Pre-Pharmacy

Thiel College has a 3+3 and 4+3 Early Acceptance Program (EAP) in pharmacy with Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, School of Pharmacy in Erie and a 3+4 and 4 +4 program at the LECOM Bradenton, FL campus. For the 3+ track, the student must enroll in the EAP by February 1st of their first year at Thiel. Upon completing three years at Thiel and meeting certain GPA, MCAT and other requirements, they would matriculate into LECOM. Upon completion of the requirements at LECOM (after 1 – 2 years), the student would receive either a B.A. in Chemistry or B.S. in Medicinal Chemistry from Thiel. For the 4+ program, the student must enroll in the EAP by February 1st of their second year at Thiel. They would fulfill the requirements for the B.A. or B.S. degree at Thiel, then matriculate into LECOM after meeting the necessary requirements. Upon completion of the three or four year pharmacy program, graduates receive the Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) degree. Contact Dr. Frantz, the Pre-Pharmacy advisor, for more information.

Requirements for acceptance into Phase I of the program (subject to change):

High School GPA of 3.5 or higher
SAT (Math and Verbal) of 1170 OR ACT Score of 26
Successful interview with LECOM representative

Requirements for matriculation into Phase II at LECOM:

Successfully complete the designed chemistry program at Thiel (3 or 4 years)
Minimum of C in prerequisite courses
PharmCAS overall GPA of 3.4
PharmCAS GPA of 3.4 in all science and mathematics courses
Must take PCAT or undergo a writing assessment at the interview
Good citizenship, pass criminal background and agree to new health and technical standards at LECOM

Minimum Required Courses: Phase I (Thiel College)

ENG 111 - Oral and Written Expression I
ENG 112 - Oral and Written Expression II
BIO 145 - Foundations of Biology
BIO 393 - Cell Biology or other approved biology elective (BIO 212, 284, or 294)
CHEM 140 - General Chemistry I
CHEM 160 - General Chemistry II
CHEM 200 - Organic Chemistry I
CHEM 210 - Organic Chemistry II
PHYS 174 - Introductory Physics I
PHYS 184 - Introductory Physics II
MATH 181 - Calculus I
MATH 182 - Calculus II
MATH 211 - Elementary Statistics
ECON 221 - Microeconomics
PSY 150 - General Psychology
SOC 121 Microsociology
CIS 111 - Word Processing Applications
CIS 112 - Spreadsheet Applications
CIS 113 - Data Management Applications

Electives

AP credits may not be used to satisfy any of the science requirements.