Pharmacy: SUNY Buffalo, Rutgers, or St.John's

kenny01593
Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:30:07 +0000

This question has been on my mind for so long these days. Cost in my opinion won’t be too much of an issue because of financial aid (parents earn less than 50k), 1st generation Chinese, 2100+ SAT score, 3.588 GPA in high school (Stuyvesant High School, New York). Anyways I was wondering which school should i choose they all have their pros and cons.

SUNY Buffalo:
Pros: Gymnastics Club (I am captain of my school’s gymnastics team), and I’m a New York resident, get to dorm

Cons: Does not accept Bio or Chem AP exam credits as substitutes for taking introductory Biology or Chemistry which is a required prereq, I need to maintain a 3.5 gpa til my second term sophomore year in math and science prerequisite courses and then I have to pass an interview in order to be accepted into their pharmacy school

Rutgers:
Pros: 0-6 Program which means I’m guaranteed a seat at their school of pharmacy, accepts up to 8 AP credits (which means I can skip Bio or Chem prereqs), New Jersey is the state that’s surrounded by big pharmaceutical companies

Cons: No gymnastics club and it’s in New Jersey

St.John’s
Pros: 0-6 Program which means I’m guaranteed a seat at their school of pharmacy, I get to live at home.

Cons: No gymnastics club, they only accept AP credits in math and english and i need to have a 5 on the math related aps (I have a 4 in AB Calc and AP Stat -_-)

*Note: According to most people, bio and chem are known as the weed out courses, they require lots of time and studying just to pass.