Thank you, I appreciate each and every one of you!
You are what makes the PA life website run, if it weren’t for your constant support and encouragement, I would have given up years ago. Thank you for your time, for your kind words and for every one of you who goes out into the world each day with the intention of making another person’s life better. This is the reason we became PAs; it is the essential curative elixir for our patients and the glue that brings us all together.
I felt our mock interview was an absolute necessity to prepare for the Academic and Personal interviews from Yale School of Medicine PA Program Online. I felt the calibre of questions you had asked me, in addition to the coaching and post-question feedback, really helped me understand what an ideal response looks like and gave me time to reflect and prepare my responses for the formal interview just two days later.
During my interviews I was asked plenty of questions I didn’t have a prepared response to (and I had combed through tons especially in the days following our mock interview!) I can say that I answered each question genuinely, authentically, and showed both interviewers the best version of myself. I didn’t stammer or lose my place, and I felt confident in my words and expressions. I don’t think I would have been as comfortable, calm, or confident without having accepted your guidance and feedback and learned from our time together.
Gratitude for your words, encouragement, and support is an understatement. Thank you, Sarah!
Best Regards,
Jacob
I wanted to let you know that I was accepted to my top school. I am so excited and I wanted to thank you for your help during the mock interview! I am unquestionably going to recommend mock interviewing to anyone I know who is applying to PA school, it definitely had a positive impact on my interviews and acceptances.
I was blown away by how wonderful my interview with The PA Life was. I was extremely comfortable and felt like I could ask my interviewer any questions. She took the time to give detailed and specific feedback to every response I gave, and she didn’t just give me phrases to memorize. She helped me polish and fine-tune my responses and gave me some phenomenal tips on navigating questions/answers I was unsure of. After my mock interview with The PA Life, I know I will have confident and concrete answers at my interview, regardless of any questions the interviewers throw my way. This is an excellent resource, and I would highly recommend this service to all my fellow Pre-PAs.
Awesome service. Duke did a great job editing my personal statement – his feedback was top-notch. For the 2014-2015 cycle, I applied to one school. I was selected for an interview and yesterday I received an offer of admission … which I quickly accepted. I know my Personal Statement played a huge role in my success. I highly recommend this service.
This mock interview was the second time I worked with The PA Life (the first was for an essay revision). They have always been professional, helpful, and very responsive to my emails. I appreciate The PA Life for offering consistently great services to pre-PAs.
I was extremely stressed out about writing my personal statement, and finally decided to search the internet for advice and assistance. I came across the personal statement editing service on the PA Life, and decided to give it a try. I received a response within a day, and my stress was instantly relieved. I worked personally with Duke to edit my statement, and he is a phenomenal writer. He didn’t change the content of my statement, but rather helped me tell my story in a way that is much more desirable! I cannot recommend this service enough to others seeking help on their personal statement. Duke was friendly, sincere, and definitely experienced! I felt 100% confident in his editing abilities, and we worked together the entire time so that we were both pleased with the results! Thanks again, Duke, for all of your help!
I received an admission offer from Kansas State University PA program. Your input was essential in getting this offer. Thank you so much for your help and all you do!
Just wanted to let you know I got into UC Davis! I can not thank you enough for all your help!
This is fantastic service that gave me valuable feedback and boosted my overall confidence before going into the real interview. I had my first interview two weeks ago and it went very well. I heard back this morning and I was accepted into my top pick PA School.
This is my second time using this editing service and I am highly satisfied with the results! Sarah Schultz worked with me on both my personal statement and a supplemental essay, both times providing excellent advice and editing on my papers. It was a pleasure working with her, and I look forward to hearing back from programs soon to see if I receive an invitation for an interview.
I worked with Beth, and I am so grateful for her help! I needed to have a resume + cover letter completed asap, and The PA Life was quick to get the process started. I think Beth and I made a great team! I loved her suggestions and learned a lot about resumes and cover letters during the process. She is quick to respond, personable, and very knowledgeable. Her writing skills are top-notch. This is an investment I recommend to all new graduates. I feel a lot more confident with my brand-new resume and cover letter. I also love that it is easily customizable. Thank you, Beth!!!!! 🙂 I am still waiting for an official job interview (only a week since the submission of the application), and I feel optimistic!
I am extremely pleased with this service. It is exactly the kind of constructive criticism I was hoping to receive. I had my essay reviewed by “myparesources” and was not very satisfied with their general comments. Sue put a lot of time and effort and gave me concrete examples of how to change my essay for the better. I WILL recommend this service over all others. Thank you so much!
My PA school interview went well!! Thank you so much for getting me in such late notice and helping me out during the mock interview!! I feel really good about the interview but all thanks to you!! As you mentioned, I was asked questions that had nothing to do with PA!! One of those questions was “If turned your car on right now, what type of music will be playing” Again, thank you!!
Sarah from The PA Life was an incredible resource for editing my personal statement. Her edits took into account the big picture of the message of the statement and helped guide me when writing additional content my statement was lacking. Her edits and responses were both prompt and thorough, and I truly feel that she made a huge positive impact on my personal statement.
Deanna was an amazing editor and provided wonderful feedback to my personal statement. I was very hesitant and nervous prior to approaching an editing service, but I do not have any regrets. Deanna not only critiqued my personal statement, but also gave guidance and reasoning behind her critiques. I now feel confident and excited to fully present my self on paper to admissions. I highly recommend her and the services provided for any future applicant. I hope to receive an interview and acceptance this year for next fall. Thank you!
The mock interview with The PA Life was amazing. My interviewer provided so much constructive criticism and useful tips. I would have never figured out my interview faults and mistakes without her. I will definitely recommend your services to others!
I have recently been accepted to a program that was one of my top choices, and I also was waitlisted with two other schools. I wanted to thank you again for all your help Duke. Not only am I grateful for your knowledge of writing and grammar (which were invaluable), but most importantly your kind word and motivation, which I needed so much at the time. You’re a great person!
The advice I received from The PA Life was great! I felt incredibly unprepared for this mock interview, but my interviewer was able to work with me very patiently, and I’m extremely thankful. I utilized your advice during my actual interview and felt very confident. Thank you!
Sarah is absolutely amazing and really helped transform my essay into the best version it could have possibly been!
My interviewer from The PA Life was amazing & really helped me to prepare my answers and thoughts for my upcoming interview. They gave insight from the interviewer’s point of view and brought up things that I wouldn’t have thought of on my own. My interviewer was great at helping me relax and realizing that I shouldn’t be spouting off rehearsed answers but instead engaging in the conversation by exploring the answers in detail. I am very thankful to The PA Life and the time they spent helping me.
Sarah is an excellent Interviewer. She encourages her interviewee all along and calms them down. She guided me every step of the way and gave me on the spot feedback. They were very helpful. She taught me to be empathetic and showed me the steps in very helpful and practical ways. She gave me awesome links, which have helped me prepare even more. I am building confidence. I am 100% satisfied with the PA Life mock interview service.
Sue Edmondson was VERY thorough in her editing of my essay, as well as the promptness of her responses to me. She not only took the time to edit the grammar of my essay but helped me remove a large portion of it to focus on the important aspects of it and draw in more details. Overall, a fantastic service!
I’ve gotten the acceptance letter from Mercy! Hurray!! I couldn’t imagine how it would be without your help! Every piece of advice you gave was so beneficial, I just want to share this great news with you! I’m still waiting to hear back from York! I’ll keep you updated!
