Comments on: Questions On Becoming A Pharmacist? http://www.pharmacist-school.com/questions-on-becoming-a-pharmacist/ Talk About Pharmacy Schools Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:27:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jin http://www.pharmacist-school.com/questions-on-becoming-a-pharmacist/comment-page-1/#comment-1308 Jin Sat, 27 Feb 2010 15:18:01 +0000 http://www.pharmacist-school.com/questions-on-becoming-a-pharmacist/#comment-1308 I'm studying to become a pharmacist now! Sorry if my answer may not help you fully because I am only in my 2nd year now (out of 6). It sounds like you would be great for a pharmacist. The courses I took my freshman year was math and science courses, which are the basic courses you will take in pharmacy school. One of the things I learned in my pharmacy convocations class (basically a class that introduces the career of pharmacy to noobs) is that pharmacists require being careful and also talking is important too. Pharmacy technicians do not require as much extensive studying (and thus time) as pharmacists do. Pharmacists receive a PharmD which is a doctorate in pharmacy while pharmacy technicians can undergo training (I don't know more else about that job). I applied to some pharmacy schools in New York. The programs were all pretty good. SUNY Buffalo I think was the top New York pharmacy school while St. Johns University and the University of Albany weren't as great. I currently am in Rutgers University in New Jersey, which also is a great school. There should be a site that lists the rankings of all the pharmacy school. Google it! I have heard many stories such as a lot of people dropping out or transfering to different schools because the program was so hard. I heard that you will also have no social life as I go into my 3rd and 4th year, I will make six figures as soon as I graduate, and because the program is so hard, I just have to graduate and I'll still be desired by companies. Many of what people say is generally stuff they don't know much about. I'll tell you this for my first year (and maybe if you ask again I will tell you about my other years): It is challenging and it requires time and effort. My 1st year? It wasn't as TERRIBLE and IMPOSSIBLE as people said it was. You just have to balance your time wisely between playing and studying. However, many people did drop out of the first year already--about half of my pharmacy class! I’m studying to become a pharmacist now! Sorry if my answer may not help you fully because I am only in my 2nd year now (out of 6).
It sounds like you would be great for a pharmacist. The courses I took my freshman year was math and science courses, which are the basic courses you will take in pharmacy school. One of the things I learned in my pharmacy convocations class (basically a class that introduces the career of pharmacy to noobs) is that pharmacists require being careful and also talking is important too.
Pharmacy technicians do not require as much extensive studying (and thus time) as pharmacists do. Pharmacists receive a PharmD which is a doctorate in pharmacy while pharmacy technicians can undergo training (I don’t know more else about that job).
I applied to some pharmacy schools in New York. The programs were all pretty good. SUNY Buffalo I think was the top New York pharmacy school while St. Johns University and the University of Albany weren’t as great. I currently am in Rutgers University in New Jersey, which also is a great school. There should be a site that lists the rankings of all the pharmacy school. Google it!
I have heard many stories such as a lot of people dropping out or transfering to different schools because the program was so hard. I heard that you will also have no social life as I go into my 3rd and 4th year, I will make six figures as soon as I graduate, and because the program is so hard, I just have to graduate and I’ll still be desired by companies. Many of what people say is generally stuff they don’t know much about. I’ll tell you this for my first year (and maybe if you ask again I will tell you about my other years): It is challenging and it requires time and effort. My 1st year? It wasn’t as TERRIBLE and IMPOSSIBLE as people said it was. You just have to balance your time wisely between playing and studying. However, many people did drop out of the first year already–about half of my pharmacy class!

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