How to get a small college feel, but big U opportunities?

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<p>Hi,
As the topic title implies, I’m at a bit of a quandry in regards to college search. I want to go into pharmacy (much to my mother’s chagrin; she wants me to go into writing or foreign languages…but that’s a topic for another day) and would prefer to go to undergrad and pharmacy school at the same insitution or at the very least in the same area, as transfering locations would be more difficult than most. Obviously, this plan is most suited to large university, but I find myself practicularly licking my lips at the description here of small, snowy colleges. It seems like the type of environment I woiuld love. I’m a mixed big a student good grades and ECs (I guess) but horrible at the SAT (PSAT: 205 :(). The ACT is much more my style, so hopefully I’ll do better on it! My question is, how can one get a snowy, small college feel at a big university?</p>

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<p>Thanks.</p>

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<p>First, congrats on a fine PSAT score. What is a 205, 96-97th percentile? LOL. Second…uhhhh…I have nothing for you OT, not a clue. I just wanted to gig you a little on the sad face for a great score (you’ll be “commended”).</p>

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<p>I’m not familiar with the pharmaceutical field, but do you have to major in pharmacy in order to continue on to grad school in that field? Would a pre-med type of emphasis work? </p>

<p>If so, I don’t see the problem with going to a small LAC. You could search for pharmacy schools and narrow your college search according to the concentration of grad schools in that area.</p>

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<p>pharmacy is such a popular major that most pharmacy schools don’t accept transfers for the last 4 years of the program. Your best bet is to get accepted to a pharmacy program freshman year, and stick with it</p>

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<p>Spend two years at Lawrence U and transfer to UW Pharm.</p>

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<p>They even have a helpful chart for transfers</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.pharmacy.wisc.edu/Student_Services/new_student/pharmd/equivalence_tables.htm[/url]”>http://www.pharmacy.wisc.edu/Student_Services/new_student/pharmd/equivalence_tables.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>I believe Samford has a good pharmacy program…small school…not much snow though.</p>

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<p>I am going to sound like the OSU advocate out here today, but here goes. Ohio State is a top Pharmacy School and if you are honor’s college material as it seems you might be, OSU can seem small. I understand it is a good program. We just lost our 8 inches of snow when the weather turned warm in the last week or so. Columbus is a nice city. (I know…not your small, snowy, cozy New England experience, though.)</p>

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<p>Look at some of the Catholic colleges. I know Duquesne in Pittsburgh has a Pharmacy department. Many of them have that small college feel but with courses you don’t see in LACs.</p>