I am a student at a community college in Texas taking pre-pharmacy courses. I'm considering transfering to Texas A&M or Texas Tech to finish my prerequisites and maybe even getting a BA in chemistry. I currently have a cumulative GPA of 3.25 and a Science GPA of 4.0(only one science course so far). I'm wanting to know if i should stay at my community college and finish my prerequisites then go straight into pharmacy school, or would it be better to have the bachelors degree? thanks for any help with the decision!
I was in your shoes 3 years ago, and I believe the best advice has already been mentioned by Passion4Sci. Always have a back up!
I am currently finishing my final semester towards my BS as a Biology major with a Chem minor. Granted some individuals call Bio-majors "failed majors" (since not many opportunities are available until you get your MS), I feel that being a Bio-major has given me multiple opportunities in becoming more familiar with the material you can expect to see as a P1. For example I have taken courses such Immunology and Human Physiology (not referring to A&P here) and granted I am no expert in either field, this will greatly help me as a P1.
As for your prerequisites, for Texas schools it is highly unlikely that certain courses will transfer from a CC. There is always a question raised by the COP's whether those CC courses are competitive as some 4yr intitutions. I personally took my sweet time in taking as many courses that I possibly could ie: the maximum amount of credits that would transfer to a four year institution. Certain courses according to the COP I am interested in stated that they prefer I take higher level courses such as O-Chem at a 4yr univ. Therefore I took all of my freshman and sophomore level courses at a CC which was about 48 credits and the rest required for the degree at the 4yr univ.
Sorry if I typed a lot of crap

lol, but the moral of the story is: Always have a back-up.
