dispensing pharmacy and I don't want to take a pharmacy tech program because of the costs. Im studying on my own to pass the PTCE Is this possible? Is there a high chance I'll pass with no schooling or hands on training? ssgt in Clovis, New Mexico said: Both of my daughters have worked as Pharm Techs. Neither went to school. As far as state certification goes their are study guides you can buy, which my daughters did, and both got certified first try. The oldest doaughter is due to graduate Pharm. D. school in May. I think the point is as to whether or not getting state certified on top of having a BS or BA in Biology or any of the biological sciences is any kind of groundbreaker in terms of getting the JOB over people with only a high school diploma who passed the certification test and got the same license. And being New Mexico, I think the answer seems to be that New Mexico employers ALWAYS prefer the work experience over the Bachelor's or higher degree. And these days there's NOTHING anywhere where there would be no competition from people with less education but more work experience or who "knew the Pharmacist" sort of thing. I mean I'm getting the feeling that with a bachelor's in Biology, a math teaching license from New York and a law degree, substitute teaching might be the only thing I'll ever be able to GET even in the parts of