Believe me when I say I was not the perfect PA school candidate. I had a less-than-desirable GPA. I avoided the GRE like the plague that it is. I got an “F” in high school calculus. But despite all of this, I still got into PA school… a top 10 PA school! All the haters […]
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4 Skills Pre-PAs Must Develop Before PA School
Itās no secret that getting into PA school requires a lot of hard work and planning. It’s easy to become so overwhelmed by whatĀ you need to do to get into PA school that you lose sight of what you can be doing right now to prepare in advance for the rigors of being a physician […]
Why Are So Many Women Becoming PAs? Here’s One Man’s Answer
Although the physician assistant profession began as a male-dominated workforce, women now comprise over 72 percent of physician assistants (PAs) in the United States. In fact, in the 51 shortĀ years since our careers’ inception, it was only the first 20 that saw a male-led majority. In 1972, five years after the inaugural class of PAs […]
Applying to PA School with a Low GPA: Admissions Directors Answer Your Questions
How to Get Into PA School With a Low GPA PA school administrators from ten top-ranking PA programs answer your questions on how to get into PA school with a low GPA. A low GPA is probably the hardest area to improve. This makes sense ā it was years in the making, and canāt be […]
5 Things Iāve Learned Going Into My Fourth Physician Assistant Application Cycle
I will be honest; this is not an article I ever thought Iād be writing. I submitted my first physician assistant application after finishing my undergrad in 2014, and here I am three years later preparing to submit my fourth PA application when the cycle starts at the end of the month. The PA application […]
Who Gets Into PA School? Here’s What You Need to Know
Leslie Mean is a 26-year-old singleĀ whiteĀ female who presents to the PA school admissions committee on her first attempt to get into PA school. She has a 3.6 overall GPA and a 3.5 science GPA. She is holding a bachelor of science degree in biochemistry, had an SAT score in the 1000-1100 range, and a GRE […]
