<p>I think you’re getting kind of ahead of yourself. No one can say which one you should do, but you do have lots and lots of time to figure it out.</p>
<p>First of all, either way, focus on getting into a college where you will be happy and that has a lot of opportunities for chemistry majors, including career exploration programs/orgs/club and research opportunities. Second of all, since you’ve never even taken a chemistry class before, plan on taking some intro chemistry courses to see if you’re actually interested in it or you just think you are. Reading about chemistry is a lot different than studying it academically, especially once you reach upper-division classes where you may have to study fields of chemistry that you’re not interested in or learn the nitty-gritty aspects of chemistry that feel tedious and unnecessary when you just want to look at the bigger picture. Then try to get experience. Get research experience as early as you can to both get experience for grad school if you decide you want to get a PhD and to see if you actually want to get a PhD. Research is not for everyone, even if you think you like it now. It’s something that you really have to try to see if you want to do it for at least the 5+ years it could take you to get your PhD. Also, try to get some more exposure to pharmacy to see if that’s what you want to do. Talk to pharmacists. Your school might have talks about pharmacy and pharm school. I know some students who worked as pharm techs before going on to pharmacy school. See if that’s what you’re actually interested in.</p>
<p>You have a ways to go before you have to decide, so just focus on one thing at a time. It’s good to have options, but keep an open mind. You might find that neither of those interest you or that you hate chemistry, and that’s okay too. There’s no reason you have to figure it out now. You can get experience or exposure in both areas during undergrad.</p>