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That's assuming, of course, that the people with the highest GPAs necessarily are flocking to pharmacy and are in fact the "smartest" people.
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I'm pretty sure they're almost all over the 80th percentile of all college people. A masters degree is fine for a pharmacist. Don't know why they need all that education in California.
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This is unlikely and unusual at best. Most pharmacists make six-figures, but never that sort of money.
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This is base pay for pharmacist (90000+). A lot of them have the option of more hours which equals a ton more money. Not to mention, they're making these salaries in places where 40000 is tops.
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This statement is inherently meaningless, because it assumes that any particular profession has more to "keep up with" than another. Pharmacists are probably keeping up with just as much new information as anyone else.
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Like I said, a pharmacist doesn't need to memorize 10% of the drugs in the world. Hell, you don't even have to know any. It's all checked on the computer, and a lot of places have you wait 20 minutes so they can figure it out. lol. You can do mail order pharmacy and live like a king. The only thing that's difficult in pharmacy is reading what the doctor wrote on the prescription. lol You can get a D on the licensing exam and still be a pharmacist.
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Probably have to keep up even more. There are constantly new drugs and new uses for old drugs, new information on disease and treatment, as well as changing laws. Pharmacists have to complete a designated number of continuing education credits to be eligible to renew their licenses every two years. So I can guarantee you that working pharmacists are forced to "keep up".
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It was about 20 hours every year. An IT professional has waaay more keeping up than that. Even then, pharmacists don't have to KNOW IT to be SUCCESSFUL so your point is moot.