Best Colleges for Pharmacy?

StonedApe
Thu, 28 Mar 2013 20:47:33 +0000

Hi. I’m a HS junior from New York, and just got my SAT scores back. They were:
Critical Reading 640
Math 630
Writing 590
Multiple Choice 62 (score range: 20-80)
Essay 7 (score range: 2-12)



I’m pretty disappointed with my performance; I didn’t properly prepare for the exam and it showed. I plan on taking an SAT course and studying more vigorously to retake it in the Fall. I’m aiming for at least 700 in each section.

So I want to be a pharmacist in the future, and I’m really confused on which college I should go/apply to. As of now, I have 2 schools in mind: Northeastern University and the Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. I like Northeastern University’s co-op program, and the Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences is impressive because it specializes in my preferred field. However, I come from a small school, and the ACPHS is small and I fear it would feel like more of the same. I want a new and refreshing experience with college and want to meet new people and new personalities, but I don’t want to risk going to the wrong college just because it’s large. The ACPHS is also nice because they offered my older brother a $40k scholarship to go there (he didn’t), and I performed nearly as well as he did on the SAT, so I think I can get a great financial aid package from this school as well.

What are other good colleges I can go to become a pharmacist? It would be much appreciated if I can get suggestions of colleges both in and out of my reach. Thank you!

edit: If it matters, I’m Asian (Cambodian-American). I remember hearing that colleges discriminate against Asians nowadays, which sucks, but hopefully that doesn’t keep me out of a good college. :(