PrePharmacy...

[Andrew33]

Hello,

 

First of all, I would like to apologize in advance as this isn't really a premed-related topic. I thought I would ask my question here since I've been a long time premed lurker and a lot of you are well-knowledged about everything!

 

I've made up my mind and decided to pursue my career in pharmacy instead of medicine for a number of reasons, some mainly being not enough EC/not very good gpa (~3.6 @ third semester). I just have a few questions in regards to admission to pharmacy schools...

 

- I know most of the pre-req courses to pharmacy are substantially similar to that of medicine, but do I need to write the PCAT prior to applying for pharmacy? I've been looking through websites like UBC & UAlberta Pharmacy sections, but I haven't seen anything about needing to write the PCAT... unless if I am horribly mistaken.

 

- I'm not sure if this is correct, but is it true that pre-pharmacy is usually 2 years for students and can be accepted after completing 4 semesters? I heard from a friend of mine that he knows someone in pharmacy who was accepted after his/her first year... I'm not sure how that works since the person could not have possibly completed all the pre-reqs within 2 semesters.

 

Those are my questions for now, haha. This decision was made just now, so I'm kind of unorganized as you can tell. Sorry again as this isn't pre-med related. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

 

(FYI I'm currently enrolled at the University of Lethbridge going into my 4th semester)

 

Merry Christmas and happy holidays!!!!

- Andrew

[musume]

This is only for UBC, yes you do have to write the PCAT before being accepted. You can get accepted after only one year of university because all the prerequisite courses are first year courses.

[ratatat]

U of T requires the PCAT also.

 

It is also true that you can gain admission to some schools after 1-2 years of undergrad.

 

If you're in Ontario, check out these websites:

 

pharmacy.utoronto.ca

 

pharmacy.uwaterloo.ca

[ericl]

For U of A, you just have to complete the pre requisite courses and you can apply to pharmacy and this can be in first year if they can get the o-chem out of the way - very easy because there are only 7 or 8 pre requisite courses for UA pharmacy. And no PCAT is needed for UA.