Choosing The Right College For You

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Choosing The Right College For You

• Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2006

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UGA College of Pharmacy

• Athens, Ga
• Avg. tuition 4,155 for 12 or more credits
• About 125 students accepted per year
• Fall 2005-Avg. GPA 3.7, PCAT 93. GPA range- 3.0
  to 4.0, PCAT range 72 to 99.
• Introduction to Statistics required
• Feb. 1, 2007- Online application due, Fall 2007
  application process happening now
• http//www.rx.uga.edu/index.html

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Mercer University Southern School of Pharmacy

• Atlanta, Ga- Private University and 25,000 per
  semester
• Name has now changed to College of Pharmacy and
  Health Sciences
• Requires Physics
• PharmCAS and PCAT
• Degrees Pharm D. - PhD - P.A. PharmD./PhD
  Pharm D./MBA
• Average overall GPA - 3.5 and average PCAT
  composite percentile score is 86. However, the
  range of acceptable GPAs is still 2.50 4.00 and
  acceptable PCAT scores is 60-99. Of course its
  tougher the lower the GPA or PCAT score.
• Deadline for Application is January 5th,2007
• Already interviewing
• http//www.mercer.edu/pharmacy/

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South University School of Pharmacy

• Savannah, GA-near historic downtown, Tybee Island
• 7,795 per quarter
• Accelerated 3 year program-1 of 3 Pharmacy
  schools in GA/ 1 of 5 in U.S.
• 2.8/4.0 GPA required-3.0 Science GPA preferred
• Additional info Anatomy Physiology I and II
  required. Recommended 2 science courses/17
  semester hours
• 1,200 applicants/70 slots
• Dates to know Nov. 2006- General Admissions
  interviews, Feb. 1, 2007- Application Deadline,
  April 2007- Decisions finalized
• http//www.southuniversity.edu/campus/Pharmacy

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Top 10 Pharmacy Schools in U.S.

• University of University of CaliforniaSan
  Francisco 4.6 (of 5.0)
• University of TexasAustin 4.4
• University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill 4.2
• Purdue University (IN) 4.1
• University of Arizona 4.1
• University of Michigan-Ann Arbor 4.1
• University of Minnesota-Twin Cities 4.1
• University of Illinois-Chicago 4.0
• University of Kentucky 4.0
• University of Maryland-Baltimore 4.0
• Info from 2005 U.S. News and World Report