Just found your site today while trying to update my resume. Also, I have to recertify next year so your tests are great for a refresher course. I was in a specialty area of medicine so I now realize how much I forgot in the past 5 years. Thank you very much and I will pass on to other PAs.
Thank you for every bit you do to help people maneuver through the PA life. And, especially for the book!
Deanna’s edits and feedback were stunningly thorough and exact, and her revision was more than I could have hoped for! I am very grateful for her patience and encouragement. I cannot recommend her service highly enough in return for her help and support.
Thanks to the help of the PA Life mock interview service I was able to get into my #1 choice school (Drexel University)!
My interviewer from The PA Life was very helpful in putting the final touches on my interview. I enjoyed every moment of the conversation and I believe I am nailing my actual interview tomorrow. Thank you for all you do.
I think this mock interview was perfect for preparing for my upcoming interview next week. I have never actually done an interview, so practicing how to prepare answers on the spot while properly answering the question was very helpful. I have lots of room to improve, but I think this was the perfect learning opportunity for me, and it got some of my nerves out. My interviewer from The PA Life was so nice and encouraging. Even though I struggled through lots of questions, she always gave me helpful tips and tricks to improve my answers and thought processes. I wish I had done this sooner because it is a great tool for PA school applicants.
Thank you so much for making the personal statement process less stressful! Although I had been planning and brainstorming for months, the process of writing my journey in 5,000 characters was just daunting and overwhelming. Thank you so much for your kindness, flexibility, and your patience that helped me through this process. I appreciate how you listened and incorporated my feedback to make my personal statement a work of art that is truly representative of ME! I would highly recommend your services to any aspiring PA students who feel lost or overwhelmed by the process. Thank you, thank you, thank you from the bottom of my heart!
Sarah’s expertise in writing is truly remarkable! Her work on my personal statement left no doubt that she’s an expert in her field. She undeniably had a huge positive impact on my essay. Through her skilled editing, Sarah successfully helped me achieve the goals I had set for my writing. I am immensely grateful for my decision to seek professional editing because Sarah’s work made me confident to submit my essay. I highly recommend The PA Life editing services to anyone else on this path!
Sarah did such a great job editing my personal statement! She was receptive to my concerns and had awesome ideas to make my essay stand out. I am very happy with how it turned out and I am excited to submit it. Thank you!!
SUPER friendly and so helpful! I would recommend this service to everyone if I could 🙂
My interviewer from The PA Life did an amazing job! They listened to my answers carefully and provided feedback that was clear and insightful. They have given me the right tools to help me ace my interview!
I absolutely loved working with Sarah! She provided the best feedback to my personal statement, while also being sensitive to the details regarding personal family trauma. At the end of our sessions, I always felt confident in the statement and knew that Sarah would help me best articulate into words what I wanted to say. My statement now is something I can be completely confident in, and know that Sarah has been able to help me achieve a statement that prospective schools will pay attention to. Thank you, Sarah (and The PA Life) for everything!
It was wonderful to work with The PA Life once again. I appreciated all of my editors’ feedback and creative writing style which was needed to keep the essay within the allowable character limit. I also appreciated how my editor, Sarah, took the time to discover more about me and worked to show those parts which I was unable to reflect myself. With Sarah’s help, the essay really came to life and was a true reflection of my work, personality, and aspiring goals. I’m grateful for all the work she put into helping me with this project!
I found the mock interview so helpful that I signed up for a second because I had several weeks between interviews and wanted to stay fresh. My interviewer from The PA Life adapted on the fly to offer a mix of traditional and MMI questions, which was so helpful. They were wonderful, and I was accepted to 4/5 of the programs where I interviewed (I am still waiting to hear officially from the fifth school)! Thank you so much for helping me feel prepared and confident going into those stressful interviews. I will be headed to the University of Utah next year, and I’m so happy to have gotten into one of my reach schools.
Dear Stephen,
I wanted to thank you for your excellent website. I have been a physician assistant for 18 years and recently passed my panre again. I was really nervous this time, as I have been working in the field of hematology oncology for the last four years. Prior to that I had worked in primary care. Your daily questions, quizzes and website’s reassurance was of tremendous help to me! Keep up the good work. You are a treasure to the PA profession!
The mock interview was very helpful. I was thrown off with the unexpected questions, as I had thought I had prepared somewhat for the MMI portions. The feedback I received was very helpful and provided insight I would not have realized on my own or with peers. I received encouragement, which I did not expect, and the feedback made me realize I need to have more confidence in myself. Even afterward, the email replies are professional and helpful. Thank you very much!
I loved this service!!
I just wanted to let you know I was accepted to Mercy College’s PA Program last night! To say I’m ecstatic is an understatement! I wanted to thank you once again for all of your help with my essays and my interview. You helped me so much with everything and I couldn’t have done it without you! Thank you for everything.
Sarah was so sweet, very insightful, and extremely helpful. I feel like we accomplished a lot, and she gave me some excellent ideas for how to improve. This is an amazing service, I’m so happy I took advantage of it. Thank you!
Sue was awesome and ensured I received my edited version of the essay in a timely manner. The editing was above exceptional and exceeded my expectations. Thanks so much!! You guys are awesome!
I wanted to update you on my application status. I was accepted to Columbia University for this upcoming May. Thank you so very much for helping me during my mock interview. It truly helped me beyond what I can describe. Thanks for all that you do to help so many individuals achieve their goals!
I appreciate this service so much!! My interviewer from The PA Life gave me invaluable feedback to help me better prepare for my interview! I feel so much more confident moving towards my interview date!!
My interviewer from The PA Life is A-W-E-S-O-M-E! I did 2 mock interviews with two different online pre-PA resources, and this experience was much more helpful, in my opinion. She gave extremely helpful feedback that came in so useful on interview day. I was accepted at my top choice thanks to The PA Life’s mock interview service. I would recommend The PA Life to all future PAs!
Having my essay edited proved extremely helpful. I was having trouble connecting my thoughts, and the edit helped so much. I haven’t found out about acceptance yet. I’m just now about to submit my application!
I greatly appreciate the help because it answered questions and doubts I had about my personal statement. I feel much more confident in submitting to CASPA. Thank you very much, Sue!
Sarah helped to condense my detailed thoughts into a powerful essay. Over the phone, she was careful to collaborate with me before making any changes so that the piece remained under my control and in my voice. She served as a guide and insured the essay brought out my strengths and reasons for pursuing the PA profession. Overall, I’m incredibly happy with the service!
I had interviewed at 3 different PA programs and was waitlisted at every school, so when I received my fourth interview, I figured I should get some professional guidance to see what I could do better. My interviewer from The PA Life was absolutely wonderful. She made me feel confident and gave me some great advice. I used all the tips she gave me in my fourth interview, and I got an acceptance!
Just completed the PANRE and passed quite comfortably. I used your practice exams as part of my preparation. They were quite helpful for question format and content. Thanks for providing such a useful service.
My mock interview with The PA Life was incredibly helpful! My interviewer gave me great tips and ways to better answer the questions. I truly appreciate this service.
Sarah Schultz is such a gifted and talented writer. She is super sweet and is a joy to work with. I could not have asked for a better editor. She was able to articulate all of my ideas and thoughts seamlessly and effortlessly. Although challenging at times, her suggestions and edits were very insightful and necessary into creating a spectacular essay. I am extremely pleased with the outcome. It is now a true work of art. I am so grateful to Sarah for offering her time to helping individuals like myself to write the best possible personal statement. I would not have been able to write such a cohesive and smooth flowing essay without her help. Thank you so much!! I would unhesitatingly recommend The PA Life Essay Collaborative and Sarah Schultz.
