University of Washington Pharmacy
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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 in 2010: 474
- Class size in 2010: 86
- 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
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.
For more information, click: here
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...)
For more information, click: here
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.
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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
- Late April - early May: Decisions made.
For more information, click: here and here
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
