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High school student wants to be a pharmacist

Asked by joshua6232 about 1 month ago, 2 answers.

hello I'm graduating high school this year and I want to go to University of Kentucky college of pharmacy. would I be able to go to a community college or would I have to go to uk or what? like I want to go to the college near me Hazard Community to get...

a biology degree so that I can just go on to become a pharmacist. what are the requirements to enter pharmacy school?

Answered by ty on Sep 24, 2009, 06:43PM
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You can go to community college, get your requirements done and then go to pharmacy school. Some schools will require a bachelors, some only require an associates.

All schools have different requirements, so you should check with the schools you want to apply to, but here's a list I found from one school
Prerequisites Semesters/Quarters
Calculus 1/2
Statistics 1/1
General Chemistry w/labs 2/3
Organic Chemistry w/labs 2/3
Physics w/lab 1/2
General Biology w/labs 2/3
Microbiology w/lab 1/1
Mammalian Physiology w/lab 1/1
Molecular or Cell Biology 1/1
Biochemistry 1/1
Psychology or Sociology 1/1
Micro-economics (see below) 1/1

Pharmacists graduating from college today are required to have a PharmD, or doctorate of Pharmacy degree. College students can start a four-year pharmacy program after successfully completing two years of undergraduate coursework and earning a passing score on the PCAT (Pharmacy college admission test). Coursework in pharmacy and pre-pharmacy includes chemistry, physics, biology, anatomy, and physiology.Additionally, PharmD students must complete a series of rotations in a variety of clinical and pharmaceutical settings. The length and quantity of rotations varies, but the average PharmD program requires 7-10 rotaions, each of which is 4-6 weeks in length.
If a student knows early in his or her college career that they would like to become a pharmacist, one could graduate with a PharmD in about 6 years. Many college students do not decide until later in college or after college to become a pharmacist; therefore, many pharmacists have completed eight years of college.

http://healthcareers.about.com/od/healthcareerprofiles/p/PharmacistJobs.htm

Answered by brwn on Sep 24, 2009, 08:11PM
6 answers

I don't know how it is for that school but undergrad is usually a biochem major which is lots of calculus and chemistry. also talk to the college councilers

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