UBCmicrobi good on you for helping everyone out on this thread if I don't get in this year I hope you will be back to help next year haha!
Pharmacy will only be taking my pre reqs (GPA ) for Pharm ..Correct?
I don't want to look like I slacked all year if i have to re apply to Pharm again next year.I am sure they only look at the Pharm cours
es and GPA for Pharmacy ????does anyone have any advice for me..Thanks !!
No problem
I definitely don't mind helping out, since I found SDN pretty helpful when I was an applicant. I'm not much of a joiner as far as pharmacy clubs and events go, so this is my way of contributing to the faculty
Now to answer your questions:
There's a fair bit of miscommunication going around here, so let me clarify for anyone who may peruse this forum:
Your admission GPA is based on the prerequisites
AND any of the required upper year courses, if you have completed them Please note the distinction between pre-requisites and required courses.
In other words, if you have taken
CHEM 233 & 235, OR CHEM 203 & 204, MICB 202, STAT 203, OR 200, OR BIOL 300, OR AGSC 252, BIOC 300 OR BIOC 303 OR BIOL 201 & BIOC 302, ANAT 390, 391, PHYL 301, OR BIOL 361 & 364 (or something equivalent at another school) it WILL count toward your admission GPA.
Taking any of the above courses is certainly a good way to "boost" your admission GPA, provided that you can fully commit to them and put the time and effort in to get a good grade. Plus once you are accepted into the pharmacy program, you'll have fewer courses to complete, which will make your life sooo much easier (but note that you CANNOT skip ahead a year/graduate early/take upper year pharmacy classes etc). But who doesn't want to make those 4 years easier, right?
For the sake of completeness, here are the "pre-requisite" courses:
BIOL 112 (or MICB 201), plus BIOL 121 and BIOL 140
CHEM 111 & 113, or CHEM 121 & 123
English 1st year (6 credits). ENGL 112 is recommended.
MATH 102 (recommended) or one of MATH 100, 104, 120, 180, or 184; plus MATH 103 (recommended) or MATH 101, 105, or 121
Physics PHYS 101
Here are the links:
Pre-req courses
http://www.pharmacy.ubc.ca/programs/degree-programs/BscP/academic-admission-requirements
Admission GPA and upper year courses:
http://www.pharmacy.ubc.ca/programs/degree-programs/BscP/pharmacy-academic-admission-average
As far as concerns over how many courses/semester or studying part time, I wouldn't worry about it. Anecdata: I was part-time at Langara, and by the time I transferred to UBC for 3rd year, I only took 4 courses/semester (a "light" course load by some people's standard, but granted in a fairly intense program as far as I am concerned) and a couple summer courses. That's just the way it worked out; I had all my credits to graduate, so I wasn't going to take extra courses just to impress anyone.
Please check out the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences website for additional info
But otherwise let me know if you have any other questions.