<p>Become a pharmacist is a hard career
If you apply and do not get accepted in Pharmacy school the term you are applying is there any way for you to re apply again for the following year?</p>
<p>Also, is it recommended to be in a Pre Pharmacy Program in your undergraduate studies for you to be succesful in Pharmacy School?</p>
<p>Which field is harder to get into for a graduate degree Pharmacy or Medical?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>Are you talking about an eight year program (get a BA/BS and then go for PharmD)?</p>
<p>If so, you can definitely apply again if you don’t get accepted. You’ll have to wait an entire year for a new application cycle to start, though. Most schools will council you on how to be a better applicant for future application cycles if they reject you. It is common to not get in your first time applying, so always make sure you have a back-up plan (Spend a year improving your resume for PharmD? Pursue a job in your major?). If you don’t want to wait an additional year to do the entire process over again, make sure you apply to multiple schools. Hopefully that way you’ll at least get in somewhere.</p>
<p>All you need to be successful in a PharmD program is the prerequisite courses. A good chunk of the first year of most PharmD programs is getting everyone on the same page anyways, so coursework above and beyond the prereqs may help, but is not necessary. You don’t have to have a specific major or be part of an official pre-pharmacy program, although that can help. Some schools primarily look for students that already have a BA/BS, and some schools just care that you have the prereq courses completed and don’t care much about any other coursework. Basically, find a major you enjoy and excel in (aka good GPA) and do well in all of the prereq classes. Whether you pursue a major that includes most of those classes is up to you!</p>
<p>I would say that medical school is more difficult to get into than pharmacy school. Both are very competitive and have very high standards, but the ratio of applicants to positions available is much higher in medical school that PharmD schools (generally). If you want to look into this more, you can generally find this info on admissions pages for med and pharm schools.</p>