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Contacts

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

Program Information

Curriculum

• Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD)
• 4 years in length
• Preference is given to residents of Washington
• Joint programs are available (more applicable for US schools). Descriptions can be found here

Admission statistics

• Total number of applicants in 2013: 400
• Applicants interviewed 2013: NA
• Class size in 2013: 100 (XX in-province, XX out-of-province)
• Preference is given to residents of Washington
• International students are not eligible to apply

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Admissions 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

• In-province/domestic students:
  • Minimum grade/GPA: 2.9
  • Average grade/GPA of admitted applicants in 2013: 3.44 - 3.60
• Out-of-province/non-domestic students:
  • Minimum grade/GPA: NA
  • Average grade/GPA of admitted applicants in 2013: NA
• Calculation method:
  • GPA is calculated using grades from all colleges or universities attended or from which credit is received.

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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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Evaluation criteria

• GPA
• PCAT
• Application essays
• Interview results
• Review of all application materials

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Interview

• Interview invitations will be sent out anytime between January and April.
• Interview dates for 2013-2014: start in late January/early February and run through April.
• Type of interview: Traditional, Applicants will be interviewed by three members of the UW School of Pharmacy PharmD Admissions Committee for 30-45 minutes

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Timeline 2013-2014

• June 2013: PharmCAS begins accepting on-line applications and School of Pharmacy Supplemental Application is available
• September 3, 2013
  • PharmCAS On-line “Early Decision” Application Submission Deadline: 11:59PM EST (8:59 PST)
  • UW SOP Supplemental Application Postmarked Deadline: *September 3, 2013 or hand delivered by 5PM
• October 2013 “Early Decision” interviews are conducted
• October 18, 2013 “Early Decision” decisions are DUE to PharmCAS
• January 6, 2014:
  • PharmCAS On-line Regular Application Submission Deadline: 11:59PM Eastern Time (8:59P Pacific Time)
  • UW SOP Supplemental Application Postmarked Deadline: January 6, 2014 or hand-delivered by 5PM
• January—April 2014 Traditional application interviews are conducted
• February—May 2014 Letters notifying ALL applicants of Admissions Committee decision are sent

For more information, click: here (page 7)

Tuition 2013-2014

• In-province/domestic students:
  • First year tuition: $26, 328**Total first year fees: $XX

Additional fees include the Health Sciences Fee of $130 per year, course or lab fees $20-$60 per lab/course.

• Out-of-province/non-domestic students:
  • First year tuition: $47, 964
  • Total first year fees: $XX

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