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Anyone here majoring in pharmacy ?

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Dylan_
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i was just looking on uconn's website. seems pretty hard to get in. i just have some questions on this because this is what i plan on going to school for.
whats the workload like ? mostly math ?
what are some things you should do in high school to prepare you for pharmacy ?
will extra curricular activities such as clubs like key club help at all or no ?

i'm really asking people who know anything about pharmacy to just post somethings you do in pharmacy school, and whatever else you think i should know. thanks alot

Oct 27 2008 9:16PM
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neon1peace
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my neighbor is going to ACP, but he's there now and he doesnt have a newschoolers sry
Oct 27 2008 10:15PM
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guava
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I assume you're looking at the 6 year program?

The workload is intense, much more so than anything in high school. Take AP Chem and AP Calc in high school. It will help you when you have to take them in college. Also any extracurricular activities do look good. Key club, sports, music, volunteer work...just do as many things as you have time for because getting into pharm school is EXTREMELY competitive. I'm not in pharm school, I'm a bio major, but my good friend is in his 5th year of a 6 year program. He loves it and will be making bank when he graduates. Good luck man!
Oct 28 2008 7:11PM
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Niceguy33
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hey man, I go to mass college of pharm in boston.  The first two year are not  too bad but once you get into 3rd 4th and 5th its brutal. 4thyear your talkin 1-2 tests a week and it never stops. Its all science too.  I would take ap chem, ap calc, maybe anatomy. pretty much any thing that has to do with the body...bio too. I was in the pharmacy program but switched too pharm marketing and management....not cause i couldnt cut it but i realized i didnt want to stand behind a counter for the rest of my life, which is something you need to think about.  But on the upside you do make bank and u deff have job security...theres like a 20 yr shortage on pharmacists.  Even though I'm not in the program most of my friends are and its tough to make free time...but its deff worth it in the end
Oct 28 2008 7:55PM
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Manbearpig..
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^^ are you like going for straight As or something?
i heard its easy as shit to get by with a c average and thats all you need to graduate
Oct 28 2008 7:58PM
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Dylan_
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yeah to 2 posters up. im not amazing in math, but my science makes up for it. so if i start to take the 6 yr program and cant keep u or just not doing well i was thinking of being a pharmicudical rep. i think thats what its called ? i hear it makes mad bank too. thoughts ?
Oct 28 2008 8:48PM
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Niceguy33
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yea i dont know who u talk too...but thats false...at least at my school. Plus after after 2nd year below a C is fail, but wouldnt u want to do as best u can.....employers do look at gpa's.
Oct 28 2008 9:22PM
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comeatmebro
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my buddy is going to go to school for pharmacy. basically he is taking as many chem, bio, anatomy and math classes as possible in school right now. by senior year he'll have down...ap chem, ap bio, anatomy and calculus (possibly ap calculus). that's all i know haha.
Oct 28 2008 9:26PM
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Niceguy33
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dont worry about math too much...i think the highest you take at my school is calc 2 and most peolpe are done that by freshman yr.  But yea thats what i want to do when im done.....reps do pretty well, plus they make commission on top of a base salary.  I've heard 80-90k starting salary and ive heard ppl making up too 200k, but that all depends.  And your out and about not stuck behind a counter dealing with frustrated customers.  but the catch is it is really tough to become a pharm rep w/o any experience.

But thats what a lot off ppl tend to do at my school is fall back onto pharm marketing and mgmt. 

Keep questions coming man ill answer what i can

Oct 28 2008 9:32PM
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Skierguy1234
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yo dude, im going into pre-pharmacy/pharmacy next year too.

i just got accepted to Pitt's and Temple's programs.

I'm just hoping the work isnt as crazy as everyone says. haha

Oct 28 2008 9:33PM
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Dylan_
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yeah totally like i decided i want to be in pharmacy ever since i heard the salary. don't get me wrong the salary and getting a job outta college it awsome. i just don't want to do it for the salary. i just like that kind of stuff, its mad interesting, but good luck to you man. tell me how it goes
Oct 28 2008 9:37PM
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Jwenz
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Yo i go to UCONN. I am thinking about the pharm program. I am currently chem but might make the transfer. its really scripted for 5 years. then the 6th year you do a year off. my roomate is actually pre pharm and its just basic for the first years until you take i think the pcat or something. hope that helps
Oct 28 2008 9:40PM
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guava
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Congrats man! My good friend is in Temple's pharm school, he really likes it there. Philly is a great city too, I lived there for a few years.

As far as pharm reps go, I was talking to one several months back and he said the demand for them has gone down significantly because many more doctors are now becoming part of managed health care groups so they only need a rep to talk and pitch to the head of the group instead of the individual doctors anymore. Anyone know more about that?
Oct 28 2008 11:06PM
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skithebert
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how realistically easy it to transfer into sales as a sales rep?  I bet its pretty tough.  More likely you'd be working at walgreens.  I'm not hating either that's pretty good money and I'm sure the sales reps do very well.  I'm just curious to what you pharm d.  guys realistically plan on doing
 I'm in my 2nd year of grad school going for a PHD in Biology right now.  I don't make much and I won't be for quite a while and the end result is generally not that high either which is a little depressing.  But its also not standing behind a desk at walgreens.
 I do interact with sales reps for various biotech companies.  It seems like a very difficult job but one that could be pretty cool.  Some are generally good and very helpful.  Their personalities often times annoy me though so I'm not to convinced I could even act like that all the time. 
Oct 28 2008 11:42PM
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Manbearpig..
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i talked to a pharmacist who graduated,  you?
Oct 29 2008 10:04PM
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St.Steezy
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In Canada. You take the requirement classes in universit (2 years I think). Write the exam. Apply to be accepted. Then continue on with the pharmacy program.
Oct 29 2008 10:08PM
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Jacuse
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My cousin is majoring in pharmacy at Northeastern. He is in his sophomore year and he says that it has been awesome so far. He also said that that you can get a job in alaska right out of college and make 100K+ a year.
Oct 29 2008 10:12PM
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Niceguy33
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About 250 kids who are in the middle of it....dont get me wrong its totally worth it...but its not a cake walk, its a ton of fuckin work, like i said this is my school, im pretty sure the first or second of its kind in the country and the oldest college in boston, and i cant speak for others.  And good for ur buddy he must be a smart dude. But think of it this way...you need to know everything about every drug and how it effects the body....alot of the times doc call up the pharm to ask which script is right.
Oct 29 2008 10:12PM
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Niceguy33
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im pretty sure the NE program is a grad program so if he is only in his soph year hes not in the pharm program yet...i might be mistakin though....and thats not just alaska
Oct 29 2008 10:15PM
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steezyjibber
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i wish i was smart and interested in pharmacy
then i could make mad c@$h
Oct 31 2008 3:50PM
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dashboardvegeta
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I am in my second year of pharmacy school.  I wouldnt say that it is totally mathy based.  theres only 2 real math based classes.  one is basic math and algebra and will be called pharmacy calculations or something like that.  the other is called kinetics and it kind of sucks.  i hardly ever go to class and pull a 2.75, and my roomate has a 3.25 never going.  plenty of ppl in my class have 4.0, but they dedicate themselves pretty much.
Oct 31 2008 5:12PM
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