Hello! BS Pharma here but I'm not a med student (yet or maybe will not all tho huhu) anyway, I can give you some good stuff about BS Pharma in UST.

Ang general reason or advantage ng pagtake ng Pharma ay yung pagiging med-related na talaga ng Pharmacy. We are studying drug treatments and we are already centered in patient care. Advantage ang Pharmacology (I overheard this from med students who are Pharmacy graduates) , Medicinal Chemistry, Biochemistry (meron din naman ata sa Bio ng Biochem course, pero yon haha meron din sa pharma tas often, our prof relate it to pharmacy kaya there are MoAs of drugs, diseases, etc. that are discussed in this course), Pharmacotherapy, Clinical Pharmacy (pinaka-med related na naging course namin kasi may diseases na dinidiscuss dito plus the treatment guidelines for patients), Pharmaceutical Microbiology, etc. Sabi nila, at least you don't have to study so much about other stuff although they are very important too such as Ecology, Zoology, Botany... (hmm may botany rin sa Pharma pero 1 sem lang siya and iniincorporate pa rin ang Pharmacy. Prerequisite siya for Pharmacognosy which focuses on the compounds present in the plants and their uses)

Sa hirap, I think parehas namang mahirap ang BS Bio and BS Pharma. Kahit mapa UP, UST, or ADMU pa. Sa UST, mataas kasi ang borderline grade (?) sabi nila. Student ako sa UST and I would say kinakaya naman ng block ko... although ako, hirap din talaga ako hahahaha pero kaya. May mga med aspirant kasi ako na classmates before, they say na sana pala sa ibang program sila pumunta dahil mas mataas ang grade na makukuha nila don (because iba yung grading system sa ibang course na yon tas "premed" pa rin naman) and plus yon for medical school applications kung mataas ang grades mo. Also, baka kasi yung hirap ang maging dahilan ng pagbago ng isip mo... baka biglang ayaw mo na mag Med kasi mahirap na sa Pharma. :( I don't mean to be a downer but I'll explain later.

I think, you also have to consider the med school you want. If this is true, I think UST (and even Ateneo and UP) will give priority to their own students. Meaning, kung grad ka ng UST Pharma at nag apply ka sa UST Med and given na maganda naging performance mo sa UST and NMAT (at least 85 ata?) , they will accept you more than other applicants.

Also consider the career options. What do you want to do in case ayaw mo pala mag-Medicine? Ikaw na lang magresearch for this one. I have classmates who dont want to go to Med anymore... Dati, halos lahat nagtataas ng kamay kapag tinanong sino gusto mag Med hahaha ngayon, ilan na lang ang sure na gusto nila. Yung iba, ang reason nakakapagod daw yung aral namin sa Pharma, baka lalo silang madrain sa Med. (Yung iba naman, lalong namotivate dahil nga Med related na yung iba naming inaaral, gusto nila lalo magpursue ng Med. :> ) yung iba naman, masyado na raw silang nagastusan in Pharmacy (idk problem din ata to sa Bio) kaya ayaw na nila mag med at gusto na nilang bumawi sa pera. kaya ayon, it will be wise to review other career options tas maganda sana related sila sa inaral mo sa undergrad.

Other than those that I have mentioned, baka lamang na ang ADMU. Campus pa lang ata plus mga faculty, lamang na talaga ADMU. Hahahahaha yun lang, good luck!!