Thinking About Studying To Be A Pharmacist.. Opinions?

[MonStar]

What do you guys think? They seem to make good $$$, and it sounds like a fun job.

[Shocker]

go for it - i will give you the address and CC #, you just send the AS

haha - as if it wouldn't be obvious this massive guy walking around the pharmacy

[PowerManDL]

You should choose Indecisive College Student for your career. You'd be perfect.

[MonStar]

Hehe Matt, yeah I would be man.

[BCC]

Originally posted by PowerManDL
You should choose Indecisive College Student for your career. You'd be perfect.

lmao

[Manveet]

Umm, exciting? Depends, I know some people who found it boring. But they do make really good money. I didn't take it because it requires me to do a bunch of science and math courses in which I would do not so good in. I think I'll stick to my Criminology and see where it goes.

[TMan]

I worked in a pharmacy for a couple of summers back in high school. I'll tell you what the pharmacists there told me. They recommended I don't be a pharmacist unless you really, really have your heart set on it. You have about the same about of schooling to go through as medical doctors but you get paid less than them and the job is dull (you pretty much just count pills).

[hemants]

Pharmacy can be interesting depending on what you do.

Working in a hospital may be more interesting and challenging but you would have better hours filling pills in a drug store.

Best thing to do is seek out as many pharmacists as possible and ask them about their hopes/regrets etc.

In general, most health care professions are rewarding, well paid, and somewhat secure depending on where you live.

The people I know with the best lifestyle are dentists. You can basically choose your own hours and golf every Friday and you make the same in 3 days a week as most people do in two weeks. But personally, I don't think I'd enjoy dentistry (no offence after all my wife is one)

Somethine else to consider :)

[galileo]

I shadowed pharmacists my senior year in highschool trying to determine if I wanted to be one. I didn't.

Boring boring boring boring boring.

The upside is, you can try to start your own pharmacy. The downside is, you have to compete with Wal*Mart, Walgreens, Eckerd, RiteAid, and a ton of other chains which will get your business. I know 2 personal friends who were pharmacists that went under or got bought out.