Grades Needed After First Year University?

[Neon]

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Hi everyone, this is my first post btw!

I'm currently a grade 12 highschool student on my way to university (either U of T or Waterloo). I am interested in becoming a pharmacist. I understand that 1 year of undergraduate studies is needed before you can apply for the program.... so i am taking life sciences first year.... my questions are:
1) What grades (approximately) are needed in order to be accepted into the pharmacy program after 1 year of undergraduate studies?
2) What are some things that they will look for (experience, certain testing or being a part of something...)
3) What should i look out for that is critical?

thanks if you can help me, not many people i know give me good answers lol.

 

[YO YO YO]

Hi everyone, this is my first post btw!

I'm currently a grade 12 highschool student on my way to university (either U of T or Waterloo). I am interested in becoming a pharmacist. I understand that 1 year of undergraduate studies is needed before you can apply for the program.... so i am taking life sciences first year.... my questions are:
1) What grades (approximately) are needed in order to be accepted into the pharmacy program after 1 year of undergraduate studies?
2) What are some things that they will look for (experience, certain testing or being a part of something...)
3) What should i look out for that is critical?

thanks if you can help me, not many people i know give me good answers lol.

Actually, 2 years of pre-professional study are needed for admission into a 4 year professional program.
If you know pharmacy is your ticket, I would advise you to look for a 0-6 year program where you do both your pre-professional and professional study at the same school. If your grades are good in HS, you may be accepted into a 6 yr program. (extra curriculars and pharm experience always help, but Ive seen kids get in without pharm exp but decent GPA 3.5+) It's very late to apply but you have nothing to lose.
If you get into 6 yr program, you will most likely get to skip the PCATs and skip all the nauseating stress associated with trying to transfer in somewhere. You will just have to maintain a certain GPA in your first 2 years.

Prerequisites differ depending uopn the school, but typically the courses you need are:

-Chemistry I and II + labs...............................(8 credits total)
-Biology I and II + labs...................................(8 credits)
-Calculus I and II..........................................(8 credits)
-Statistics...................................................(3 or 4 credits)
-Organic Chem I and II + labs..........................(8 credits)
-calculus-based Physics I and II + labs .............(8 credits)
-Economics (macro -micro or both)...................(3 to 6 credits)
also -English comp
-Literature
-Humanities
-Fine arts , etc
some schools require Microbiology and/or Biochemistry
But your lookin at 60-65 credit hours total.

3.5 is the seems to be border for competitive GPA. If you have below 3.5 you typically need pharm experience, extracurriculars or both to compensate. Stay as well-rounded as you can without sacrificing your grades.



this link will take you to the schools that offer 6 yr programs:
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?p=1700947#post1700947

 

[Neon]

I probably should have mentioned that i am from Canada.... i was pretty sure you needed just one year of undergraduate studies but im not sure now...... can anyone clarify this for me?

thx for the reply !