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[Nerdgirl]

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Hi all.

If I have a bachelor's in biology and my transcript is over 10 years old,
do I still need to retake all the sciences courses I took 10 years ago to get into pharmacy school? Are the credits still valid?

Can you let me know? Thanks.

 

[nononsense]

novel thought: contact the school and ask.

also: http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=485197

 

[Phoenix585]

Most likely yes you will. I have a friend who had to do this. Some schools told her they would be willing take the non-science pre reqs from her bachelor, but the core science ones they would not. In the end she had to re-do all the pre-req's at a CC. Most school have a policy that their sceince pre-req's can not be over 5 years old. Some will require you to take ALL the pre-req classes over. You'll need to contact each school your applying to and ask.

 

[angelfood]

It truly depends on the school. You should check out each of the schools' websites for the specific requirements since each school is a little different. If the websites do not answer your questions, then call each school and talk to someone in admissions for guidance.

I received my bachelor's in business 15 years ago. I took calculus 1 & 2 as well as gchem 20 years ago. For some of the schools - like UCSF and Texas - this was fine. For a few other schools, I needed to take all of their required science courses in the previous 5 years, including the 3 courses that i took 20 years ago. Still other schools - like Colorado and UNC - said that I did not need to retake those 3 particular courses since I had completed more advanced science courses in the past 5 years.

 

[pharmacyanalyst]

You definetly have to ask the school. Some of mine were 10 years old and they were fine with it. I think it's pretty dumb- how much does Calc and Orgo change anyway??

 

[busyizzy]

You definetly have to ask the school. Some of mine were 10 years old and they were fine with it. I think it's pretty dumb- how much does Calc and Orgo change anyway??

It's not about the change, they're prereqs for a reason. The schools are probably under the assumption that after 5-10 years of not studying the subjects, you would have forgotten most of it, which will hinder you once you get into pharm school.

 

[aboveliquidice]

The answer has already been covered - Probably yes - contact the school(s) in question to find out for sure.