Thank you once again for your help in reviewing and editing my personal statement for PA school. Yesterday morning, I had the pleasure of accepting a position in the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston Physician Assistant Program. The class begins in July 2022, and I am excited to begin this next chapter of entering the PA profession. I have no doubt that your invaluable assistance helped me produce a personal statement that promoted my application and paved the way for my successful interview, and I am sincerely grateful.
Working with Sarah felt like working with an old friend. Her thoughtful insight made the revision process easy. She had great advice for improvements to make while remaining within that difficult 5,000 character limit. Thanks, Sarah, you helped a ton!
I am mind-blown by my editor Carly’s work. My original essay is like an ill-fitting suit. She hemmed and adjusted it in all the right places and now it looks perfect. I don’t think I’m a bad writer, but I don’t write often and I have spent the past 10 years of my life focused on health sciences. I may have never been able to do this on my own. Thank you thank you, I consider this essay service a bargain.
I read my personal statement again today and got the chills. I am so happy with it and just wanted to thank you for all your help with my PA school essay!
The PA life was an incredible resource. Prior to her editing/comments/advice, I was not confident in my personal statement, and now I am eager to share it with the programs I am applying to! I couldn’t have gotten to this final product without them. Fingers crossed I receive an invitation for an interview next application cycle.
Deanna gave me excellent feedback on my personal statement, and I couldn’t be more grateful. She was very articulate and gave examples for me to work with on the rewrite. What I struggled with most was the organization of my writing, and Deanna helped me structure my paper so that it was easy to read. I would 100% recommend this service to a friend applying to PA school. Thank you so much!
Thank you for making such an incredible resource. I had the most difficult time finding information until I discovered your website. Wow, so helpful.
My interviewer was such an immense help! She made me feel comfortable and provided incredible tips on how to rephrase certain things during my interview. She even let me practice some questions twice. I felt very confident going into my first PA school interview the next day. Thank you!
My editor was quick and responsive with her emails. Her explanations on how to improve my personal statement were detailed and organized. I’m very glad I chose The PA Life to help me with my personal statement and point me in the right direction. Thank you very much!
My editor was incredible! She was so sweet and easy to work with. I feel like she helped to make my essay very polished and more professional and smart-sounding. My CASPA is not verified yet, but I feel confident that I will be getting interview requests soon. Thank you, The PA Life, for everything!
Maci from The PA Life was so kind and encouraging but was also very honest about realistic expectations about the application timeline and requirements. I am feeling much more confident about applying after this session.
This is just a great service overall, because not only is it an editing service, it is specific to the PA personal statement. Sue did a wonderful job editing my essay, and pointed out important flaws in it that I otherwise might not have noticed. Her edits highlighted the main points that I was trying to get across in a much better way than I had originally written. Overall, very satisfied with the results, and will have to keep you updated about the interviews. Thanks so much!
Sue was great to work with. Very prompt in responding to my submission. Asked good questions and incorporated my responses into my essay nicely. I appreciate the work.
I wanted to update you and say I’ve been accepted into two programs (waiting for two more responses) with Jefferson University (my program of choice) being one of them. Thank you for all your help and your tips and for making this a genuinely joyful 2022!
Sarah is truly amazing! She gave me so many helpful tips and advice for my future interviews. She has a beautiful way with words. I am so grateful for her and look forward to working with her again.
It’s very clear that Deanna, my editor, put a good amount of time and thought into this. She FAR exceeded my expectations, even providing me with two different possible drafts (my original copy was 1500 characters too long). After paying for two separate editing services, I was initially disappointed to find that the first had not provided anywhere close to the level of feedback/review/editing that I had hoped for. I thought I was on my own again with my personal statement and did not have high hopes for any additional edits at the time that I’d received the review from Deanna, of thePAlife. The first service I’d used provided reviews that were neither thoughtful, in-depth, nor helpful, but Deanna’s edits were each of those! My hopes had been shot down by the first service but were immediately uplifted after I received Deanna’s edits. Her feedback was timely, thorough, thoughtful, critical, and even supportive! She provided an exceptional service, and I would highly recommend her to anyone
I got into my first choice program University of Southern California (USC)!!!! Thank you so much for your help this cycle. I’m forever grateful.
I really needed help with my personal statement. I wrote many copies and finally sent my favorite to the PA life to get some assistance editing. I thought I would have a hard time with the constructive criticism because I spent so much time already on my writing, but the editors were great in suggesting edits and why as well as complimenting appropriately. I’m very proud of my end product and am excited to send it to PA schools. I haven’t finalized my application yet but will definitely let the PA life know if and when I get an interview (or hopefully 2)! 🙂
My mock interview with The PA Life was GREAT! They were so easy to talk to and put my nerves at ease. They gave AMAZING feedback and were more than willing to answer all of my questions. I truly feel much more prepared for my interview later in July!
I am taking my PANRE in 2 months so I was delighted to find this podcast and take it with me on my 30-minute commute to work. Having 10 Questions per episode breaks the material down to manageable “chunks” and learning with test questions seems appropriate given that is what we will be facing come test day. So happy to have this podcast, can’t thank you enough!
My mock interview with The PA Life was awesome! I had a last-minute interview invitation at my top school, and they were able to make time for me! It was extremely helpful, and I got some experience answering questions I had never heard before. I got accepted to that program, and I know this mock interview has helped me immensely!
I am amazed by what Deanna was able to do in helping me get my supplemental essays in shape. I had hit a serious roadblock and she was able, and in an incredibly quick manner, help me remove those blocks. I am very grateful!
I had my interview on Wednesday. It was nerve-wracking, but I answered their questions at least and did not get too emotional ?. You helped me so much through this whole process. Although I am waitlisted, that’s more than I expected already. Again, thank you so much. You are amazing!
I just want to let you know I got into the pa program! I want to give you a huge thank you for helping me nail the interview and make a great essay. Thank you, x 100,000!
I was very pleased with this service. Writing has never been my strongest area. While I had the ideas that I wanted to convey I wasn’t able to articulate them as well as I’d hoped. Carly provided comments and suggestions without altering my central thesis. Any questions that I had were answered quickly and thoroughly. Any grammatical mistakes were also addressed which put my mind at ease. I would recommend The PA Life personal statement essay revision service to anyone applying.
Duke helped me with my personal essay writing for PA school. He was very patient and helpful with me. I made lots of mistake on my Essay, but with Duke’s help I was able to write a sensible essay which was good enough to get Interview calls. I highly recommend his service.
I got in!! I got into PA school and I can’t thank you enough for your hand in helping me with this process. I received 7 interviews out of 12 applications, I was waitlisted at Jefferson, Salus, and Chatham. And I was accepted at Drexel and Stony Brook. I will be starting PA school in June! Thank you so very much!!
Duke went above and beyond to help me. I so appreciate his help and would recommend this service to anyone!
Carly was incredible! Her prompt edits were extremely helpful, and I will definitely provide updates on the status of my application later down the line!
I am very pleased with the services provided! I received an email almost immediately upon submitting my essay for review, and within 24 hours my essay review was completed. I would definitely recommend this service to any PA school applicant before they submit their essay to CASPA! Thank you for your help!
Beth Eakman is my hero! She literally took my writing and brought it to life!! I really feel like the essay she edited with me will get me into a PA program. Beth is an awesome editor, and I highly recommend her and The PA Life editing service!
