Pharmacy school help/questions

[Sasquatchisever]

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Hi everyone! I was just directed to this forum by a pre-pharmacy student on Yahoo! Answers and I am very glad she did. I am currently a freshmen at UNR and have decided that Pharmacy is perfect for me. I would love to transfer out of here ASAP with just completing the minimum pre-requisites but before I go and start changing my whole schedule I just wanted to know a few things.

1. My counselor says it is better to graduate with a degree in Biology and then apply to Pharmacy school and while I am sure this is true will I have alot of trouble getting into a school with just the basics done? Has anyone here done that?

2. If it would be beneficial to stay and get a degree would a psychology degree be a good thing to get. Im not trying to take the easy way out it's just that I find psych. much easier for me to learn and more interesting.

Thank you so much for all your help!!!!!!!

 

[OX82]

it doesn't matter what you major in, as long as your prereqs are completed. I would do a major that you like and can get good grades in. good luck!

 

[Passion4Sci]

Hey there Bigfoot.

1. You won't necessarily have a problem w/ just pre-requisite completed, no. However, be advised that a Bachelor's degree is becoming more common, and even schools that do not "require" a BA/BS you will find sometimes that their "acceptance w/ 4 year degree" is still over 50%, with schools in CA being >90% routinely.

Thus...

2. If you love Psychology (I did at one time, hence my two degrees) and have the money/resources/time to complete the 4 year degree, you will definitely be a more competitive applicant than if you simply just had the pre-requisites completed.

HTH.

 

[pharm B]

As far as changing your schedule to complete the pre-reqs AND still completing your psych degree, could you do both in a timely manner? Or would one conflict with the other a little bit?

I ask because I don't know how many maths and sciences you've already taken.

 

[TSG]

it doesn't matter what you major in, as long as your prereqs are completed. I would do a major that you like and can get good grades in. good luck!

Strongly agreed upon.