Don't just go to pharmacy school because you don't feel like you're cut out to be a doctor, you have to be very disciplined and have a lot of passion for hard sciences like organic chem/biochem etc., the reason I want to be a pharmacist is because I want to specialize in something like oncology or immunology and bring something special to the table and hopefully contribute to public health

Pharmacy give you a lot of opportunities to be entrepreneur and open your own business like start a pharmaceutical company like industry,research,development of generic meds.

I was pre-med and switched to pharmacy also. I noticed that I am still stuck between the two, and I heard that if you want to succeed in medicine, you have to have no doubts in your mind. So I decided that medicine is not for me, and I enjoy chemistry and biochemistry and the pharmaceutical side better, so I chose pharmacy.

Time out I feel so weird that I'm Spanish and I want to be a pharmacist because every pharmacist there was Asian lmaoo

I think, to a point, we all considered becoming physicians. Who wouldn't?! There's a certain glamour and prestige to obtaining a MD or DO that our society overly puts on medicine. But, there's a lot of risk to going into medicine and it really is NOT for everyone. I found nursing while working in a hospital and fell in love. It has afforded me a wonderful job and a career that I can build upon at each step. (Meaning that I have a well paying bachelors degree and I can go back to school later on, if I choose so.) Allied health care -outside of medicine- is very much developing professionally and becoming better understood/appreciated.

Thank you for sharing your story! I also chose pharmacy over medicine and it involves similar thoughts and value systems. I pursued critical care and academia as a pharmacist after 9 years of training.

Kevin Yee! I really enjoyed watching this! I'm a new subscriber! I hope more "pre-med" students watch this! Peace be to you!

Medicine is cool and all but I think Pharmacy is a better option if you plan to enjoy your life to the max!

Pleaseeeeee do more videos about pharmacy!!!! Actually I'm a pre med, re thinking about medicine been my happy place and I like it a lot but I'm not up for the commitment I wanna love my job and I been thinking a lot in pharmacy so pleaseeeeeee keep doing more videos

Filipino Pharmacist Here! PharmD in the making 👍🏻

First and foremost I want to applaud you, Kevin, for giving back and volunteering. However, there is a lot things in the video that I disagree with and feel are quite inaccurate. 1. Reasons stated in the video that would preclude one from going to med school. Talk about "generalities" and extremes when several of you mentioned doctors being on call and working 24-7. You guys are using surgeons as the norm, who also train for 12 years, make close to a million dollars, yeah they work a ton. How about the majority of general practice doctors, urgent care doctors, dermatologists, neurologists, and other doctors who work M-F 9-5 and are closed 12-1pm for lunch, off every weekend???? Have you tried getting a refill or clarification on an rx from an MD on saturday or after hours? How about the answering services that most doctors have for after hours? It's like me saying don't work as inpatient pharmacist because you have to work grave yard... Or me saying most pharmacists work weekends and work till 9pm in retail.... Again generalities.. A lot of people go into pharmacy nowadays bc it's the least competitive admission. A lot of newer schools will admit student with gpa in lower 3.0's, without an admission exam, and without a bachelors degree. Unfortunately, a lot of newer students have no idea what pharmacy is and go into for the wrong reasons. 2. The notion that the current pharmacist saturation won't affect me, and the notion that if you are the best you can create a spot for yourself anywhere. I will give this a pass bc maybe this student was brainwashed by a pharmacy professor or a dean who just wanted her tuition money. As a pharmacist, this maybe the most myopic, ignorant, and stupidest statement that i heard, and i will explain why... First, pharmacists are a community, a fraternity, and you are doing as well as how your colleagues are doing, i will elaborate. Look around you, 2 of the three people in your class will end up in retail. They will be looking for chains for jobs when they graduate. With the saturation, most chains now offer ONLY 24 hours of guaranteed hours per week, and most jobs are now in undesirable living locations. Your professors are teaching you information for the jobs that DO NOT exists. Sorry to burst your bubble. They are employed by the school and have their salaries paid by your tuition. Put down your stethoscope, most jobs are in retail (close to 70%). Odds are your will be a retail pharmacist. differentiating yourself in retail is very difficult, some pharmacists are a bit faster and have better communication skills. That's about it. Most chains value pharmacists who are good little puppets, don't complain about working in shitty conditions, and stay quiet. You can maybe differentiate yourself by becoming a transplant pharmacist, and look for a organ transplant institution. good luck. 3. A retail pharmacy job is easy. Make sure correct pills in the correct bottle, and pt knows how to take them. What makes the job difficult is the short staffing and metrics that chains implement. If you had ample technician help who will do the register, fill rx, adjudicate insurance problems, the job is a cake walk. We can't be replaced by a machine bc if something goes wrong, they need someone to blame, which is a licensed pharmacist. Point is: keep it real and think about your profession as a whole. Don't listed to biased professors who proly never held a real job in their lives.