I owe you a lot! Thank you so much for helping me in this important process. God bless you.
Hope everything is going well! I just wanted to let you know I’m 2/2 so far with receiving interviews. I know your help with my essays has played a huge part. I just wanted to update you and tell you how grateful I am for all of your help!
This service was invaluable – I felt decent about my essay, but it’s remarkably better. I appreciate the level of detail and courtesy even with my discounted rate. You guys are too great!
The feedback that I received through The PA Life editing service was more detailed than I expected! It gave me a clear idea of what direction I need to take in regard to my personal statement. I absolutely loved the edits!
I just wanted to share some amazing news with you! I have been accepted into the MEDEX PA program in Seattle!!! I can’t thank you enough for all your help!! I am beyond excited and still can’t believe it is actually happening! Thank you again from the bottom of my heart!!!!! 😀
My interviewer from The PA Life was absolutely awesome. They were very prepared to answer any questions that I had and offered valuable advice that would make me successful in my upcoming interview. I would recommend utilizing a mock interview with The PA Life to anyone.
Sue did an amazing job editing my personal statement. She included all the aspects that I wanted in the statement and made it flow so much better. Thank You! Thank You!
Very helpful. I needed help figuring out what to cut and Sue was great at showing me what could go without sacrificing what I was trying to convey.
Carly was extremely prompt and helpful! She helped edit my personal statement into something that I am extremely confident applying with!
My editor was amazing! She took everything I asked and did editing that was above and beyond. She was also great at communicating and taking my comments/opinions into consideration. 10/10 would recommend!
I am so happy to have gone through this editing process! I did not think you would take so much time to not only give me great feedback but also to edit and revise my paper like you did. I am so happy with my new revised paper and will definitely tell my friends!
I wanted to give you an update and thank you. I just received my first acceptance and at the interview, they commented on how well written my personal statement was. I appreciate your hard work and working with me to create such an awesome piece! Hopefully, this won’t be the last time we talk- maybe our paths will cross again one day!
Sarah is truly amazing! She gave me so many helpful tips and advice for my future interviews. She has a beautiful way with words. I am so grateful for her and look forward to working with her again.
Carly did more than help revise my grammatical errors and flow. She was able to show me the strengths and weaknesses of the concepts of my essay. She was able to tell me what it was missing as well as praise me for what I did correctly. It gave me confidence in my writing, and I truly believe it will make an impact on the way PA programs view me.
My interviewer from The PA Life is absolutely the best! She has now helped me with my personal statement, supplemental, and mock interview and has exceeded all my expectations! She provided excellent advice and great insight into what the admissions committee is looking for. She has been the biggest help throughout my PA journey thus far, and I would recommend The PA Life in a heartbeat to any pre-PA!
Really helpful! Makes me feel confident.
We worked on my essays back in summer and oh, how much work it was! But it all paid off because I just got accepted into the school of my first choice! Thank you so much for your time and dedication to my success. I will also be glad to recommend your services to other pre-PA students at my school!
Your services have eased the stress and anxiety that results from guessing whether or not your essay contains the content that many PA programs are looking for. Your services were prompt and genuine. It is clear that you have the applicant’s success at heart. Thank you!
I’m emailing you to let you know that I received an acceptance call yesterday! It’s my first cycle applying so I’m still in shock. This may sound weird to say, but you have been a part of my journey since the beginning when I was trying to figure out how to write my personal statement, to practicing for the interview that led to my acceptance. I genuinely believe that I would not have been accepted into the program if it weren’t for you.
I am happy to provide an update. I received five acceptances for this cycle and will be attending the Rush University PA Program starting in May 2022. Of course, I definitely have The PA Life team to thank for their incredible help with my personal statement, instilling confidence in my ability to interview, and providing me with a lot of advice in this very difficult cycle.
I just wanted to send you a quick email, letting you know that I finally got accepted into PA school! I will be attending Sacred Heart University in Connecticut and will be starting this fall. I could not have made it this far without your help! This was my third time applying and during my first two cycles, I didn’t think that I needed outside help. But this time around, I decided that I needed to change my tactic and I am so freaking happy that I did. Your guidance and advice on my personal statement absolutely made a difference. I had 6 interviews and got accepted into 4! You have helped changed my life and I am forever grateful. I have several friends who will be applying this cycle so I will be referring them to you!
Carly was helpful and gave insightful comments while helping me to create more impact within my sentences. I feel confident and at ease knowing that my supplemental application has been reviewed in a thorough manner. Thank you for all your help!
I worked closely with Duke and Sue for the revisions on my personal statement. They must have edited my original version half a dozen times before they felt it was good enough to send off and never made it seem like an inconvenience. They always responded to my e-mails within a 24-hour time frame but usually got back to me within a few hours. I am very pleased with how my personal statement turned out thanks to all of their time, ideas and direction. The service the PA Life provides is well worth the money spent!
Deanna was an absolute joy to work with. Not only was she a wonderful writer and editor, but she helped me develop my thoughts and produce a personal statement I was proud to submit. She helped me refine my ideas, and concise my writing to illustrate my reasons for wanting this career. She was also very prompt in responding to my emails and questions. I am very happy with my personal statement and would recommend this service to anyone who is considering this service or feels stuck in their writing process.
I am so thankful that this editing service exists. The personal statement is incredibly important which is why I was so nervous about it. It took me two weeks to even get started because I was so nervous about writing the wrong thing. After Carly helped me with my essay, I am now so much more confident in it. Her edits were very thorough and showed that she had a really good understanding of what is important for a PA personal statement. Her email detailing her overall impression of my essay also showed she understood every single point I was trying to make and what kind of feeling I was trying to give to people reading my essay. This has been the most reassuring thing.
I was accepted to 3/3 schools and am attending my top choice – the University of South Alabama this May! I really must give a lot of credit to Kelly and her suggestions for my personal statement and especially to Sarah for her advice during my two mock interviews. I truly believe I would not have gotten in my first time without their help. Thank you for everything you do!
I wanted to reach out and thank you for your help with my personal statement. I received compliments about my essay at every interview I had. I also wanted to let you know that I will be attending Duke’s PA Program – my top choice. Your help was amazing! Thank you so much again!
I received two invitations for an interview, and this mock interview was very informative for me because this is the first time I will be interviewing with the PA programs. I received personal insights on things that I could improve on to make a better impression on the interviewers as well. I am glad I got this mock interview. Thank you!
My interviewer from The PA Life was amazing! They were very warm and kind. They gave me really good feedback that I will make sure to take with me on the interview day.
The interviewer was amazing! She really made me feel at ease and gave me such great advice and the confidence to do well in my interview. I really can’t thank her enough for everything she did for me! I am so happy I found The PA Life Mock Interview Service because it really is a blessing and so helpful getting the tools to be the best applicant for my program!
I submitted my application this morning so I am not able to answer if I received an interview yet but I am THRILLED that I found this service. Sarah has been such a blessing working on my personal statement with me. She took my ideas and mediocre paper and turned it into a beautifully written story about my life. She helped me write exactly what I wanted to say and guided me with how to say it. I would recommend, without reservation, this service to anyone who is applying to PA school. I am one hundred times more confident about applying knowing my personal statement is exactly where it needs to be. Instead of feeling stressed and overwhelmed when I submitted my application this morning, I had complete peace. Thank you, for being a shining light full of kindness to applicants like myself.
