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Contacts

Website: http://depts.washington.edu/pha/index.html
Phone: (206)543-6100
Email: pharminf@uw.edu

Program Information

• Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD)
• 4 years in length
• Concurrent degrees are also available - PharmD/PhD, PharmD/MS, or PharmD/Physician Assistant. For more information, click here
• Number of applications: approximately 400 each year
• Class size: approximately 100
• Preference is given to residents of Washington

Admission Requirements

Course and Degree Requirements

• Degree: Bachelor's degree not required, but recommended
• Required Courses - survey courses are not accepted.
  • Calculus I (3-4 credits = one semester)
  • Statistics (3-4 credits = one semester)
  • General Chemistry including lab (8 credits = 2 semesters)
  • Organic Chemistry including lab (8 credits = 2 semesters)
  • General Biology including lab (8 credits = 2 semesters )
  • Biochemistry (4-10 credits depending on course description of current institute)
  • Microbiology including lab (4 credits = one semester)
  • Microeconomics (3 credits = one semester)
  • 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 = one semester)
  • Humanities Electives (3 credits = one semester)
    • Examples: Art and Art History, Speech Communications, Dance, Theatre, Music, Foreign languages)
  • Social Science Electives (3 credits = one semester)
    • Examples: Anthropology, History, Psychology, Philosophy, Sociology
• Recommended Courses
  • Cell and Molecular Biology
  • Ethics
• AP/IB courses are accepted for some courses. For more information, click here

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GPA

• Cumulative GPA
  • Minimum: 2.9 (4.0 scale)
  • Average accepted GPA: between 3.44 - 3.60
  • (Cumulative GPA is calculated using grades from all colleges or universities attended or from which credit is received.
• Prerequisite GPA
  • Minimum: 2.9
  • Average accepted prerequisite GPA: between 3.44-3.60]
  • All grades for repeated courses will be considered.

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PCAT

• Minimum scores: 60th percentile or greater in Chemistry and 25th precentile or greater in other areas of the PCAT
• Applicants must take the PCAT within two years prior to admission to the program
• The School of Pharmacy will not accept any other admission test (MCAT, GRE, etc...)
• PCAT scores must be sent to PharmCAS, not the University of Washington.

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Supporting Documents

• Application can be found at the PharmCAS website
• 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.
• PCAT scores must be sent to PharmCAS directly.
• School of Pharmacy Supplemental Application, found here

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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.

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Timeline

• Mid-June, 2012: Applications become available on PharmCAS (Pharmacy College Application Service)
• January 7, 2013: PharmCAS Application deadline and School of Pharmacy Supplemental Application deadline
• Late January to April: Interviews are held
• February - early May: Decisions made.

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Tuition 2012-2013

All fees in USD

• Resident: $24,018
• Non-Resident: $43,688
• Additional fees include Health Sciences Fee of $110 per year, and course or lab fees ($20-$60 per lab/course)

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For information on financial aid, click here