Colorado Technical University

What course suits me best: pharmacy or business administration?

I am an incoming fourth year student and I haven't decided yet on what course to choose. I am a very moody student and would rarely student, though I am an honor student. Since first year until before my 3rd year, I decided to take pharmacy but the problem is, my chemistry grade isn't good (87). Ever since I was a kid, math was my best subject and I liked making money (by selling stuff, tutoring cousins, etc.) but I never thought of it was my lifelong career. Now I am having trouble deciding whether I should become a pharmacist or a business woman. I loved mixing chemicals and lab experiments but I'm not good at chemistry! What should I take?

Public Comments

1. As a pharmacist, you don't do much with chemistry. Chemisty is taken just to understand how the drugs work, but it's not something that you will think about everyday. I have worked in many pharmacies, and have noticed that pharmacists have very easy going jobs, and that they make a lot of money. I would go with being a pharmacist. It's less risky than being a business woman.
2. Do you love chemistry and math equally, or chemistry more than math? Is your desire to work with money smaller than your desire to work with chemicals? Ask yourself these sort of questions. You could go into something like a biochemist (I think thats what its called) and design drugs, they'll make a lot of money because of the large population of elderly people.