About a year ago you helped edit my personal statement to get into PA school! I just wanted to let you know that I got interviews and was accepted to all the schools I applied to! I have decided to attend UAB in the fall! Thank you again for all your help!
Sarah was so great at helping me focus on my strengths in order to tell my unique story. She was very encouraging and helped me lessen the anxiety of meeting and talking to a stranger in a PA school interview. Highly recommend!
I was at a point where I kept reading my essay over and over again and not knowing what to change. After Sue looked over and thoroughly edited the essay, I had a completely new focus! I knew exactly what to tweak and her service really cleared up any uncertainty I had with my essay. I’m now much more confident as I finish up my CASPA applications!
My editor thoroughly went through my essay and provided exactly what I was looking for to bring my essay to the next level.
I am so pleased with the review Carly provided me. Her responses were thoughtful and edits helped me in a lot of places where I felt totally stuck. So excited to be so close to a final draft with my personal statement. Thank you! TBD on the interview (fingers crossed)
I used your service for my personal statement and my top school secondary. I feel this is an amazing service and have recommended it to many of my friends who are currently applying to PA school.
Carly Hallman did an amazing job helping me with my personal statement! I was feeling conflicted and uncertain about my own personal statement, but she helped set my mind at ease! I now have peace of mind regarding my personal statement. She was so helpful in correcting any grammar errors and also informed me of what I could add to my essay. I knew I was missing something in my essay, but could not quite put my finger on it. Carly identified what was missing so I could make those changes to my essay. I’m so thankful for her help because I do not think I could have figured out that “missing piece” had it not been for her. I now feel confident about my essay and I am extremely happy with it! 🙂 Thank you so much!!!
Working with Sarah was a wonderful experience. She was prompt, attentive, and incredibly supportive throughout the process. Sarah never deviated from the authenticity of my essay. Even after she made vast changes, the essay still felt true to what I wanted to express. Thank you, Sarah! I would recommend this service to anyone applying to PA school.
My interviewer was so helpful and accommodating of my needs, and I would highly recommend The PA Life to a friend or peer. I love this company and the people who work here!
I met with Kelley prior to submitting my second round of applications after having not gotten in the first time around. I found our time together tremendously helpful and worth every penny. She went above and beyond in her review of my application materials prior to our consultation meeting. She holistically reviewed each section and had thoughtful, actionable questions/comments ready for me on how to improve my chances of gaining admission to a PA school. She also was very communicative and responsive to all my questions. Kelley helped me appropriately set expectations for the application cycle, shined a light on what made me stand out as an applicant, and was a fantastic coach. I ended up receiving interviews at five of the 11 schools I applied to (Stony Brook, Rutgers, Cornell, UMB, and Yale) and was accepted to Stony Brook (my first choice) and waitlisted at Yale. I start at Stony Brook in June, and it’s in no small part to Kelley’s assistance. The only thing I wish I did differently was that I wish I had met with her the year before. I can’t recommend this enough. Thanks for everything!
I have my first interview today and one next week. I couldn’t be more grateful for this program and how I feel much more confident and prepared now than prior to the mock interview. I received a lot of great feedback and tips throughout the process that I will be sure to use during my future interviews!
Tolu is absolutely amazing. She gave me great feedback that I can now use to keep practicing. She was so patient and really helped give me good tips!!!
Just wanted to say thank you for your speedy and encouraging reply. I forwarded this on to some of my classmates as well, just as a nice pep-talk before we head into this new chapter. You rock!!
I’m so happy with the amount of time and attention that Duke and Sue put into helping perfect my essay. I’m extremely fortunate to have come across Stephen’s page and this opportunity- I would have sent in an essay that unknown to me at the time, had issues and needed many improvements. I’m almost to the point where I’m going to submit my application, and will definitely update the team on prospective interviews. I cannot thank you guys enough for having this essay review service available, you definitely make it worth every dollar and more.
My reviewer was Deanna Matzen who was incredible. I reached out to The PA Life’s editing service after being disappointed by myparesource, whom I was referred to initially. Deanna composed two alternate ways to structure my journey and allowed me to find a novel way to present my personal statement. After revision, I was able to flip my lens, utilize my introduction as my conclusion, and the rest of the paper began to fall into place. Very satisfied with the quality of her work, thank you so much, Deanna!
Just took and passed the PANCE!! I breezed through the test and scored well. Your course was a huge help in preparing. Both knowledge and test-taking skills. I would highly recommend this to others.
A couple of months ago you worked with me on improving my personal statement. I wanted to reach out and let you know that it worked out! I got 5 interviews and so far have been accepted to 2. I am so so thankful for all your help as I don’t think it would have worked out without your amazing editing skills. Thank you for all you do! Not just me but for all the applicants you helped get accepted this year!
Sue was extremely prompt and thoughtful in providing her comments, edits, and revisions. My essay had a good start but she helped me write it with admissions committees in mind. I will keep you updated on if I get interview invitations.
This is Kenzie Wheeler. We interviewed together back in November! I was in the interview process of my direct entry PA applications. I just wanted to let you know that… I got into my top choice school, RIT!!! I am so beyond excited; I cannot thank you enough. Your help and mock interview preparation were so vital in me sitting down and feeling cool and confident in my interview. I really do not think I would have done this well without you. You do amazing things for people. This was something I have wanted for years, and you played such a key role in helping me get there. Thank you, and please never forget the difference you make. You are incredible. I hope this new year treats you well. Keep doing what you do!
Great feedback and turn around time. Utilizing this feature gave me even more confidence that I was trying my best to be the top candidate.
My interview with The PA Life was super helpful in general and has made me feel so much better about my actual interviews coming up! The interviewer gave such wonderful tips on how to navigate each question and map out my thoughts. Wonderful experience overall, and I will definitely be implementing all of her notes into my interviews!
Hi Stephen, I just wanted to let you know that I have been a huge fan of your site for a long, long time. I started using your site a couple years ago when I was still struggling between the MD/PA decision. I had your site to go to when I started the CASPA application process. I used your school finder to locate the best schools that were a good personal fit for me. I used your advice as motivation through many personal statement drafts. Finally, I used your 46 most common interview questions to become better prepared for my PA interviews. Today, at 3:04 PM, I was accepted to my first choice PA program. I am beyond excited! Thank you for being my coach through this long journey.
Sarah is always a pleasure to work with and I can’t recommend her enough! So far I’ve received an interview and made it to the second phase of admissions with Stanford!
Sarah was a pleasure to work with the entire time. I felt very overwhelmed when I was working on my personal statement on my own, but once I started working with Sarah, she made me feel at ease while getting my personal statement to look its best. Sarah is very knowledgeable, understanding, and professional. One of the things I loved the most about working with her is that no matter the time of the day she was always available and got back to you in a timely manner. The whole time we worked on my personal statement she made sure I felt comfortable with changes that had to be made and I appreciated this as well. Sarah is excellent at what she does and I would recommend her and this one on one service to anyone that needs it.
I want to say thank you, first off for providing such a service. It was difficult having to write a personal statement and then have others critique it, when there is not a clear rubric to follow. I think having to write a personal statement is such an emotional process, and then having others edit it, can be a very harsh pill to swallow. Thank you for your edits, I have no doubt that this process will make my personal statement more compelling and hopefully a more competitive applicant.
I just want to say thank you! I stumbled across this post while searching the pros and cons of being a PA vs MD. You described what I want out of life perfectly. You have helped me figure it out and hopefully I’ll be going to PA school by next year. Once again, thank you for changing my life.
