<p>wow ok. I agree with deutsch; it’s very nice to listen to both of your more experience opinions. </p>
<p>However, I am planning on pursuing the 0-6 program anyway because even if I may “lose” part of the college experience since there are more classes to take in a lesser amount of time…and perhaps it will be a bit reminiscent of high school, it will save a LOT of time and money. Maturity and experiences–that comes with who you are and where you came from. Some people…just never mature and I don’t think you can just generalize all the 0-6 programs saying that people aren’t more mature because they didn’t truly go through college.</p>
<p>Also, even if I don’t know everything there is to know about the pharmacy community, I do know that I would not go to a school where its pharmacy program is not up to par with what the employers expect. I would obviously try to find a school where many opportunities are provided, where many companies come to look for new employees, and where I can find some nice facilities. Even if every class is squeezed together into a smaller time frame, that doesn’t mean the curriculum is particularly weak. I haven’t gone to college yet, but just look at the army’s medical staff, don’t they have learn essentially everything in a textbook in a couple of days? Maybe that’s a bit extreme but whatever a school has to offer, they’re preparing you for the job; what you get out of it is what effort you put into it AND the initiative you take for yourself. You can always study a bit more after you get your degree, take other classes, or do other things of that sort…but in the end it comes down to whether or not school prepared you well enough for the job because honestly, who cares if you went to whatever school if you can’t do the job.</p>
<p>So, I suppose the difference between 0-6 programs and bachelor to graduate paths really depends on how each individual makes of them since everyone’s different and either way has its pros and cons.</p>