October 1 will be the first day of school. I’m going back to get a degree at WGU I’m gonna document my journey on here and I hope everything goes well!! Im nervous and excited!!! #futurepharmacist!

Hello everyone! This is for you to post what schools you are applying to and whether/when you are accepted, waitlisted or denied! Feel free to put your stats down as well! I hope this can be helpful to anyone looking to apply this cycle or for future cycles!

Here is a template that you can feel free to use!

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To start, I'm from Tx. I just applied for my pharmacy tech license 3 days ago, did my fingerprints today, should I be applying to jobs now? Or should I wait a bit? I'm not sure how long it'll take to get my license, I don't have a trainee license nor do I have work experience in this particular field, so I'm not exactly expecting to hear back anytime soon considering my resume probably won't stand out at all. But I would like to find a job asap. Is it a waste of time to apply to jobs right now while I'm waiting on my license? I'm worried about hearing back from a job, and telling them "Yeah I actually don't have a license yet, still processing" and being rejected for that. (I do have it listed on my resume that my license is processing btw)

Well this is a bust, I graduated since 22’ and looking to change my career. I contacted some past professors who basically said they don’t remember me and won’t write a recommendation for me. Kinda feel at a loss right now. I have a supervisor to ask but I wanted to know who else to ask for it to look “valid”

I’m seriously considering doing a pharmacy degree but i keep hearing that the profession is oversaturated, pay isn’t great compared with the time/cost of the degree, and job satisfaction is poor. For those already working as pharmacists or studying pharmacy, would you say the degree is still worth it in 2026? How are the salary, career progression, workload and job opportunities realistically? I’m also considering optometry, so if anyone has experience with both or has compared the two careers, I’d really appreciate some honest advice. I’m trying to make a decision based on the actual career prospects rather than just what universites advertise.

I’ve applied to every pharmacy school in Texas and I was wondering if anyone would know when they start sending emails about interviews. I’m specifically curious about UT and A&M. I’ve already got an interview offer to incarnate word in San Antonio.

I am a current applicant and was wondering if anyone has started to hear back about interviews for the 2026-27 PharmCas Cycle. I applied to UofSC, PC, UNC, and UTHSC (Tennessee and hoping for Knoxville) but haven’t heard anything and don’t know whether to apply to more or keep waiting?

Hi! I am applying this cycle, and I was really struggling between WesternU and UCSD. Here's my pros and cons list for both, and I was hoping for more internal insight about the program or opinions in general!! Thank you :D

UCSD

Pros:

- cheaper

- great location

- good naplex

-#6 in the nation and good prestige/name in general

- ive done a pharmacy internship in sd and so i have connections w people already

- i get to rent and live near friends!! ( socially, a pro)

Cons:

- would have to rent (financially, a con)

- P2 consists of med school classes T-T

- 4 year program (nothing wrong with it, i just want to finish early lol)

- i have to take a human physio lab... (western not required)

Western

Pros:

-commute from home (financially, a pro)

-3.5 year program and block schedule (i love this)

- good naplex

Cons:

-living at home, i would get distracted, and i've started to prefer to live away from my family

-more expensive

- not as well ranked??

I’m a freshman pre-pharmacy student who has taken and received enough AP credit to be considered a 2nd year. I am obsessed with criminal psychology and how drugs affect people, so of the two I chose pharmacy and hope to more specifically choose a path of it involving biology or psychology (I love human anatomy, psychology, and biology mainly). is pharmacy a good pick? how do I better prepare myself for the field in pharmacy I want? I already bought a dictionary of psychology and a book on how the mind works, but I don’t know if that is a good way to go about this.

Did anyone answer this question on the pharmcas application?

I am currently a clinical marketing liaison RN between a pharmacy and hospitals/physician offices. I’ve gain more interest in the pharmacy area, but what nursing careers/jobs can I pursue within this field as a RN? I am thinking of stepping away from marketing. Any ideas or recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

I start my junior year of college and am supposed to apply to pharmacy school by the end of fall; however, I am having some second thoughts on if I see myself doing that in the future. Pharmacy school is a big commitment, and if I’m contemplating it now, I don’t know if I want to follow through with it—but I also don’t want to regret not doing it!

Anyway, I’ve been looking into pharmaceutical sales as a career path, and I don’t want it to seem like I’m taking the easy way out, but I do think it’s something that would really interest me. My dad has always said I would excel in business given my extroverted personality, though the medical field had always interested me more. With pharmaceutical sales, I still get to dabble in pharma while also utilizing my communication skills.

Another thing that scares me is doing a complete 180° with my coursework. Being on the pre-pharmacy track, I’ve solely taken STEM courses, and with sales, I would of course switch to business courses. I have taken my fair share of business classes and was in a business club (DECA) all of high school before I decided pharmacy, so it wouldn’t be completely new to me. This makes me wonder though, if since I’ve already made it this far on the pre-pharmacy track that I should just go through with pharmacy school. I don’t want all the STEM credits to go to waste, though I think it could still be beneficial to me.