My interviewer was incredible! She gave me pointers that really helped me connect my answers and effectively summarize my points at the end of every question. I am so appreciative of her help!
I wanted to reach out and let you know that I was officially offered a seat by the Yale University Online PA program and have accepted. I want to thank you for all your help throughout the interview process and think a lot of my success came from that learning process. I can’t give exact questions however, let’s just say a lot of the questions you asked, aligned with questions asked during the real interview. I hope that helps you and future students applying to the program. Thank you again!
I absolutely love the way my essay sounds! I truly appreciate all of your help. I will definitely recommend prospective PA students your way! It’s been a pleasure.
I am so grateful to have had this mock interview experience with The PA Life prior to my upcoming interview. I feel far more prepared and equipped. Thank you for offering such supportive services!
Carly blew away all my expectations. She not only suggested edits to refine the content, but she also made grammatical and structural changes that fine-tuned my essay and allowed it to flow. I came into the editing process feeling hopeless about my personal statement, but with her edits, I feel confident that it will stand out. On top of all that, Carly was very timely in editing and returning my essay – I got it back within a few days! I’m very pleased with her service and recommend it to anyone out there who needs a fresh, professional set of eyes on their personal statement.
Very prompt response and turnaround time. While I did not speak with Duke over the phone, his team’s edits were thorough, clear and very helpful. Highly recommended.
This consultation gave me the confidence to continue pressing forward. I constantly doubt my ability to portray my skills and potential to an admissions board, and Maci helped me see that I have plenty to offer to any school.
Dear Stephen,
I just want to take a moment and let you know how much I appreciate your website and the resources that you have made available to us. As I started preparing for my PANRE I realized it was going to take more than just reading the NCCPA blueprint topic areas. For the last 6 years I focused on being a mom and I chose to push the pause button on my PA career. I am thrilled to say that I passed my PANRE and this was possible because of your question style reviews and testing. This has been my favorite method to prepare for recertification. I’ve taken the PANRE 3 times in the last 20 years and this time around I would not have been ready without thePAlife. Thank you for creating a great site that’s affordable!!
I just wanted to let you know that the majority of my interviews have gone really well! So far, I’ve received six interview invites and have interviewed for five schools. Midwestern (AZ) just got back to me a bit ago, and they sent me an acceptance email! I am beyond thrilled! I just wanted to thank you so much for your help! Your mock interview gave me a lot of confidence that I was able to carry into my interviews! I appreciated having the opportunity to practice my interview skills with you. I wanted to let you know just how much you’ve helped me with my application process (with my interviews, personal statement, and just my confidence in general)! Thank you so much for all of the advice over the past few months!
I just wanted to update you. I have had two interviews so far (the third got rescheduled for later) and got into both schools (Midwestern and Nashville)! Thank you again for all of your help. This mock interview prompted me to prepare more specific and relevant answers, which I think made a difference in my interviews.
Maci from The PA Life was a HUGE help! She helped me understand the steps I need to take moving forward and helped me understand where I currently stand in the process. She made me feel comfortable, answered all my questions, and provided detailed and thoughtful responses. I would highly recommend a fellow Pre-PA applicant schedule a Pre-PA consultation with The PA Life.
My editor with The PA Life was a grammar goddess! She provided amazing feedback and was quick with responding back to any emails, questions, and concerns!
My experience with The PA Life was crucial in my acceptance to my top-choice PA school! I’d been wait-listed following four other interviews, but my interviewer worked with me to fine-tune my interview skills, and I got where I wanted to be! I would HIGHLY recommend this service from The PA Life for anyone who feels they could use some work on their interviewing skills, or honestly, just anyone in general!
Sue did a wonderful job. I know this is an extremely busy time of year as CASPA is accepting applications and Sue was great about responding to my initial submission and getting back to me. She provided thoughtful feedback and quality editing. Fingers crossed for an acceptance to PA school!
Duke really pushed me to write from the heart and explore my true reasons for applying to PA school. I was very pleased with the outcome. I haven’t yet received an interview, but my fingers are crossed!
Carly edited my essay, providing a generous amount of comments on why she believes that her changes make for a stronger essay. She gave amazing advice and I know that my personal statement is much more well written than before the edits were made. Definitely worth the money!
I just wanted to say thank you for all of your encouraging posts. I cannot tell you how many times I have had a rough day, or something happened to discourage me, and then I read one of your posts & it reminds me of why I am where I am, and doing what I am doing. I appreciate you giving of yourself to help others, after all, it is why we are all here!
I signed up for a mock interview with The PA Life, which helped me gain valuable experience for my interview day. I was accepted to the UToledo PA program and am excited to start this fall! Thanks for the additional articles on your site that gave me advice on finance, study advice, and mental health.
I just got the acceptance call from USC! Thank you so much! Your counseling and support really gave me the clarity and confidence I needed during my interview. I could not have done it without you.
I am not sure if you remembered me, but you helped me exactly a year ago with my PA essay. Well, I got accepted into Barry’s PA program! I start this Monday. You were part of my journey and I wanted to say THANK YOU!
I am very thankful for all of the work and time invested in me. I learned incredible amounts from Duke about writing. Though some of it didn’t make sense to me, I knew he was right and I learned to trust him. He helped me more than any of the other dozen people I had trusted with my essay. This is such a big part of my future and my dreams and I honestly appreciate all of his work to help me get in. Thank you, Duke.
Sarah was beyond excellent. Her timelines and efficiency provided me with enough time to revise and meet with her again before our final draft. Her comments and edits were extremely effective. I hope to be receiving an interview and will be using this service (requesting Sarah) for a mock interview if that happens!
This service was very helpful. My essay was edited and returned to me within a few days of me submitting it. The feedback was thorough and detailed. I am already planning on sending my essay for a second edit!
Kelly M. provided an exceptional experience with detailed recommendations. I am upset that I did not find The PA Life editing service sooner! I will be referring anyone I know applying to pa school to this platform!
Susan did a fantastic job of editing my essay! She guided me and gave me suggestions for strengthening certain sections and equally took out weak parts. After I followed her recommendations, I really felt like I had an essay where every sentence mattered and reflected who I was. Thank you so much Susan for your help. I feel that I have a stronger essay because of your honest feedback and your help!
My editor did an excellent job with my essays. I struggle with writing emotionally and she took my material and really personalized it. I feel very confident sending in my essays after having her look at them. She promptly returned my essays and did a stellar job. Thank you!
I just wanted to let you know that I got accepted to the first school I interviewed at! I am so grateful for you helping me to feel more confident on the interview day. Thanks for all you do!!
I am so happy with the service Sarah provided! My personal statement turned out exactly how I was hoping it would!
Sue Edmonson has been a great help in ensuring my personal statement made sense and fit what information I was trying to convey. Her ability to find the pertinent parts in an essay and gain more information about me to make the essay seem relative to my pursuits was truly a Godsend. Would recommend her and your company to others. Thanks!
Oh my gosh thank you SOO much!!! I have been so busy with school so I haven’t been able to edit my personal statement, but I want to thank you soo much for making my statement look a heck of a lot better!!! I will be editing it over my spring break since that is the only free time I have, and I most likely will do a re-edit if I can (its $35 ish right?). Anyways thank you so much again!! Sorry for the late reply but I will get back to you again during my spring break if I need a second edit, thank you so much again for all your help!! I can already see how much of a difference you’ve made! Totally worth my money!
First of all, thank you so much for all of the resources you have made available for those of us studying for the PANRE! This is fabulous and wish I’d known about it sooner.
