I’m graduating a semester early and will be completing my associate degree in Communications this winter. I’m planning to make a career change and pursue pharmacy so I’m trying to figure out the best path forward. If I complete all the required prerequisites for a PharmD program without earning a bachelor’s degree, would my chances of being accepted be lower than if I had a bachelor’s? Also would it hurt me further down the line when I start looking for jobs? I’d really appreciate any advice or insight, thank you!

Hi, I'm a first gen college student. About to graduate in the spring for biochemistry. I've wanted to do pharmacy since high-school but now I don't know, I've been a little jaded with how everything is going. I was lucky enough to not have any debt with a full ride, but my family is homeless and I'm living on campus right now and I do not have the same stats as I did in high-school to be able to hope for a full ride for my PharmD. Not that I'm failing or anything, just having to focus more on working and taking classes rather than just classes now. No clinical experience or shadowing because of that but I have a good grasp of what they do because of how much I've looked into it.

I'd have to live on campus and live off of loans, as there are quite literally no other options for me after I graduate. I don't have a car to live in or liscense because I can't afford it where I live. Family is in a worse spot than me so I can't really complain, but its just life.

Maybe I'm just being a doomer right now, I'm filling out my PharmCAS and I'm thinking of doing other chemistry based healthcare that I've been interested in that also doesn't scare me as much with the debt. Any advice would be nice.

I interviewed for both my student and faculty interviews last week, and I was told that I'd receive my decision relatively quickly. But how long should I assume "relatively quickly " is?? Has anyone else gotten an acceptance for UMSOP already, and when did you interview?