How much do 0-6 PharmD programs expect you to know when entering as a freshman?

[StudentDoctora]

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I mean, the last time I took Chemistry (or really did anything related to chemistry) was in my Sophomore year of high school -- I took AP Chem. Honestly, I'm embarrassed to say it, but I don't remember a thing. I don't know the properties of any of the elements, redox-reactions, acid-base, equilibrium constant, etc.... Well, I remember the names of some "chemistry-sounding things" but not what they are or how to use them. In the first year of a 0-6 program (I'm thinking Mass College Pharm/Health Sci), do they expect you to remember those things? Should I get tutored over the summer in Chem? Or do they go back to basics and review all those things, allowing time for one to re-learn them?

Thanks! 🙂

 

[Bribriguy16]

You'll have to learn it all again anyway, so don't bother with a tutor or anything. You'll be fine as is.

 

[StudentDoctora]

You'll have to learn it all again anyway, so don't bother with a tutor or anything. You'll be fine as is.

Hey, thanks! But are you really sure? I mean, won't I be LOST?? When I say that I don't remember *any* of the properties of elements or how they combine or cations and anions, etc., I'm serious. I don't know what ion Cl forms! I have no idea about the trends in the periodic table! Shouldn't I try to learn this stuff again, so that I'm a little bit prepared?

 

[Bribriguy16]

Well, I am a sophomore in a 0-6 program, if you are taking Gen Chem again, then you will have to learn it again. If you are going to AP out of GChem, which I would not advise, then you don't have much to worry about freshman year, but then again you may struggle with sophomore classes like Orgo and Biochem.

 

[BlueCrayon]

I mean, the last time I took Chemistry (or really did anything related to chemistry) was in my Sophomore year of high school -- I took AP Chem. Honestly, I'm embarrassed to say it, but I don't remember a thing. I don't know the properties of any of the elements, redox-reactions, acid-base, equilibrium constant, etc.... Well, I remember the names of some "chemistry-sounding things" but not what they are or how to use them. In the first year of a 0-6 program (I'm thinking Mass College Pharm/Health Sci), do they expect you to remember those things? Should I get tutored over the summer in Chem? Or do they go back to basics and review all those things, allowing time for one to re-learn them?

Thanks! 🙂

I might be missing something, but I guess I could see reviewing it if you've been out os school for many years and you are entering a 4 year program, but if you are entering a 6 year program, you will have to take all the chem and ochem courses anyways, so you will learn everything you need and then some.

 

[StudentDoctora]

I might be missing something, but I guess I could see reviewing it if you've been out os school for many years and you are entering a 4 year program, but if you are entering a 6 year program, you will have to take all the chem and ochem courses anyways, so you will learn everything you need and then some.

Sorry, I think I might be a little confusing, LOL. Maybe I was wrong in my assumptions, but I always thought that a "college level" course, even if introductory, required some kind of prior knowledge of that subject. Am I wrong? Do they get reallllllllly basic in first year 0-6 pharmd programs? 😕

 

[BlueCrayon]

Sorry, I think I might be a little confusing, LOL. Maybe I was wrong in my assumptions, but I always thought that a "college level" course, even if introductory, required some kind of prior knowledge of that subject. Am I wrong? Do they get reallllllllly basic in first year 0-6 pharmd programs? 😕

I think 1st year (undergraduate freshman) is about as basic as you can get...I don't think it really matters if you don't remember your high school classes. (Of course I could be wrong...I took those prerequisites starting 1994 😱) I really wouldn't worry about...I think it'll come back to you.

 

[SCCpharm]

If you really want to study over the summer, I don't see any harm in it. It might actually help you feel less stressed during the semester.

At my college, there was a General Chemistry I class and then a Intro to General Chemistry class. I skipped the intro class. I think Just 1-3 students had a hard time in the General Chemistry class. For example, they didn't know how to setup the math problems and stuff. I think most students should be okay for general chem.

 

[tomtom101]

There is no reason to do any extra studying. I am currently in a 6 year program at Drake University and everything they expect you to know is taught to you during school. Also, if you are accepted to a 6 year program then you must sufficent knowlege already because they accepted you!

 

[BulsangHanNamja]

whats a 0-6 program

 

[nnguyenc]

whats a 0-6 program

just a 6 year PharmD program

where u got 2 yr undergrad & 4 yr grad