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What should I attend?
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Which should I attend? At NYU I will do pre-health and possibly try med school. My fear for the 6 year pharmd program is mostly with job saturation. I do want to be a pharmacist, but I also want a job especially since I plan on staying in NYC. Your thoughts?
OP what are your interests? I'm a rising junior on the pre-health track and I think you need to ask yourself some questions. Do you want to work with sick people every day? Or would you rather be working sort of not interacting as much with sick people as a pharmacist? Do you like surgeries? Would you rather be making drugs? Do you want to go to school for 10+ years for medicine or 6 for pharmacy? If not medicine, what else may you want to pursue at NYU?
Do you want to perhaps go to NYU, try different things and give it time to figure out if you want to do medicine or pharmacy? You can always apply to pharmacy school for graduate school. Just some options.
I would go with NYU. A 6 year pharmacy track is not so safe nowadays. Many people change their interests during that time and you won't be in a good spot when you graduate in 2021. I believe at least 1/3 of my pharmacy 0+6 class dropped pharmacy in the first couple years. If you haven't done any shadowing, it will give you time to explore and narrow down your options.In terms of health careers, I would consider being either a pharmacist or a pediatrician; both of those careers are very appealing and rewarding in my eyes. The problem is mostly in the uncertainty of the future of pharmacy as a career, especially in a large city where I reside. I am a little fearful of whether or not I would succeed at NYU, and that's making me think I should just take the 6 year pharmacy program as a sort of safe route to a career I am interested in. For both paths, I would not take out any loans, if that makes a difference.