Pre-pharm in one year?

[Merevial]

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I was wondering if it was a good idea if i took pre-pharmacy courses (15 courses for my university).

Also most of the courses are chem/bio with 3 calc/physics courses. Which shouldn't be too hard. And what i heard from friends of mine was it was alot easier then other universities (2.00GPA required, Wayne State)👍

I just wanted to know if i would be considered for admissions as well as other applicants.

 

[phathead]

I've never heard of someone finishing pre-reqs in a year. Fact of the matter is, we're only a short while from the majority of schools requiring a BS/BA.

And why set your sight's on such a low GPA like that? That's the wrong attitude to have if you want to be a medical professional.

Quality over quantity. Don't rush through things.

 

[Merevial]

2.00 is the schools admission requirement not for the pharmacy school.

Im not really rushing, i realized i could do this in about 1 year if i take 6 credits a semester and summer classes. So i thought why not? Also i got 80's in chem and bio. In addition to the first year bio and chem classes are a review of grade 11 and 12.

 

[Trankuil]

I was wondering if it was a good idea if i took pre-pharmacy courses (15 courses for my university).

Also most of the courses are chem/bio with 3 calc/physics courses. Which shouldn't be too hard. And what i heard from friends of mine was it was alot easier then other universities (2.00GPA required, Wayne State)👍

I just wanted to know if i would be considered for admissions as well as other applicants.

Good luck finishing gen chem 1-2, o-chem 1-2, A&P, Physics 1-2, calc 1-2, and the OTHER pre reqs in one year, it isnt going to happen. And eve it it did your grades would be ****.

 

[crazybob]

Don't forget about the part where you adjust from undergrad to pharmacy school.

If you haven't completely adjusted to undergrad after one year, adjusting to pharmacy school is gonna be quite difficult.

 

[Merevial]

Its about 15 courses all together and at my school its relatively easy.

 

[pharmwannebe2]

Good luck finishing gen chem 1-2, o-chem 1-2, A&P, Physics 1-2, calc 1-2, and the OTHER pre reqs in one year, it isnt going to happen. And eve it it did your grades would be ****.

agreed. how can you take chem 1 and then chem 2. then orgo 1 and orgo 2 in the same year. I guess if you did chem 1: fall. chem 2: spring. Then orgo over summer. But then you can't apply for pharm school til next fall anyways. might as well go slow and get better grades to guarantee you will get into pharm school.

 

[phathead]

Its about 15 courses all together and at my school its relatively easy.

I think you're underestimating the difficulty of what your suggesting. I lost half my Orgo class along with half the pre-pharmers just because they couldn't handle it. You're talking about taking courses consecutively without learning the basics or taking the pre-reqs first. Even if you could get the school to allow you to do it, its an immensely terrible idea.

I'm guess you think its easy because you haven't had any challenging courses yet. Wait until you have to do Orgo or Biochem or Genetics and you'll see how 'easy' it is.

If you really want to do this, you need to rethink your own personal goals. Why do you want to go through this so quickly for instance?

80s maybe okay for you, but u're going to be competing against 3.5s and higher who will be acadmically more mature and, due to having more time to work, will invaribaly have a strong resume.

Just be careful where you go from here because you can really screw yourself over.

 

[phathead]

2.00 is the schools admission requirement not for the pharmacy school.

Im not really rushing, i realized i could do this in about 1 year if i take 6 credits a semester and summer classes. So i thought why not? Also i got 80's in chem and bio. In addition to the first year bio and chem classes are a review of grade 11 and 12.

Also, how do u know first year chem and bio is a review of your high school courses? My hs bio teacher was a PhD and covered a lot of material, but even then he only scratched the surface of first year courses

 

[wandernkind]

Where I took classes, chem 1 was a pre-rec for A&P, and you can't take A&P AND Ochem over the summer. If you want to find something that is only 13 months long, I hear Apollo college has a 13 month LPN program. That seems more fitting for you.

 

[villager]

I would agree with the above posters that you shouldn't rush through your undergrad years.

Also, i believe that most pharmacy schools want all of your prereqs done by the spring semester of your last UG year.

 

[Merevial]

Alright, i guess so, cause i realized that all the science requirements must be completed along with the PCAT by December 1st, which is impossible in one year.

I guess ill just finish everything with a semester off in the end.

 

[Trankuil]

Alright, i guess so, cause i realized that all the science requirements must be completed along with the PCAT by December 1st, which is impossible in one year.

I guess ill just finish everything with a semester off in the end.

When you TRY to accomplish this, please come back and post your grades, I would LOVE to see them, also post your PCAT score because you will not have the knowledge concrete enough to do well on it. Im not trying to be a prick, but what you are wanting to accomplish is not feesable. Grades are more important than how fast it took you to do it. You will have plenty of time to make money, just do it right.

