Bachelor of Science in Pharmaceutical Sciences (Pre-Pharmacy)

Early Entry Application Process

Step 1: Apply to Ole Miss

Step 2: Use your Ole Miss application number to apply to the Early Entry Program located under the Pharmacy section of the Special Program Applications

Step 3: Select an applicant day for interviewing within the Special Programs Application

Step 4: Apply for housing

Step 5: Sign up for orientation

To maintain status in the Early Entry Program, a student must:

• Take all “non-elective” courses at the Oxford campus. Electives may be taken during a summer session, winter intersession, or at another institution. A student must complete the requirements for the B.S.P.S. degree by the end of his or her fourth year of college.
• Achieve at least a 3.00 cumulative GPA on “non-elective” courses by the end of EE1 spring, and maintain a 3.00 cumulative GPA on all “non-elective” courses attempted by the end of the EE2 and EE3 years.
• Early Entry students who have less than a 3.00 cumulative GPA on required, non-elective courses, but above/at a 2.75 have the opportunity to take part in the “Early Entry Academic Achievement Program” the next school year, giving such students an additional year on “probation” to achieve the cumulative 3.00 as mentioned above.
• Receive no semester grades below C in any courses.

Often, students unable to complete the Early Entry Program transfer to pre-pharmacy student status and gain admission to the professional degree program through regular-entry admission.

Prospective Students:

1. Apply for undergraduate admission to the University of Mississippi.
2. Declare Bachelor of Science in Pharmaceutical Sciences as your major on your admissions application.

Current Students:

• Speak to your advisor about the process of declaring a new major.

*The 18 hours of nonprofessional electives must include six (6) hours of social or behavioral sciences, six hours of humanities, and six hours of fine arts as defined by the University of Mississippi. Performance course credits are not acceptable. Correspondence courses are accepted as elective credits (humanities, fine arts, social science, behavioral science, etc.). Although quality grades for nonprofessional elective courses and any other electives are recorded, they are NOT included in the calculation of the grade-point average (GPA) utilized in admissions, progression, or school scholarship decisions.

2023

• July 1- Special Programs and Scholarship Application Open

2024

• January 10- Special Programs and Scholarship Application Deadline
• February 10- Early Entry Applicant Day 1
• February 17- Early Entry Applicant Day 2
• March 2- Early Entry Applicant Day 3
• June 30- All transcripts delivered and processed to the University of Mississippi registrar

The University of Mississippi’s Early Entry Pharmacy program provides highly-qualified students with guaranteed seats in the professional pharmacy program upon completion of three years of pre-pharmacy coursework. The Early Entry Pharmacy Living Learning Community provides guaranteed housing and adds additional support and a sense of community to the robust program initiatives already in place to help Early Entry Pharmacy students succeed.

We not only want to see our students successfully enter into the Pharm.D. program at the end of their EE3 (junior) year, but we also want to see them excel academically, personally, and professionally throughout their three years in the Early Entry Program.

Early Entry students receive advising and are able to join pharmacy organizations within the school. Our doors are always open and our staff is always available to offer any support, advice, encouragement, or resources necessary to meet the needs of our students. 

• Early Entry 1 Summer Orientation Experience
• Early Entry 1 Fall Welcome Week Events/Move-In
• Early Entry Guaranteed Housing in the Living Learning Community
• Peer Mentoring
• Early Entry Monthly Assemblies
• Tutoring
• Social Events
• Pharmacy Study Abroad Opportunities
• Undergraduate Research Opportunities

Pre-pharmacy students are advised by academic advisors in the Health Professions Advising Office or administrators in the School of Pharmacy who are well-versed in the application and admission process for the professional program.

The UM School of Pharmacy is committed to having all required pre-pharmacy courses available to Ole Miss pre-pharmacy students. Very few institutions of higher learning in Mississippi offer all required pre-pharmacy courses on a regular basis.

Pre-pharmacy students can participate in the student body and School of Pharmacy organizational opportunities and activities, such as the Pre-Pharmacy Club, Pharmacy Fiesta, Pharmacy Formal, and Pharmacy Olympics. Students begin their professional development and develop leadership skills through involvement with pharmacy organizations.

Pre-pharmacy students are provided with free tutoring, time management and study skills, interview skills, and courses specifically for pre-pharmacy students.  Pre-pharmacy students have access to many high-engagement programs and activities. Some of the opportunities students may pursue include: undergraduate research, service learning, volunteer activities, and community-engagement activities. Pre-pharmacy students often elect to apply to the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College.

• Social activities
• Tutoring
• Student Success Support
• Undergraduate research opportunities

Have a passion for research? School of Pharmacy students have the opportunity to participate in research projects in conjunction with members of our school's accomplished faculty. For more information contact Dr. Soumyajit Majumdar.