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to pharmacy school, do they want you with a science degree and will a non-science degree decrease your chances of getting in, just wondering, thanks!
What was your major when you applied.....
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Traditionally, one would probably tell you that you need a science degree to be the most competitive.
In reality, pharmacy schools are looking for well-rounded individuals who will fit in well at their school. When you submit your applications, you want to stand out (in a good way) from the rest of the "typical" candidates. Having a degree in a non-science field may actually help you stand out. I've heard of art majors, English majors, and even communication majors being accepted at schools. They're unique and they can bring something different to the program that a class full of biology majors may not be able to bring. Not to mention, just having a 4 year degree by itself increases your competitiveness.
If you do well in most of the pharmacy pre-requisite courses, have a good overall GPA and have some work and extracurricular experiences, you can probably guarantee that you'll get accepted somewhere, regardless of what your degree is in.
I was accepted with a degree in health science. (Kind of a mix between science and non-science.) If pharmacy didn't workout for me, I wanted something other than biology or chemistry to fall back on. I did take a few upper division science courses and I earned a minor in a science, just to make me a little more competitive and to show that I could handle a tougher science curriculum.
In reality, pharmacy schools are looking for well-rounded individuals who will fit in well at their school. When you submit your applications, you want to stand out (in a good way) from the rest of the "typical" candidates. Having a degree in a non-science field may actually help you stand out. I've heard of art majors, English majors, and even communication majors being accepted at schools. They're unique and they can bring something different to the program that a class full of biology majors may not be able to bring. Not to mention, just having a 4 year degree by itself increases your competitiveness.
If you do well in most of the pharmacy pre-requisite courses, have a good overall GPA and have some work and extracurricular experiences, you can probably guarantee that you'll get accepted somewhere, regardless of what your degree is in.
I was accepted with a degree in health science. (Kind of a mix between science and non-science.) If pharmacy didn't workout for me, I wanted something other than biology or chemistry to fall back on. I did take a few upper division science courses and I earned a minor in a science, just to make me a little more competitive and to show that I could handle a tougher science curriculum.
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sounds good thank you, I was thinking of getting a minor in biology or chemistry as well!
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Botany... but the truth is - it doesn't matter.
Go with what you are passionate about - my Mentor was an enlish major - and he is an awesome pharmacist.
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Started as a music major and graduated with a chemistry BS. Go figure.
I'm applying this year and I have a BS in Information Technology, but I plan on working in Pharmacy Informatics so both degrees and my MS in Computer Information Systems will all come in handy. Find something that you think you would like to do and incorporate pharmacy into that plan or just add the extra classes to whatever you want to major in because if your not passionate about all those extra science classes, your GPA will show it!
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i hope it doesnt truly matter as long as the pre reqs have good gpa and you have experience coz i have a BA in Media Communications... this semester im taking a bunch of the pre reqs at my local community college... they actually suggested that i transfer for the spring to the local state college and get a 2nd Bachelors a BS in Bio (i think they have 3 to chose from, bio,biochem and another?) coz it will take me the same amount of time and cost just about the same .... hopefully this gets me in somewhere
