University of Washington Pharmacy
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Contacts
Website: http://depts.washington.edu/pha/index.html
Phone: 206-685-2715
Email: pharminf@uw.edu
Program Information
- Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD)
- 4 years in length
- Number of applications in 2010: 474
- Class size in 2010: 86
Admission Requirements
Course and Degree Requirements
- Degree: Baccalaureate degree not required, but recommended
- Required Courses
- Calculus (3 credits)
- Statistics (3 credits)
- General Chemistry including lab (8 credits)
- Organic Chemistry including lab (8 credits)
- Biochemistry (4-10 credits depending on course description of current institute)
- General Biology including lab (8 credits)
- Microbiology including lab (4 credits)
- Microeconomics (3 credits)
- English composition (6-8 credits)
- English composition requirements may be fulfilled by taking two English composition courses or one English composition course and two Writing-Intensive course
- Interpersonal Communications/Public Speaking (3 credits)
- Humanities Electives (3 credits)
- Social Science Electives (3 credits)
- Recommended Courses
- Cell and Molecular Biology
- Ethnics
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GPA
- Minimum: 3.0 (4.0 scale)
- Average accepted GPA 2010: 3.50
- Calculation method: Cumulative GPA is calculated using grades from all colleges or universities attended or from which credit is received.
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PCAT
- Minimum scores: Not provided
- Applicants must take the PCAT within two years of application to the program
- The School of Pharmacy will not accept any other admission test (MCAT, GRE, etc...)
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Supporting Documents
- The School of Pharmacy only accepts/requires two recommendations, one from an academic source and one from a professional source.
- Academic sources include: professors or teaching assistants who have directly interacted with the applicant at a university level, university/college academic advisors
- Professional sources include: employers or volunteer organization personnel with whom the applicant has directly worked
- Official, sealed transcript from all colleges, universities, etc.. attended or from which credit was awarded.
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Interviews
- Interviews (by invitation only) usually start in late January/early February and run through April.
- Interviews (roughly 30-45 minutes) take place in Seattle.
- Applicants will be interviewed by three members of the UW School of Pharmacy PharmD Admissions Committee.
- Includes a 30 minute on-site writing skills assessment in which applicants must plan and hand-write one essay.
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Timeline
- Mid-June, 2010: Applications become available on PharmCAS (Pharmacy College Application Service)
- January 5, 2011: PharmCAS Application deadline
- January 5, 2011: School of Pharmacy Supplemental Application deadline
- Late January to April: Interviews are held
- February to May: Letters of admission and denial are sent
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Tuition 2010-2011
All fees in USD
- Resident: $18,389
- Non-Resident: $33,659
- Additional fees include a one-time Health Sciences fee of $475, course or lab fees ($40-$60 per lab/course), and practicum fees of $10 per practicum
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