 

[phathead]

When you TRY to accomplish this, please come back and post your grades, I would LOVE to see them, also post your PCAT score because you will not have the knowledge concrete enough to do well on it. Im not trying to be a prick, but what you are wanting to accomplish is not feesable. Grades are more important than how fast it took you to do it. You will have plenty of time to make money, just do it right.

Correct, you'll be working for the next fifty plus years of your life. Don't do something stupid like trying to get done a year or two early and risk not being able to do what you want to do.

 

[Merevial]

Personally, I just want to become a pharmacist for a while to put together enough money to go into real estate investing, after then i might work part time or 7 days on 7 days off where i can use the week off to carry on my personal investment goals.

 

[UNMorBUST]

Personally, I just want to become a pharmacist for a while to put together enough money to go into real estate investing, after then i might work part time or 7 days on 7 days off where i can use the week off to carry on my personal investment goals.

Seriously go into business and do not pursue a career you have no interest in.

 

[pharmwannebe2]

Personally, I just want to become a pharmacist for a while to put together enough money to go into real estate investing, after then i might work part time or 7 days on 7 days off where i can use the week off to carry on my personal investment goals.

omg i thought this only happened to me when I talked to annoying people and then they don't get a hint and still keep talking/talking

but seriously every time you post, I feel like punching you.

 

[ChemistWiz]

I was wondering if it was a good idea if i took pre-pharmacy courses (15 courses for my university).

Also most of the courses are chem/bio with 3 calc/physics courses. Which shouldn't be too hard. And what i heard from friends of mine was it was alot easier then other universities (2.00GPA required, Wayne State)👍

I just wanted to know if i would be considered for admissions as well as other applicants.

I'm calling troll post :troll:

Even so....Where are you going for undergrad? Wayne?

if you plan on going to Wayne for undergrad her's some info.....you have to take gen chem 1 and 2 before you can take orgo, and you can't take both orgo 1 and 2 at the same time. Also the Pharmacy school at Wayne requires Physics which requires Gen chem 1 and 2 to be completed along with Calc. Plus you are forgetting the Gen Ed requirements. All of this will take a good 2 years plus summer courses or three years if you want good grades, By then you might as well get a bachelors degree.

 

[phathead]

Personally, I just want to become a pharmacist for a while to put together enough money to go into real estate investing, after then i might work part time or 7 days on 7 days off where i can use the week off to carry on my personal investment goals.

Don't go into pharamcy.

For one, you're going to take a spot away from someone who truly wants to be a pharmacist.

Two, you're doing it for money which will not pacify you during school.

And three, you are clearly unaware of the rigor your schooling is going to be. Honestly, for the sheer amount of work involved, it's not going to be worth it for you.

 

[delano2000]

OP, that is virtually impossible and a little looney don't you think?🙄

 

[daabc]

Most science majors finish most of the pre-reqs in the first 2 years. If he puts classes in during summer its possible, BUT I don't think he has included the labs yet. Labs at the school I graduated takes time and have midterms/finals also.

 

[delano2000]

Most science majors finish most of the pre-reqs in the first 2 years. If he puts classes in during summer its possible, BUT I don't think he has included the labs yet. Labs at the school I graduated takes time and have midterms/finals also.

He would have to be testing out of a lot of classes to make that possible plus taking at least 12-15 hrs in the summer. Who would want their grades to suffer like that? Do you think that AdCom will be impressed? Like I said, kinda looney.

 

[delano2000]

Most science majors finish most of the pre-reqs in the first 2 years. If he puts classes in during summer its possible, BUT I don't think he has included the labs yet. Labs at the school I graduated takes time and have midterms/finals also.

PS. Still not doable. Most schools cap out at about 18 hrs max per semester. OP would have to take 36 hrs in the Summer (not possible) to get to the average of about 70 credit hrs for matriculation.

 

[UNMorBUST]

PS. Still not doable. Most schools cap out at about 18 hrs max per semester. OP would have to take 36 hrs in the Summer (not possible) to get to the average of about 70 credit hrs for matriculation.

It doesnt matter OP wants to be a real estate developer. No reason he should kill himself to get into Pharmacy school.

 

[delano2000]

It doesnt matter OP wants to be a real estate developer. No reason he should kill himself to get into Pharmacy school.

 

[UNMorBUST]

Personally, I just want to become a pharmacist for a while to put together enough money to go into real estate investing, after then i might work part time or 7 days on 7 days off where i can use the week off to carry on my personal investment goals.

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[Project2015]

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Why doesn't anyone remember that?

