Pharmacy school?

I made A's in both first and second semester college chemistry. How much of this stuff do you actually have to know to be admitted to pharmacy school? Why all the chemistry anyway? To prepare for pharmacy school, specifically which branches of chemistry should I be studying the hardest? thanks
Answer:
You need to focus on Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry. If you can take Biomedicinal Chemistry or Medicinal Chemistry prior to pharmacy school, that would help you also. Why all the chemistry? Because medications are chemicals that work in your body. Without a strong knowledge of chemistry, it would be difficult to really understand exactly how the medications work. Keep up the grades. Most SOPs look at overall GPA and then calculate a math and science GPA separately. Good luck!

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You need to know a lot of biochemistry as well as organic chemistry. You need to know organic chemistry because certain properties such as an ethyl group place on different sittes of molecules will reflect on how the drug will work. The different substituents on different molecules will effect their duration of action, potency, and metabolism. This is a major reason why you need to know your organic chemistry. As far as biochemistry you will see that it relates to how drugs are metabolized, used in the body, and carried out throughout our daily lives. To prepare for pharmacy school, I would advise you to study Biochemistry, Organic Chemistry as well as General Chemistry because it will be on the PCATs. Good luck to you!

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