Academic Reference
This should be completed by a college math or science professor who has taught you in class. If your school provides recommendations by committee, this is preferred.

Nonacademic Reference
A pharmacist is preferred, but this may be from anyone who has supervised you in a work setting. Letters from family members will not be accepted.

PCAT Score
The PCAT exam is not required for admission to Samford’s McWhorter School of Pharmacy, nor is it used in the admission process.

Transcripts
An official transcript must be sent to PharmCAS from each school you have attended. Please print and use the PharmCAS transcript request form.

An unofficial copy of an ACT or SAT score should be uploaded to the “Documents” section of the PharmCAS application for Samford University McWhorter School of Pharmacy. The ACT/SAT requirement is waived for any applicant who holds a prior B.A. or B.S. degree in any major or if the test was taken more than 12 years prior to submission of pharmacy application to PharmCAS.


To be considered for admission to the Doctor of Pharmacy program, you must have:

Completed between 64 and 67 college semester hours
Completed 28 semester hours of basic science
Completed all course prerequisites (includes Calculus I, Elementary Statistics, Physical Education Activity or Lifetime Health and Wellness/Fitness, Psychology or Sociology, Additional Liberal Arts, Human Anatomy & Physiology, Microbiology, General Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Public Speaking, English Composition, Literature, and World History/Western Civilization or U.S./American History).
Applicants who have earned a bachelor’s degree may use a math/science prerequisite if the date of the pharmacy application is submitted within five years from the posting of the degree (with the exception of Public Speaking, all other pre-requisites are waived if the applicant has completed a B.A./B.S. degree or if a B.A./B.S. degree will be completed prior to starting classes at McWhorter School of Pharmacy). Applicants who have not earned a bachelor’s degree may use a math/science prerequisite if that coursework was completed within five years of the submission of the pharmacy application. For all applicants, there is no time limit on any non-math/science prerequisite coursework. An appeal process is available for math/science prerequisites that fall outside the five-year window of completion.

Overall GPA greater than or equal to 2.75
General education prerequisite GPA greater than or equal to 3.0 and McWhorter School of Pharmacy Math/Science prerequisite GPA greater than or equal to 2.75.
GPA of most recent 30 credit hours (must include at least 6 credits of math or science) greater than or equal to 3.20. A competitive score of 575 (paper) or 90 (Internet) is expected for TOEFL and 6.5 for IELTS.
https://www.samford.edu/pharmacy/doctor-of-pharmacy-admission