The Pre-Pharmacy Route

[Adaggiote]

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Ok. I need a little help:

I plan to start school in the summer (at a cc) and and a year before transferring to a state school. I have always considered the pre-med route, but have just taken into account pre-pharm as well. I was talking to my friend (asian chick) and she was telling me how she was planning on taking 2 years of pre-reqs at UTA and then transferring to UH for pharmacy school without taking the PCAT. I did not really understood the process, so I questioned her further. But unfortunately, she was reluctant to asnswer me.......

How is it possible to do pre-reqs, but not take the PCAT???

 

[owlegrad]

Ok. I need a little help:

I plan to start school in the summer (at a cc) and and a year before transferring to a state school. I have always considered the pre-med route, but have just taken into account pre-pharm as well. I was talking to my friend (asian chick) and she was telling me how she was planning on taking 2 years of pre-reqs at UTA and then transferring to UH for pharmacy school without taking the PCAT. I did not really understood the process, so I questioned her further. But unfortunately, she was reluctant to asnswer me.......

How is it possible to do pre-reqs, but not take the PCAT???

Not every school requires the PCAT. Most do though. Check whatever schools you are interested in to see if they require it or not. I think pharmcas even shows wether or not the PCAT is required for the schools that use pharmcas.

 

[Adaggiote]

Not every school requires the PCAT. Most do though. Check whatever schools you are interested in to see if they require it or not. I think pharmcas even shows wether or not the PCAT is required for the schools that use pharmcas.

How to I find that???

 

[owlegrad]

How to I find that???

On the individual school's website would be a great place to look. Also I am almost sure pharmcas has it under school admission requirements or something like that.

Gosh I do hate to say this, but are you serious? Do you really not now how to browse a school's website to find their admission requirements? Common now, I bet you do.

 

[Adaggiote]

On the individual school's website would be a great place to look. Also I am almost sure pharmcas has it under school admission requirements or something like that.

Gosh I do hate to say this, but are you serious? Do you really not now how to browse a school's website to find their admission requirements? Common now, I bet you do.

Thanks!!

 

[owlegrad]

Thanks!!

You're welcome.

 

[Passion4Sci]

High schools really are turning out kids that need to have hand holding through every process in life aren't they? Holy ****.

 

[delano2000]

Ok. I need a little help:

I plan to start school in the summer (at a cc) and and a year before transferring to a state school. I have always considered the pre-med route, but have just taken into account pre-pharm as well. I was talking to my friend (asian chick) and she was telling me how she was planning on taking 2 years of pre-reqs at UTA and then transferring to UH for pharmacy school without taking the PCAT. I did not really understood the process, so I questioned her further. But unfortunately, she was reluctant to asnswer me.......

How is it possible to do pre-reqs, but not take the PCAT???

UH requires the PCAT if I am not mistaken. However, they give preference to their pre-pharm students.

 

[Passion4Sci]

The PCAT is required for applying to the College of Pharmacy. The University of Hawaii at Hilo College of Pharmacy will not accept any other admission test in place of the PCAT.

Source: Their website.

 

[delano2000]

Source: Their website.

I am assuming that the UH the OP is referring to is the University of Houston since he mentioned transferring from UTA (UT-Austin).

 

[Adaggiote]

I am assuming that the UH the OP is referring to is the University of Houston since he mentioned transferring from UTA (UT-Austin).

...or UT-Arlington....

 

[Passion4Sci]

UH to me is Univ of Hawaii. UH is never University of Texas. Except maybe to Texans, and in that case, it doesn't matter.

Fortunately Delano, you'll soon be a superior Californian. 🙂