I graduated from Pharmacy School. Chem, Math, and Physics, in prepharmacy got rid of those that could not make it in pharmacy school. Those that make it to pharmacy school have a very high graduation rate. In my class only three did not. Two could not make it due to personal reasons and thus dropped out. The third switched his major to toxicology. He was bright and making good grades. He just decided he wanted to be a toxicologist instead of a pharmacist.
What makes pharmacy school difficult is not the material that you must learn. It is the massive amount of material and time required to learn it. It is a long process over years.
I have a friend who just finished taking the pharmaceutical exam for his license. He must have revised for over a month. A long and hard exam, but I want the person giving me my meds to know what he is doing.
What makes pharmacy school difficult is not the material that you must learn. It is the massive amount of material and time required to learn it. It is a long process over years
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IQ is essentially ability to abstract reason and speed.
Medical school is the same way. Docs don’t actually use organic chem day to day. But, the skill set is still relevant. Thinking in 3D. Mechanisms and competing mechanisms.
Likewise acceptance rate vs attrition. Acceptance rate was ~10-15% of the pool. Attrition was 2%, with a mix of cheating, academic failure and change of career.