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Average age depends. At my school, I think it's 26 for our entering class.
There's a decent amount of people entering pharmacy from other careers. I started out in molecular biology research. As one of the pharmacists I know says, no one grows up wanting to be a pharmacist. While this may not be entirely true, especially with those with family members as pharmacists, it is true to a certain extent.
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Not sure of the actual statistics but there are quite a few second career students. A current student at Madison said she was surprized at the number of classmates with a PhD prior to entering pharmacy school.
some might be career students, but it seems unlikely they would get accepted into the program
some might be career students, but it seems unlikely they would get accepted into the program
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I was a music (piano performance) major, so you can count me in this category. 🙂
I will start pharmacy school at 31 years of age. My undergrad degree is in chemistry.
The average age in our class is late 20's as well. Previous careers of my classmates include: physician, dietician, research scientist, aerospace engineer, pharmaceutical sales rep, computer programmer, and elementary school teacher. I'm sure there are others! We have a very diverse class, and I love it. Many of my classmates will celebrate their 21st birthday during this first year of pharmacy school and I believe there is a similar number of classmates that are over 30, so it's a pretty even spread.
