The Pharm path!! help!

[JRIN]

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Im in my second year at a community college and hoping to get my AA by spring. I want to do pharmacy , so what do I do next? I dont want to waste my money taking the long cut and having classes I dont need...Thank you

 

[ADN1226]

You left a lot of unanswered questions... what is your AA in... have you taken all the pre-reqs? Basically, if you have all the pre-reqs by the summer, sign up for the PCAT, take it in jan or june, and then start applying in july. Oh, and have the LORs - get pharm experience if you dont have any... thats all i can think of at the moment.

 

[twester]

There's no cookie recipe for pursing a pharmacy education. You need to start doing the basic research. Every pharmacy school in the country has a website that will give you more information. Start here for a list of schools (and some links to web pages):

http://www.aacp.org/issi/membership/schools.asp?action=view&TRACKID=&wh=A&CID=593&DID=4224

 

[JRIN]

Thank you all....OUCH! no schools in the Riverside , CA area =[

 

[ZpackSux]

Loma Linda is near Riverside..isn't it?

 

[JRIN]

Loma Linda is near Riverside..isn't it?

ehh some what. more toward San Bernardino...oh yeah , which school is the best in CALI??

 

[sdn1977]

ehh some what. more toward San Bernardino...oh yeah , which school is the best in CALI??

Snap! I got in before Zpack - the BEST school is UCSF! 😀

Don't let him try to tell you otherwise😉 !

 

[sdn1977]

Seriously.....no - no pharmacy school near San Bernardino - the next closest will be UCSD - another good school. A bit farther north is USC - I hate to admit it, that's also a good school. Frankly...you can't go wrong in any of the schools in CA, so jump in & grab the opportunity to go anywhere (if you can financially)!

How about out of state? There's lots of good schools all over the country. I know it seems a bit scary to go away from home & we know its expensive...so...look into how much they cost, what the cost of living there is, how much it would cost you to travel, etc....

Good luck!