RE: pharmacy
If you /your parents are leaning toward pharmacy because you think it is a well-paying, highly in-demand job, you/they may want to rethink that perception.
The NIH reports:
The annual number of Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) graduates is projected to exceed the number of annual pharmacist job openings over the next 10 years. Loss of retail sector jobs will be partially offset by projected gains in several other sectors; however, oversupply will persist until the number of graduates is more reflective of job market capacity.
Since 2000, there has been a 74% increase in the number of pharmacy schools (from 82 in 2000 to 143 in 20183) and an 81% increase in total enrollment (from 34,481 in 2000 to 62,504 in 2018). And new pharm schools are continuing to open. Nine new schools have opened since 2018.
The BLS says…
Projected demand for pharmacists has finally hit zero overall net growth according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics’ employment projections for pharmacists for 2018 and 2028…Annual openings for new pharmacists entering the profession are projected to be 14,100 through 2028, and in 2018, there were 14,905 graduates from established pharmacy schools.
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If you want to be a doctor, be a doctor. If you want to be a pharmacist, be a pharmacist. But these jobs are not same at all.
And consider, just because you didn’t get interviewed by any BSMD programs doesn’t mean you won’t be able to become a doctor. 97% of med students entered through the traditional pathway of earning a 4 year degree, then applying to medical school.
And as other posters have mentioned, the prestige of your undergrad matters almost not at all to med school admission committee. Choose an undergrad that offers you the best combination of fit (happier students do better academically), cost (because med school is enormously expensive and pre-meds are strongly advised to minimize undergrad debt) and opportunities (both academic and non-academic).