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Hi,
My wife is interested acquiring a job related to Pharmacy in USA. She had completed her M.Pharm in India and is on H4 dependent visa now in California USA.
We have gone through multiple forums/blogs and understood that PharmD is gonna take good amount of time either in completing the degree or in clearing the exams(NAPLEX etc..)
Hence we have decided to opt for doing MS in Pharmacy(or Pharmaceuticals, I don't know the exact difference) which should not take more than 2 years ideally.
We want to know what are the prerequisites for doing MS in USA and what are the next steps once MS is completed.
Few questions:
1. Since she had already completed her M.Pharm in India and already in US on H4, does she still require to write any of GRE, TOEFL etc now to get admission for Masters degree here in US? (She didnt write any of the eams earlier)
2. Can she persue her degree on H4 visa or do we need to convert to student visa F1?
3. I heard that pharmacy companies in US prefer people with MS degree who are either US citizens or Green card holders. Is this true? How are the opportunities for students who are on F1/OPT?
4. We are staying in California and don't have idea of moving to other states in US. Can you please suggest good colleges in CA,bay area for MS.
My wife is interested acquiring a job related to Pharmacy in USA. She had completed her M.Pharm in India and is on H4 dependent visa now in California USA.
We have gone through multiple forums/blogs and understood that PharmD is gonna take good amount of time either in completing the degree or in clearing the exams(NAPLEX etc..)
Hence we have decided to opt for doing MS in Pharmacy(or Pharmaceuticals, I don't know the exact difference) which should not take more than 2 years ideally.
We want to know what are the prerequisites for doing MS in USA and what are the next steps once MS is completed.
Few questions:
1. Since she had already completed her M.Pharm in India and already in US on H4, does she still require to write any of GRE, TOEFL etc now to get admission for Masters degree here in US? (She didnt write any of the eams earlier)
2. Can she persue her degree on H4 visa or do we need to convert to student visa F1?
3. I heard that pharmacy companies in US prefer people with MS degree who are either US citizens or Green card holders. Is this true? How are the opportunities for students who are on F1/OPT?
4. We are staying in California and don't have idea of moving to other states in US. Can you please suggest good colleges in CA,bay area for MS.