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Derbo/Yamkins   4

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My sister will undergo the "road" to becoming a pharmacist here in the USA. So, that involves FPGEE, NAPLEX, TOEFL, and other exam I think for jurisprudence.

Just wanted to see if anyone here has gone or currently undergoing the process. Please share your experience and how you did it.

Feel free to state the following info:

Foreign Degree: BS Pharmacy (4 year)

Country degree is from: Philippines

Year graduated: 2016

State you're applying to: IN

Visa you have/applied for: B1/B2, pending F2A

Some starter questions:

Did you need to need to take the PharmD to qualify for FPGEE? Where, how long, etc?

Did you just take internship hours? Where, how long, etc?

Did you become a pharmacy tech first?

Where did you get your first job? Did they sponsor your visa?

Thanks!

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hihen   1

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i have arrived on a k-1 visa and am a MPharm graduate so its a 4year degree from UK, i graduated in 2014, I am in the process for applying to the FPGEE however I think it would be better for me to apply to the ECE (education credential evaluators) first as they are the organisation that validate the degrees and send the results to FPGEE, the thing that is worrying me is that for graduates after 2013 you have to have a 5year equivalent degree, however courses you undertook pre pharmacy degree (say for admittance) may be accepted as the missing years. So i need to gather my transcripts, degree, qualifications pre uni and try and apply for that. iv emailed them with a brief explanation of what iv studied. but yes. seems very long quite complicated journey but the end game should be worth it.

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