and forgot most of the reactions, I didn't memorize every single orgo reaction and I still did fine.

Definitely agree that taking biochem helps but for me it was physiology that was the biggest help for me in the bio section.

 

[milkchocolate]

Fall 2010 Semester:

Organic Chemistry II
Microbiology w/lab
Genetics w/lab
Anatomy & Physiology
Microeconomics (retaking this class because im an idiot)

plus October PCAT
plus Pharmacy Apps

 

[Jerking]

Bio A
Organic Chemistry A
Physics B
(all with lab)
and Philosophy


Can't be too bad...
How early would you guys advice on taking the PCAT?
I'm thinking right after OChem, but that might be too late?

 

[delano2000]

Bio A
Organic Chemistry A
Physics B
(all with lab)
and Philosophy


Can't be too bad...
How early would you guys advice on taking the PCAT?
I'm thinking right after OChem, but that might be too late?

Depends on when you're looking to apply.

 

[MrsAppleseed]

If you're properly prepared for the PCAT, you don't need to study specifically for the PCAT at all... Much easier to take the right courses before taking it - that trying to teach that much material to yourself...

In advice that I've given and heard regarding the PCAT, I have to say this is completely true. Sure, review things that you aren't particularly strong in, but I did the least amount of studying and scored my highest score in 3 tries because I'd just finished Organic I and A&P II. Those classes were supremely helpful having completed them just weeks before the test.

 

[b1234]

In advice that I've given and heard regarding the PCAT, I have to say this is completely true. Sure, review things that you aren't particularly strong in, but I did the least amount of studying and scored my highest score in 3 tries because I'd just finished Organic I and A&P II. Those classes were supremely helpful having completed them just weeks before the test.

Yeah, I've more or less given up on giving PCAT advice to people on this forum... The few people that have had excellent results by spending lots of $$$ on prep material and studying Dr. Collins PCAT prep and things like that are very vocal about how great it is and people tend to believe what they want to hear so...

Oh well most of them will learn the hard way eventually... The whole concept of not studying for tests because you have studied the material over time and thus already know it is lost on most undergrad students...