1. University of Pittsburgh Jackson Ho P.1 Pharmacy

2. Key Facts It is located in downtown Pittsburgh, so it close to home They offer programs from bachelor’s degree, graduate degree, and vocational degree The setting is urban The University of Pittsburgh is a public-state school It is moderately difficult to get admitted – Undergraduate: 17,427 students – Graduate: 9,812 students

3. Admissions The majority of freshman at the University of Pittsburgh scored between 600 and 699 on the math portion of the SAT The majority of freshman at the University of Pittsburgh scored between 600 and 699 on the verbal portion of the SAT The majority of freshman scored between 42 and 29 on the ACT The admission policies or options are early admission or waiting list

4. Tuition & Cost For resident students the total tuition is $22,392 and the total cost of tuition for out of state students is $32,040 The average financial aid package is $10,118

5. Programs Offered The program that I am interested in at the University of Pittsburgh is pre-pharmacy to pharmacy (PharmD)

6. Sports/Campus Life The one program that I would get involved with is intramurals basketball because basketball is my favorite sport to play The University of Pittsburgh provides coed housing, women- only housing, institution owned or operating house for married graduated students, and school owned and operating houses.

7. Career Connect One service that is offered on-campus is an employer recruitment for undergraduate students such as Pitt pathfinders, who are enrolled students, who show future Pitt student around campus, give them a tour

8. College Essay The University of Pittsburgh recommends that you write an essay, it is not required. If you wrote an essay a prompt could be, “If we could only admit one more to University of Pittsburgh, why should it be you?”

9. College Questions Application for merit scholarship must be submitted by January 15 Application for admission is a rolling admission policy meaning that you can submit an application at any time The average class size can range from about 15 to 300 students The nearest city is Pittsburgh There are restaurants like Quaker Steak & Lube, Primanti Brothers, etc that are in walking distance of the school. UPMC is also located right by Pitt Freshman are allowed to have cars on campus, however, you do not need a car because everything is walking distance and that you can take a bus around campus for free with your University of Pittsburgh school ID

10. Career & What They Do Pharmacy  Characteristics of pharmacy are analyzes records to find prescribing trends and excessive usage, orders and purchases pharmaceutical supplies, medical supplies and drugs, maintain records, advises customers on choosing medical brands, and review prescriptions to assure accuracy and suitability  Working condition of the job would be making repetitive motions more that one-third of the time, work in pharmacy requires being inside most of the time, and work in pharmacy involves standing for one-third of the time

11. Is This For You? The Interest Profiler matched my interest of being a pharmacist. My other interest from the Interest Profiler was Pediatrician and Medical Scientist The Interest Profiler matched my interest of being a pharmacist. My other interest from the Interest Profiler was Pediatrician and Medical Scientist The match value that matches mine was achievement, allowing myself to use the best of my ability to get something completed The match value that matches mine was achievement, allowing myself to use the best of my ability to get something completed Two most important aptitudes for pharmacy would be having a good background in chemistry, biology, and biochemistry. Another aptitude would be having a good analytical skills and an ability to understand and learn new material Two most important aptitudes for pharmacy would be having a good background in chemistry, biology, and biochemistry. Another aptitude would be having a good analytical skills and an ability to understand and learn new material

12. Skills You Need The three highly ranked basic skills that you need to have for pharmacy are reading comprehension, active learning, and writing The three highly ranked basic skills that you need to have for pharmacy are reading comprehension, active learning, and writing

13. What To Learn? High school courses that should be taken if offered are calculus, biology, chemistry, physics, anatomy & physiology, economics, statistics, etc High school courses that should be taken if offered are calculus, biology, chemistry, physics, anatomy & physiology, economics, statistics, etc College courses that you should take if interested in pharmacy are foundation in biology, general chemistry, organic chemistry, analytical geometry and calculus, etc for pre- pharmacy College courses that you should take if interested in pharmacy are foundation in biology, general chemistry, organic chemistry, analytical geometry and calculus, etc for pre- pharmacy

14. Money an Outlook The average annual wage for a pharmacist is $93, 280 The entry level annual wage is $67,160 The average wage in Pittsburgh is $92,340, the entry level wage in Pittsburgh is $71,420, and the experienced wage is $114,910 Pennsylvania is expected to grow an estimate of 16% and the employment outlook is 12,180 employees The estimated job opening is 401 The national employment for pharmacy is a medium occupation, about 243,482 employees The national outlook for pharmacy is increasing, an estimate of +21.7%