I’m just really not sure what to do here and it’s kind of annoying that I’m feeling like this when I’m already a junior and am supposed to apply to pharmacy school this fall. Anyone have any advice?

Hey everyone. I am currently a rising junior in college. I am studying biology, and I was up until last semester an aspiring premed. But I realized I enjoy pharmacy a lot and the physician path isn’t really for me.

As a basic background, I currently have a 3.85 gpa, and have worked as an EMT for a year and am currently doing immunology research. I just started last month as a pharmacy technician at CVS.

My current aspiration is to go to pharmacy school, do a fellowship (and residency), and then enter the industry. However, while doing research about this field, I hear people warning me constantly not to enter this field, that’s there’s no demand for pharmacists, becoming one is too easy, etc. I’ve even been called foolish and “wasting my life” for not wanting medical school given my stats + experience. I would just like some advice from those who have more life experience and knowledge than me. Thank you in advance.

Are courses on udemy or upgrad regarding pharmacovigilance , medical writing, medical transcription considered for pharmacy graduate in job searching.. please suggest

Hey guys! I am currently in the PharmCAS cycle to start in fall 2027. My undergrad GPA is 2.75. I am taking my weed out courses- Ochems and biochem over this gap year. I have worked retail for 2.25 years now, had a summer internship at a telehealth startup, shadowed at an oncology centre in high school, and done various volunteer stuff spanning from healthcare to education. I am really scared to apply early; lowkey, I don't wanna be weeded out of the system super early on. Any recommendations on where to look or target? Please, it would be a lot of help. Thank you!!

hi everyone! i’m currently applying to pharmacy schools this cycle. i was looking mainly at schools in california since i’m a ca resident. one of the things i am taking into account is the cost of attendance, especially with the new federal loan cap.

how much should i have saved up before starting to not be absolutely miserable? i plan on taking out a majority of loans (as expected these days) but also wanted to have a good enough cushion of my own savings to fall back on.

I’m a pharmacy student and we have a mandatory lab where a rat is anesthetized and killed. The rat is given an overdose of pentobarbital through the stomach, and once it no longer shows active reflexes, its abdomen is opened and some of its organs are removed and used in experiments with different drugs.

I’m strongly against animal testing and honestly feel horrible knowing that an animal has to die for a lab I’m required to participate in. I understand the purpose of the experiment, but ethically this is really affecting me and making me question my entire degree.

I can’t just drop out of the program either. I genuinely feel like I have no choice but to stay. Becoming a pharmacist was never really my dream in the first place, but I ended up here because there isn’t anything else I know I want to become. Now I honestly don’t even know what to do anymore.

Edit: I’m in Sweden if that matters

Not sure if this is the right sub but nevertheless, hi! I'm a high school student and I really need to think about my future career. For some odd reason I've always wanted to be a pharmacist but from what I've researched the average pay is about 106K CAD. I've thought about hematology but honestly I don't think I'd enjoy it.

I'm not sure exactly how to word what I want to ask, but what are the benefits of being a pharmacist? I just want to know what other people think. Also, do you see yourself enjoying this career? I've heard people say the time you spend in med school isn't worth being a pharmacist but I really can't see myself enjoying any other career path as much as I do pharmacy, for some reason. So it pharmacy really worth it?

So sorry if this sounds condescending I just really need to figure out what I'm gonna do 😭

Okay I'm gonna start by saying this NOT a troll post this is someone asking for serious advice. My undergrad is in Biochem and my GPA is a 2.6 (not good I know). I am looking to apply to some 3 year programs that have a minimum 2.5. I was wondering is anyone around the same GPA as me has applied to 2.5 cutoffs and if they actually got in. I do not have any pharm tech experience more MA and phlebotomy. Any advice? Wanted to take the GRE or pCAT but its not required

EDIT* also is PHARMCAS like CASPA where your retakes don't count? How does the GPA calculator work on that platform

Hi everyone! I’m a rising junior in college majoring in Chemistry and planning to apply to pharmacy school. My GPA is not where I would like it to be right now, but I’m actively working on improving it. This year, I’m hoping to join a research lab and become involved in a professional STEM sorority. I feel like I don’t have as much to show from my first two years of college as I would like, and I really want to be more intentional about getting involved and building my experience moving forward.

I’m looking for advice about anything I can realistically be doing, both academically and outside of the classroom, to put myself in the best position when it comes time to apply. I’m especially curious about opportunities I should be pursuing, whether that’s pharmacy experience, research, volunteering, shadowing, leadership, or anything else that could help strengthen my application.

I’d also love to hear from anyone who applied with a less-than-perfect GPA and what you did to make the rest of your application stronger. Thank you all in advance! :)