Major choice: Pharmacy or Nursing?

fareastmovement
Sun, 17 Apr 2011 20:04:37 +0000

Hi, I’m going to UT this fall as a Pre-Nursing major.
I’ve been struggling to figure out if I want to become a Pharmacist or a Nurse Practitioner.
I’ve asked around and I know that pharmacy focuses a lot on chemistry and math, which I’d be fine with. With nursing, they focus more on biology, and AP biology has been pretty easy for me. And with both choices, I’d go to school for 6 years (ideally), and start off with about the same pay from my understanding.
I chose nursing as myfirst choice because when I went to Longhorn Saturday, the school of nursing said that it’s harder to get in the professional sequence for nursing if you don’t do pre-nursing at UT.
I know I still have time to decide on this, and it’ll depend on if I can get in the Pharmacy school after pre-pharmacy or grad school after 4 years of nursing.
But if there are Pharmacists/Nurse Practitioners/ any of those majors out there, suggestions and advice will be greatly appreciated!