both are crazy expensive but neu is definitely more… problem is i am in love with northeastern.
also northeastern has co-op and i am already in the pharmacy program…pitt i have to meet a gpa and a pcat requirement.
basically is northeastern’s pharmacy security worth the extra debt?
How much $ is “crazy expensive”?
@Qwerty568 pitt 216,000 neu 276,000
Pitt’s PCAT requirement is that you take it. There is no minimum score you need to achieve.
That’s a tough question. I know a guy who went to NEU and loved it but he says he would have gone somewhere cheaper so he didn’t have to wallow in the debt. The GPA requirement for Pitt probably isn’t too bad but any PCAT requirement for applicants straight out of high school frustrates me. That’s your personal choice, but you say Pitt’s policy is you just have to take it, it doesn’t sound too bad. I personally didn’t want to take the PCAT because I didn’t want to stress myself out with another test and application process.
NEU is a really good school and it can get you places. However, the debt is a lot, even for a pharmacist that will be making 100K-120K a year. I think you should go with Pitt.
The PCAT for Pitt is taken during the second year at Pitt - not right out of high school.
And paying an additional $60K for a PharmD these days is not a wise investment.
I know, but I didn’t personally like 2+4 programs because they were misleading to me. “Sure, we’ll accept you for your first two years but take this and we weed you out if you don’t get in a certain range!” However, this doesn’t seem to be the case for Pitt. I’ve heard good things about Pitt, SO, choose there.
would love to hear from a pitt pharm student someone who can attest to survivng those first two pre-pharm years
There are schools where the prerequisites can be taken in 3 years and have an affiliation agreement with a pharmacy school or several. For example Gannon.
Pitt requires a 3.25 GPA for conditional admission students.
I think since pharmacists make about $100,000 a year, your debt should ideally also be kept around that number. Since grad school part is mostly loans, the undergrad part should be as low as possible. As an undergrad you yourself can only borrow $5,500-$7,500. Your parents would have to take out the rest of the money. $200,000 in loans at the 4.66% direct loan interest rate would result in a payment of over $2,000 a month for 10 years, parent plus loans and grad loans have even higher interest rates.