When to apply for school and take PCAT?

[bmclinn]

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I'm currently entering my senior year of undergraduate, majoring in nutrition science and minoring in chemistry. I most likely will graduate a year late, and definitely a semester late. My school does not have a pharmacy program so my counselor is of little to no help.

When should I take the PCAT? I have completed All O chems, some bio, calculus, stats & anatomy. I have not taken molecular bio, immunology, physics, physio, or microbio. My friend currently at purdue's pharmacy school told me to take it after o chem, molecular, calculus and physio.

Also after I take the PCAT, when should I apply to pharmacy school, assuming I would begin in August 2015?

Thank you!

 

[PharmLife4Me]

I would take it at least a year before you apply. "Most" pharmacy students, if they are completing a degree and not just taking two years and going, usually take it their junior year before they graduate. Everyone does it differently, but I would at lest shoot for a year in advance and after you have completed all the courses that reflect the content on the PCAT.