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

• Resident: $18,389 (USD)
• Non-Resident: $33,659 (USD)
• 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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