High School Junior interested in pharmacy

[ang3lwingsx0]

Hi guys....I'm a junior in a private Catholic high school in New York and am interested in applying to 0-6 pharmacy schools next year. I was thinking St. Johns University, Rutgers, and LIU.

My gpa (out of 100) is about a 95. I haven't taken any AP courses yet, however most of my classes are honors. I do many extracurricular activities and have tons of service hours. I'm in 3 honors societies (National Honor Society, Science and Math). My PSAT score soph year was 174, without prior studying. I have yet to receive my PSAT score for junior year. I was wondering what my chances are getting into these schools? I know they're really competitive, and I haven't taken any AP courses yet. What AP course is recommended? I was thinking of taking AP Chem and physics honors, but is that really necessary? Should I just take AP physics instead?

I would like to hear from students who attend these schools, preferably! What was your transcript like? If anyone who has knowledge about these schools and can offer advice, you are welcome to! =]

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[SmKN808]

heyy girl ^ ^ well, i'm a senior in a private high school as well. but, have been accepted to a different 0-6 program of choice in St Louis CoP.

as for your stats? so far so good though, i'd highly recommend you try getting some pharmacy experience, under your belt. no, not necessarily as a clerk/tech. but, atleast try to shadow an independant pharmacist or try to volunteer in a hospital pharmacy, as you want to try and stand out from MOST of the other high schoolers applying to the same schools. it's what i did and it seemed to have worked out for me. so, i don't see why it won't for you.

what ap classes? i'd say ap chemistry, ap biology, ap physics, and ap calculus. but, as far as it being necessary??? you know, i'm sure every one has different views. so, i'm just gonna say what i feel about the 2 and you can decide for youeself okay

AP classes are college-level, and if you get a decent grade on the AP exam in May you could earn college credits.

Honors classes are just an advanced version of the College Prep classes. They are not as hard or time-consuming as AP classes, but they still are hard.

here's a more indepth/random website... http://www.tamdistrict.org/instr/honors/faq.htm#Q1

well... i guess that's all for me, since your questions are more directed to the students currently/ previously attending st. johns, rutgers and liu. so yeah, HAPPY belated thanksgiving[OMG i'm like sooo SICK of turkey for atleast the next year or 2 ], and best of luck! to YOU next year

 

[bacillus1]

Experience isn't really necessary for a 0-6 program, which mostly just look at your grades/SATs over your ECs and essay (some don't even have an essay). They expect that experience will be quite hard to come by since you're only in HS. But I guess it could help you see what pharmacy is really like, so it won't hurt.

Just look at the college and see what they accept, and make sure that you don't have to take the whole 2-course sequence because of AP if there is a 2-course sequence (examples: bio and chem). I say definitely do bio if you have to pick one of the sciences. Also try to get out of a math class (I would assume the school makes you take some calc). Since you only have 1 year to get APs out, that might be enough for you, or you might want to take 1 more class to get rid of some of your core requirements (English or gov or whatever would get rid of something at the school). Look for things that would be accepted in all the schools you're applying to, so you're covered no matter where you go. It definitely makes freshman year and even 2nd year easier when you don't have as much things to take, so you can do other things (I picked up a translating job for about 8 hrs a week and picked up a minor).

 

[AStudentDoctor]

Welcome to the forum!

It's great to be interested in Pharmacy. I, myself, began looking at it for a career as a senior in HS. I would like to throw a word of caution your way however-- I'd suggest working in a pharmacy for a month or so to get the feel of how things work there. It simply isn't for everyone! After working a year at my local community Pharmacy I knew it was for me but a friend of mine decided he couldn't "fill pills for rest of his life." Obviously he didn't get as much out of the profession as I did working as a tech.