Yes, starting next year, anyone applying to Temple's School of Pharmacy in the fall of 2005 will now be required to take the PCATS. This sucks cuase im doing my pre-reqs this year and ill be applying for pharmacy schools next year. Just my luck i guess.
As far as interviews go, I think every/majority of pharmacy schools requires an interview if you are one of the highly potential applicants selected for one. Rutgers, does not require PCATS but they say its only an "option". I asked them and they said it wouldnt help much or hurt my chances for acceptance if i took the PCATs, assumming my grades and GPA are very strong still. Rutgers is very competative to gain admissions however i know that if you take your pre-reqs at Rutgers college then the admissions process will be a lil easier and quicker and it might even help you chances for acceptance.
As for pre-reqs, Rutgers does have couple more classes pre-required for pharmacy compared to Temple. But then again, other schools have other requirements that arent required by temple or rutgers. So that really sucks for people applying for pharmacy school cuase if i wanna apply to more than 2-3 schools, does that mean i have to take extra classes just to make sure i fullfil all the minimumn requirments for every school i apply too? Sorry if this sounds confusing.
Last factor i considered for pharmacy school was that I really dont like the area Temple campus is in. If i have to work or stay at school late then I dont wanna have to pack some heat to protect myself when walking to my car/train/bus.
Rutgers for me will be much longer commute but in long run i think it will be worth it.
