pharm school or dental school?

[tpac44]

Hey guys, i am just finishing my undergrad at stony brook and i got pretty good grades about a 3.3 gpa in psychology bs degree. I have taken alot of sciences courses and love science.

You guys always seem to help me out and i figured id give it a shot and see if i could get some perspectives.

I am trying to find the career that suits me best, and i want to make some good money. I am torn between choosing dental school or pharmacy school. I might be leaning to pharmacy school because i read that the workload isnt as intense as dental school. And they seem to make close to what dentists make. I dont know if you guys have any input id greatly appreciate it. Thanks guys.

 

[PICK3]

Hey guys, i am just finishing my undergrad at stony brook and i got pretty good grades about a 3.3 gpa in psychology bs degree. I have taken alot of sciences courses and love science.

You guys always seem to help me out and i figured id give it a shot and see if i could get some perspectives.

I am trying to find the career that suits me best, and i want to make some good money. I am torn between choosing dental school or pharmacy school. I might be leaning to pharmacy school because i read that the workload isnt as intense as dental school. And they seem to make close to what dentists make. I dont know if you guys have any input id greatly appreciate it. Thanks guys.

With a 3.3 in Psych you won't have your pickings.

Apply to all ... then chose from the programs you get accepted into

 

[canadianhitman]

I'd be a dentist if I were you...pharm industry is in the government crosshairs all the time, and pharmacists will have the squeeze put on their salaries as pharmacies are regulated out the wazoo on the markup they can apply to drugs and the dispensing fees they are allowed to charge.

 

[Whiskey]

I'd go with Pharm, do you really want to be looking into people's nasty ass mouths and having to smell their breath for the rest of your life??

Whiskey

 

[UA_Iron]

Dental

pharmacy is on its way out. All pharmacists will be located in single call centers in some big cities. Pill dispensaries will be completely automated (invest in pyxis). Algorithms will be written to analyze drug interactions, or you could simply google it, retard.

Pharmacy R&D is a different story however - though there are limited options.

With people's shitty food choices dental hygiene will continue to decline. Here's something to think about though... among professions of white males in California, dentists had the highest suicide rate of any other profession. High up there was chemists.

 

[Rachel...lol]

pharm

 

[musclemom]

Either you know you like to work closely with people or not. If you like to work with people, aren't squeamish, and are very, very patient then consider dentistry or any of the various specialties (i.e., orthodontia). If you aren't very compassionate, or the idea of staring into mouths in any way puts you off (and there can be some very horrifying sights inside a human mouth) then go into pharmacy.

There will be plenty of jobs for pharmacists for quite some time in the foreseeable future, especially so with the aging of the country. Since many older people can't drive, pharmacies will still need to be all over the place. And really, no machine can replace a human, there will always need to be someone who reviews your current medications and can confer with physicians. A pharmacist's job may change, but it will never be utterly eliminated.

 

[billfred]

Either you know you like to work closely with people or not. If you like to work with people, aren't squeamish, and are very, very patient then consider dentistry or any of the various specialties (i.e., orthodontia). If you aren't very compassionate, or the idea of staring into mouths in any way puts you off (and there can be some very horrifying sights inside a human mouth) then go into pharmacy.

There will be plenty of jobs for pharmacists for quite some time in the foreseeable future, especially so with the aging of the country. Since many older people can't drive, pharmacies will still need to be all over the place. And really, no machine can replace a human, there will always need to be someone who reviews your current medications and can confer with physicians. A pharmacist's job may change, but it will never be utterly eliminated.

Living and travelling in Asia, I can't say I would go into Pharmacie school. I know they make good jack here but pharmacies there were box retail stores with the pharmacist being not much more than a cute girl that could also run the register. They knew their drugs - sure they had a degree but bet they don't make more than $10k per year.

With e-commerce etc and globalization, I just can't see it attracting premium salaries long term. People always need their teeth fixed.

 

[digimon7068]

I'd go with Pharm, do you really want to be looking into people's nasty ass mouths and having to smell their breath for the rest of your life??

Whiskey

i have a couple/few dentist clients..they work 4 or 5 days a week and pull down $300,000 +/- (net). I have a number of pharm clients too..the regional managers aren't even making that kinda scratch anymore..and i doubt that the v.p.'s are either.

shit, my dentist clients are making more than most of my doctor clients.

 

[musclemom]

Living and travelling in Asia, I can't say I would go into Pharmacie school. I know they make good jack here but pharmacies there were box retail stores with the pharmacist being not much more than a cute girl that could also run the register. They knew their drugs - sure they had a degree but bet they don't make more than $10k per year.

With e-commerce etc and globalization, I just can't see it attracting premium salaries long term. People always need their teeth fixed.

I dunno, there's lots of fields that has been said about in the past and they're still going strong. With America's love affair with the pharmaceutical industry, I don't see it going the way of the dinosaur for a long, long time.

I think dentistry requires a degree of passion. It has to be something you're interested in and you really have to care about people, you need to have an eye for aesthetics and you really need to be empathetic to people and sympathetic to their fears.