<p>Hi Folks,</p>
<p>If you wish to pursue a PharmD, your choice of Pharmacy schools has mos recently expanded. Most Pharm schools no longer offer BPharm any more with the exception of a few (one in Ohio that I know of). Majority offer PharmD directly after HS. </p>
<p>If you wish to rate Pharm schools like people rate regular Universities, you will find that you actually can not do this. The reason is because none of the Ivy league even have Pharmacy schools! There are no Harvard, Yale, MIT Pharmacy schools. They may have Pharmacology departments where you can pursue a PhD in Pharmacology but not a PharmD.</p>
<p>Again, in terms of pharm school rating, they all offer the accredited and comparable programs. Core courses are pretty much the same; Human physiology, Pharmacology, anatomy, pharmacokinetics, pharmaceutics, medicinal chem, etc.</p>
<p>If you wish to pick a “visible” name, select a Pharmacy school in the Northeast, or in UC system, or in the Chicago area. These schools may be more known due to name recognition.</p>
<p>However, UBuffalo has used to have some eminent pharmacokineticists, Dr Gibaldi and the like on their faculty. If PK interests you, UBuffalo is worth it.
If you are looking for a Pharma R&D job, I would suggest applying to Pharm schools that are either in NY, NJ or CA coasts. These have affiliations with Pharma companies and can provide you an in-road to Pharma R&D, esp internships following your PharmD.</p>