Ever since I did a mock interview with The PA Life in September, I was accepted to 6 PA programs. After much thought and consideration of each program, I selected Duke University, where I will be attending this August. Having so many great contenders made the decision a difficult one. But I wish to extend my sincere gratitude to you and The PA Life for your assistance and everything you do for aspiring PAs! I am most appreciative!!
You helped me revise my personal statement for PA school admissions earlier this year, and I wanted to let you know how much you helped me. I got eight interviews and five admissions this cycle! I’ll be attending Pacific University this May. Multiple interviewers commented on how much they liked my personal statement. They described it as “eloquent” and “genuine.” I cannot thank you enough for your help earlier this year; I feel that it was a big part of my success this cycle.
I have some exciting news to share with you: I received an early admission spot into the fall cohort of the Samuel Merritt University PA program! I had had an amazing experience on interview day and felt right at home with the students, faculty and other candidates; hence, this is a dream come true. Thank you for your precious time and guidance with preparing for the interview—I am going to be a PA, yay!
Sarah is an amazing writer. She helped clarify my thoughts and encouraged me on this journey. When/ if I get an interview, it will be because of her amazing writing skills.
My PA school consultant, Maci (from The PA Life), was extremely personable and demonstrated that she had taken the time to review the information I had sent in before the consultation. Maci was genuinely interested in assisting me in pursuing a career as a PA. She provided various pointers to help me stand out to the admissions committee. Maci also sent me information as “homework” to study and use toward this goal. I feel that her friendly demeanor, sincere desire to assist and very positive attitude were all helpful in ensuring that my self-esteem remains high as I continue this arduous journey. Many thanks!
I just want to follow up and let you know that I have been so fortunate enough to have conducted 3 interviews and received 3 acceptances, and I have decided to continue my educational journey at the OHSU PA program. I can’t thank you enough for all the help you’ve provided me, from helping me with my personal statement to mock interviews. I couldn’t have done this without your help, thank you.
This company is THE BEST! Carly did such an awesome job of not only revising my personal statement but also explaining every step she made. It helped me understand why certain things fit better in different places and helped improve my writing. I am able to submit my applications confidently, knowing that I have a strong personal statement. I HIGHLY recommend this service!
Sarah was amazing from beginning to end. Her listening skills are just superb. She edits in a manner that captures your story in a raw format and complete format. I loved my experience.
Deanna was amazing! She really went above and beyond the single-edit that I could afford. I consider myself a pretty good writer, but she helped me focus and ground my story without sacrificing the overall creativity of the original piece. All I can say is wow! If there ever was something worth the money, this service is it!
I loved your service. I was able to get multiple interviews (and have continued to), but I was a late admission to the program I am currently in. I will recommend this service to any student trying to get into school. I wish I would’ve done this sooner, as I think it might have changed how early I was able to get in and get started. I love all you do, and I appreciate the level of service you provide.
Sue Edmondson was instrumental to my understanding of the entrance essay I was trying to write as well as very honest and positive. I loved her writing technique and her instructive points were very easy to understand. Most definitely will recommend as well as keep her in my contacts for possible future essay revision/help. Thank you.
Sue’s comments were very helpful. Her quick turnaround time is very impressive. She responded to my concerns and questions promptly. She clearly knows what to present to the PA school admissions team. I am very happy with her work.
I wanted to let you know I’ve been accepted into FSU!!!! I got the call Friday!!! I’m thrilled and I owe a lot of it to you! Thank you so much for your help and support along this journey! I could have not done it without you!
I took my PANRE and I passed! I really liked your review website. It was very helpful. I only wish I would have discovered it months ago, while preparing for the PANRE. This is my 4th time passing in my career, and I now qualify for not having to recert until 10 years from now. Thank God! but will remember your site and recommend it to others.
Thanks again,
Maureen
I have never used an editing service before, but after working with The PA Life, I am so glad I did. I feel my essay flows better and is polished and precise. I am now signed up for supplemental essay editing as well.
I did two mock interviews with The PA Life, which were so helpful! I will be attending the Stanford University PA program in August, and I am SO excited! These mock interviews allowed me to go into my actual interviews more prepared and confident. Thank you so much!
I enjoy working with Beth she literally turned my “hot mess” of an essay into something amazing and readable. She made my story flow, helped me get to my main points and interesting to read. I am very confident with sending off my personal statement to PA schools this upcoming spring. No invite just yet but I know I will get some invites this same cycle.
I felt this mock interview was an absolute necessity to prepare for the Academic and Personal interviews from Yale School of Medicine PA Program Online. I felt the caliber of questions asked in addition to the coaching and post-question feedback really helped me understand what an ideal response looks like and gave me time to reflect and prepare my responses for the formal interview just two days later. I’m more than happy with Sarah’s professionalism, guidance, support, and feedback and will be recommending this service, as well as recommending Sarah by name, to future Pre-PA students.
I wanted to let you know that my interview went so well and I just received my acceptance! Thank you so much for all of your help, I felt so much more relaxed and prepared, and your tips really helped me get through the questions.
My editor with The PA Life was amazing! I will definitely suggest these services to anyone else applying to PA school. Thank you for everything!
Sue was very quick to edit my essay and give feedback. Any questions were answered very promptly. I am very pleased with the service provided.
I had a mock interview with The PA Life and had a wonderful experience. I got accepted to both Emory University and the University of Utah PA Programs. I will be attending the University of Utah on May 10. I love this service. Thank you for creating these amazing resources.
My experience with The PA Life was amazing. I had two mock interviews, which taught me a lot about what I need to improve. The best part about mock interviews is that they help you practice and challenges you to think on the spot. My interviewer offered a lot of great insights about the good and bad parts of my responses and gave me tips on how to give a stronger response. Furthermore, they would use my experiences to help me develop examples for each type of interview question. They also tailored my mock interviews based on the format of the school I was interviewing with. These mock interviews helped calm my nerves during my actual interview and helped me feel more confident in my experience. Thank you, everyone from The PA Life!
I am writing to you for no other reason than to say that it is such a relief to find someone as honest as yourself telling their story which is not all rainbows and butterflies. Of course, I hope to be accepted the first year, but it is my full intention to keep trying if that is not in the cards for me. Your examples and samples made very insightful references for myself and I’m sure for many others who stumble upon this page by chance. Thank you so much for your honesty and your wisdom. Please continue to set an example for others and thrive within your practice. You are truly an inspiration.
It was a wonderful service and was very helpful. I received an invitation to an interview at Salus University and I am waiting to hear from other schools.
I just wanted to give you an update! So far I have had two interviews and been accepted to both! I have three more interviews scheduled as of right now, and still waiting to hear from a handful of schools. Thank you so much for all of your help with my essay!
I just took my NCCPA PANRE test four weeks ago and PASSED! So just a quick thank you for developing such a complete and user friendly NCCPA PANCE and PANRE preparation program. As a Physician Assistant family man, and between work and daily responsibilities there is not much time to prep for the NCCPA exam, however this program was all I needed to help me succeed on my test. I would definitely endorse this program to any PA who needs to prepare for their upcoming NCCPA boards. Keep up the good work!
My experience with the PA Life personal statement collaborative was simply remarkable. My editor did an outstanding job making sure that my personal statement reflected my BEST work and addressed all of my concerns regarding the essay and other questions I had about my application. I can’t thank you enough for all the help I received during this process. Thank you!