I'm from Norway, and I'm studying to become a pharmacist. It's funny how different it is tho, pharmacists in the US earn like double of what pharmacists in Norway do, but it only takes like B's and stuff to enter pharmacy school, and you need to have A's in all of your classes to become a doctor.

Wow... thank you all for saying the part of cultivating your passion. This video is so helpful! I'm so thankful for this.

If you strive for jobs in pharmacy field,there's a lot in fact like R & D scientist,clinical research associate ,quality control associate or starting your own pharmacy etc,.So yeah , don't feel discouraged about doing pharmacy ,it's definitely a good field to work in.

You should follow it with “And why we regret it now”!

I enrolled in medical school 🏫 and started doing MBBS till I finished first year and was ready to go to second year until I came to learn about good things I can do in pharmacy which is also a medical field . I have interest to do clinical immunology and studying pharmacy can let you have a much more stronger foundation than medicine. So , I am graduating from pharmacy school in 2022 and will have residency before going for postgraduate studies in Immunology. Another course I also thought of after pharmacy is oncology

Hey Kevin! Was wondering if you could expand on that pizza analogy? I'm a first year PharmD student in Canada, have been watching you for a while and just wanna say you're a huge inspiration for me (:

This is a helpful for me thank you. I am thinking of being a pharmacist. Right now i have a bachelors in family studies but never took biology or chemistry during those 4 years. I took human physiology and got a c+ in the class. I graduated in march 2018. Any tips of trying to find schools? I was thinking of being a doctor but idk if its realistic if i want to start a family in the future.

nice discussion. we all often or atleast once talk about why we do about what we are doing

Sorta my thoughts on why I didn't go to med school and did nursing instead, keep up the cool vids!

was a pre-med too! chnaged my mind as well :)

Should I get into pharmacy if I'm weak at Chemistry and Maths. I'm confused :/

hey kevin im majoring in biomedical sciences and was first going to become a doctor but i realized that it's a long process and it takes a big commitment once you become one. Other than pharmacist? what would be some good science related careers? ( I still haven't found my "passion" lol)

Three individuals. All Asian. The other student I talked to was Asian. I think I'll become an actuary.

Anyone any suggestions, in first year pharmacy and considering switching to med result dependant (systems different in Ireland). Hardest decision of my life 😒

can u do a video on how to get thru the pharmacy school interviews, like a tips n tricks video to succeed in the interview. tell us your experience. New subbie, love your vids💙💉💊💊

You should make an update video to the interview you did with engineered truth ! Tell us about your new views.

Do both

heyy!! quick question, please no hate comments. i am totally intreasted in becoming a pharmacy tech, but im woundering if i can get my medical marijuana card, obvious i know they will drug test me the first time i apply at a job. but im woundering if they do random drug test. its not like im interested in being medicated while at work, more like smoking after work & days off. thabks in advance

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Is this school predominantly Asian?

I love asians

I'm a pharmacy tech now, ive been one for my entire undergrad and I'm sorry to say this. Pharmacy is 4 years, and so is Med school. Every tech I know which is 21 techs that were also techs with me and are now p1 and p2 tell me they went to pharmacy as a second option for Med school. It is what it is. Let's be honest here, pharmacy isn't very competitive and you can get a contract in ur last year from any retail pharmacy. So pharmacy is appealing because it is easier to get into than medical school. Because answer this honestly, why be a pharmD when medical school is the same amount of years? Say what u want about residency but at the end of 4 years you are an MD. Loans will be taken for pharmD and MD. Other people that I know that are pharmacists now did the 6 year program from high school. I don't know any pharmD that 'wanted' to go into pharmacy originally and never gave MD a thought...sorry just being honest

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thanks man, haha I love u guys I want to be in the vid, I want to be in the discussion

do pharmacy use stethoscope too? I saw one on the table

Just wondering, where can I find a pharmacy school?

I am a premed student thinking about changing my major to pharmacy😅😅

Please stop saying "like" and please stop making sentences into a question. You can do it!

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Easy money for Asians. Most of my Asian friends go into pharm because of the easy money vs medical Doctor

wait, pharmacists have stethoscopes? since when? My uncle has been a pharmacist for 30 years and have yet to use one. Do you guys use it to auscultate when taking BP? And I was expecting a more flushed out answer as to why pharm over medicine, because it should likes kevin should have done medicine instead of pharm since he is all about the people.

because y'all uninformed...

Oh the answer is simple, you didnt have the grades obviously. There is no sane person in the world who would pick pharmacy over medicine. Take it from me who did pharmacy, I only did it because I couldn't make it into med lol