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Perhaps I should have rephrased what I wanted to say - it’s in your favor to get a bachelors. Most of the top pharmacy schools have over 70 to 80% (and climbing with each year) of entering doctoral students having attained their bachelors.
For example, UCSF:
[About</a> the Students and Applicants](<a href=“http://pharmacy.ucsf.edu/pharmd/admissions/aboutstudents/]About”>http://pharmacy.ucsf.edu/pharmd/admissions/aboutstudents/)
01.63% no degree
00.81% Associate’s degree
97.56% Bachelor’s degree
09.76% Graduate degree</p>
<p>At the University of Michigan it’s approximately 80%, with most students that do not have a bachelors being fed directly from the cut-throat undergraduate program.</p>
<p>UCSD:
[UCSD</a> - The Skaggs School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences](<a href=“http://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/admissions.shtml#Class11]UCSD”>http://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/admissions.shtml#Class11)
Profile of Applicants Interviewed for the Class of 2011 | Top Description of Criteria Number
Number of applications received 1278
Number of applicants invited to interview for the class of 30 students 225
Average overall grade point average (GPA) 3.66
Number of individuals holding or planning to receive a B.A., B.S., or Masters Degree at the time of interview or prior to matriculation 225 (100%) </p>
<p>Profile of Applicants Interviewed for the Class of 2010 | Top Description of Criteria Number
Number of applications received 1078
Number of applicants invited to interview for the class of 60 students 226
Average overall grade point average (GPA) 3.67
Number of individuals holding or planning to receive a B.A., B.S., or Masters Degree at the time of interview or prior to matriculation 226 (100%) </p>
<p>Profile of Applicants Interviewed for the Class of 2009 | Top Description of Criteria Number
Number of applications received 1058
Number of applicants invited to interview for the class of 60 students 229
Average overall grade point average (GPA) 3.67
Number of individuals holding or planning to receive a B.A., B.S., or Masters Degree at the time of interview or prior to matriculation 229 (100%)</p>
<p>[USC</a> Pharmacy - Pharm.D. Program - Admission - FAQs](<a href=“http://www.usc.edu/schools/pharmacy/pharmd/admission/faqs.html]USC”>http://www.usc.edu/schools/pharmacy/pharmd/admission/faqs.html)
USC school of pharmacy:
Is a bachelor’s degree required?
No, but because admission to the program is very competitive, we highly recommend having a bachelor’s degree. The majority of our applicants hold this degree.</p>
<p>[University</a> of the Pacific Pharmacy Admission Website](<a href=“http://www.pacific.edu/admission/PharmD/PharmDfaqs.asp]University”>http://www.pacific.edu/admission/PharmD/PharmDfaqs.asp)
UOP school of pharmacy:
2. Is a Bachelor’s Degree required for admission? </p>
<p>No, only the pre-pharmacy requirements are absolutely necessary. However a degree can make an applicant more competitive for admission, and in recent years a strong majority of our successful applicants have had degrees. Many others have junior standing and have completed upper division math/ science preparatory courses. Recommended electives include anatomy, genetics, physiology, microbiology, biochemistry, analytical chemistry and physical chemistry. </p>
<p>While not all schools are this stringent, I’m just citing these to prove my point of a growing trend: you have to be quite stellar to get in after only two years of prepharmacy coursework. There are many students who are far older and are switching careers; it is they - and their experience - that provide the catalyst for admission. As a collegiate undergrad, having only two years will not be as beneficial and it is in one’s favor in terms of admissions to get a bachelors. I can name a handful of schools off the top of my head that give you “points” in their admissions formula for having a degree.</p>