 

[rabreu]

its somewhat possible to do it its just hard. I have done most of my preqs and ive only been into it for less than a year but if your doing it for the money you wont even make it past o chem you will get sick of it and drop the program... i thought similar to you while taking chem and bio but then i got to ochem and some of the harder courses and you think differently but get to it and you can do it i have a 3.8 gpa and summer took 14 hrs for summer 1 and 12 hrs summer 2 its just a lot of studying

 

[phathead]

its somewhat possible to do it its just hard. I have done most of my preqs and ive only been into it for less than a year but if your doing it for the money you wont even make it past o chem you will get sick of it and drop the program... i thought similar to you while taking chem and bio but then i got to ochem and some of the harder courses and you think differently but get to it and you can do it i have a 3.8 gpa and summer took 14 hrs for summer 1 and 12 hrs summer 2 its just a lot of studying

I still don't see how it would be done. There's too many pre-reqs needed and most schools won't let freshman do more than 18 cr a semester. On top of that you'd be asking for a lot of overrides as a new student and profs aren't liable to approve them.

In the end, it's quite simply a massively terrible idea.

 

[delano2000]

I still don't see how it would be done. There's too many pre-reqs needed and most schools won't let freshman do more than 18 cr a semester. On top of that you'd be asking for a lot of overrides as a new student and profs aren't liable to approve them.

In the end, it's quite simply a massively terrible idea.

It's not possible because he would have to at least be taking 18 credit hrs both summer I&II.

 

[kmoogs]

Well, depends on how many AP credits he has. I had AP Bio, Calc BC, Physics, Chem, statistics and Microecon which gives about 18-20 semester units. Then load up on classes during fall and spring, then take multiple summer school classes at multiple schools over the summer.

ap chem -> gchem 2 (fall) -> ochem 1/2 (spring/summer)
ap bio -> gbio 2 (fall)/mol bio (fall) -> biochem (spring) -> physio (summer)/micro (summer)
ap calc -> done
ap stats -> done
ap physics -> done
ap econ -> done
psychology (fall or spring)

plus whatever other pre reqs you'd need. That's only 3 or so classes in fall, 3 classes in spring, 3 classes in summer leaving some extra headroom to work with for misc pre-reqs.

Of course this is under the assumption that you completed those APs. AP's were one of the few reasons I had 142 semester units after 3 years (without ever taking any summer school classes)

 

[phathead]

Only problem with that is a lot of pharm schools won't take more than one AP science class as credit

 

[PharmFriendly]

Is it also true that some Pharmacy schools don't like when students take math and science courses during semesters other than Fall and Spring?

 

[UNMorBUST]

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Why doesn't anyone remember that?

I think they are the point of argueing whether it is even possible regardless of whether OP should even go into Pharm school.

 

[ShadowRX]

I was wondering if it was a good idea if i took pre-pharmacy courses (15 courses for my university).

Also most of the courses are chem/bio with 3 calc/physics courses. Which shouldn't be too hard. And what i heard from friends of mine was it was alot easier then other universities (2.00GPA required, Wayne State)👍

I just wanted to know if i would be considered for admissions as well as other applicants.

Hey, OP! Guess what? This thread had an ad up top for the University of Phoenix. Maybe you can buy yourself a degree from there, and not even have to step into a university! /s

OP: Orgo is harder than you think, like everyone else said. Gen. Chem can be difficult, too. If you AP'd out of all of Gen Chem, Gen Bio, Eng Lit, Eng Lang, History, Govt, Macroeconomics, Calculus... even then, you might have some trouble.

Hey, I think both truck-driving school and realtor's license are both less than a year! You can truck your way to the bank! Then make some money on real estate!

 

[delano2000]

Is it also true that some Pharmacy schools don't like when students take math and science courses during semesters other than Fall and Spring?

Some schools don't, for example Univ. of Houston.

 

[crazybob]

Some schools don't like Univ. of Houston for example.

😕 You mean some schools like Univ of Houston don't like it, for example 😀

 

[delano2000]

😕 You mean some schools like Univ of Houston don't like it, for example 😀

Fixed.😀

 

[Passion4Sci]

 

[ShadowRX]

Fixed.😀

That's all right. I hated UH. Slow-ass secretaries, giving me attitude, nothing gets done around there quick enough.

 

[delano2000]

That's all right. I hated UH. Slow-ass secretaries, giving me attitude, nothing gets done around there quick enough.

I remember you told me that.

 

[Trankuil]

I hope we have talked some sense into this shmuck, if not ......

 

[delano2000]

I hope we have talked some sense into this shmuck, if not ......

Hehe.

 

[musicman123]

I hope we have talked some sense into this shmuck, if not ......

It's not very effective!