Sue did an exemplary job at editing my personal statement. Her service was particularly useful once my essay was ready for fine polishing and trimming down – she really pulled the fat off leaving the meat of my personal statement remaining. I would recommend this service to others.
This was my second mock interview with The PA Life, and it was just as excellent as the first time! My interviewer provided invaluable insight, feedback, and constructive criticism. I highly recommend these services to any future PA applicants I come across!
Duke and I worked really well together. Seeing my first draft in comparison to my final draft was like night and day. I really appreciate all the help!
I was so glad that I chose to have Duke look over my essay, he turned it from long, rambling, and scattered to a much more concise, well written essay. I really feel as though it represents me well! Duke always responded quickly and I felt as though I got a lot of value for the money. Thank you!
Carly did an absolutely amazing job editing my essays. From my personal statement to my supplementals, she was thorough and methodically made them into stronger essays. I am glad I was able to work with her. With her edits, I am more confident about the essays I am submitting. I would gladly recommend her to anyone!
I just got into my dream school, Drexel!!!!! My mock interview with The PA Life helped me tremendously in preparing for the interview. I’m so glad I used the service because the feedback I got was so helpful. I was very calm during the actual interview because I had gone through it with my interviewer. I definitely recommend the service from The PA Life to anyone who gets nervous during interviews. Thank you, my interviewer from The PA Life!!!!!!
Carly is absolutely amazing, and I would recommend her to everyone. She was very helpful and supportive with her edits and why she recommended certain changes. She is amazing, and she helped me tell my story.
I just wanted to thank you again for the practice interview. It was immensely helpful and helped me get rid of those nerves. My actual interview went great! I was offered a seat at the Univ of Pittsburgh hybrid program in the spring class, and I accepted! ?
Carly was excellent! She was very quick to provide edits and did a thorough job. She really helped me with the flow of my essay. I will be sure to let you know if I receive any interview invitations. Well worth the money! I feel confident in my essay.
I’m thrilled to share that I was accepted to Emory and Northwestern’s PA programs. I’ll be joining the class of 2023 at Emory. Thank you again for all your services, this is so appreciated.
My consultation with The PA Life was incredible. They answered all my questions and addressed all my concerns regarding my application.
I love your site! I’m recertifying soon and your site is so incredibly helpful. I’ve been a PA in a niche area for most of my career, so recertifying is always an issue. Thank goodness I found your site!!
Thank you for your help to help me get over the initial nervous feelings and the unknowns about PA school interviews. This helped me greatly to know what preparations I still need to undertake and how to refine my answers. Thank you! 🙂
Thank you so much for this mock interview! I feel better prepared and more confident about my upcoming interview. My interviewer from The PA Life was positive, encouraging, and helpful, and I truly appreciate her advice! I was nervous about my interview, but now I look forward to it!
I just got the email from Evansville inviting me to their program!!! Thank you so much for interviewing me and preparing me for this! Your advice on the group activity came in super handy! When someone in my group wasn’t talking, I asked them to speak up, and I offered to be the timekeeper. The interviewers noticed that! I also had a lot of out-of-the-box answers, thanks to your advice! Thank you for being such an awesome coach!
I have great news!! I GOT IN!!! I am officially an enrolled student in the Methodist University PA program. I just wanted to thank you again for this service you provide and how great you were while interviewing me! I needed a confidence boost, and this gave it to me! I am sincerely grateful for the PA Life and your service! I will absolutely pass this on to everyone I know who is going into PA. Thanks again!
Beth, my editor with The PA Life, truly made my essay feel impactful and, most importantly, expressed what I have to contribute to the PA profession. The one-on-one editing session we had was the most beneficial advice I have ever received, and her ability to work with my essay and make it so powerful was incredible. She is a professor, and her teaching methods were so easy to follow and guided me through how to write such a meaningful essay. I finally feel like an immense weight has been lifted off my shoulders after having her help me with the writing process and how to make what I have written even more high impact. I am forever grateful for this service. It has provided me with Beth, the sweetest and most insightful editor ever, a woman I admire and will be an essential factor in my journey to attending PA school. I currently feel confident in my abilities to receive an interview after working with her.
This was my third time applying to PA school and I wanted it to be my last so I figured getting help with the essay would make a difference in my application. Paying for the one on one service was the best idea I’ve had to date. Sarah was great in that she literally combined three different essays I had written into one phenomenal essay! I literally have no idea how she did it. Sarah helped me focus all of my thoughts and experience down into one concise, yet personal essay. I truly think this will help me get into PA school!
I really respect your advice and the good example that you set as a PA and as a husband and father. You’re great!
I am reaching out to update you regarding my PA school interview. I am so grateful for your feedback and tips. Early this afternoon, I received an acceptance letter from Mercy College. I can’t thank you enough for dedicating some of your time to helping me prepare for my interview. You were extremely helpful.
Sue did an excellent job. Despite my sending a request just in time for a holiday, not only did she meet my deadline-she was early. She asked questions beyond the provided text, in an effort to gain deeper insight into me as a person. Her positive attitude and professional review help to ease my stressful anticipation. I am happy I sought her service! (Thanks, Sue)
My editor with The PA Life was amazing! I am so thankful for her attention to detail and wonderful editing skills. I am thrilled with how my personal statement turned out and can’t thank you enough for all of your help.
I love Deanna! She was incredibly helpful and encouraging. I liked the way she constructively gave me feedback and I liked her ability to really strengthen my own ideas instead of dismissing them like other services. She is amazing at seeing things from different angles and that way rearrange and enhance my narrative. I did get an interview from the top choice and an offer a week later. Thank you so much and I will definitely recommend ThePALife to future prePAs.
Carly did a fantastic job helping my personal statement create fluid and concise writing to help convey my experience! I highly recommend using this service even if you think your statement is solid because they will help make it better than you could have imagined! Thank you for everything.
I give this a 10/10 and would recommend utilizing this tool! I had gone on three interviews this cycle before I took a chance on a mock interview. My last two interviews after speaking with Sarah went AMAZING! One waitlist and one acceptance, both my top two programs! I can’t recommend this enough. Seriously, swallow your pride and use the help. I received so many helpful notes and left my final interview saying “I think I got in,” and I DID! Thank you, PA life 🙂
My interview with The PA Life was truly everything you would want in a mock interview. My interviewer was so genuine, truly present, and worked in my absolute best interest, providing amazing feedback while making me feel comfortable. I know nerves get the best of me, and even the idea of a mock interview got me nervous, but the moment I got onto Zoom with my interviewer – I felt completely at ease. I had my actual interview today and felt confident and prepared! I also have had experience doing a mock interview from another platform and left feeling dissatisfied and not in a better place. That was NOT the case with my interviewer with The PA Life! I Highly recommend it!!!!!!!
I had a wonderful experience with my interviewer from The PA Life mock interview team. She asked me questions that matched my interview style (traditional and ethical) and truly tried to select questions that would benefit me the most to practice. She provided feedback after each question and was kind enough to record the session for me and provide me with a link. I highly recommend this service to any pre-PAs who want to practice for their upcoming interviews!
I PASSED! Fifth time taking the PANRE. Was totally lost on how to review. Luckily I came across your website and signed up. Did every module in both the PA Life and SmartyPANCE. Could not have passed without it! Thank you very much for your efforts on putting together such a great site.
It was a wonderful service and was very helpful. I recieved an invitation to an interview at Salus University and I am waiting to hear from other schools.
I’ve been telling everybody that I come into contact with about the incredible value of your service and that I directly attribute your editing as a reason I got into two schools this academic cycle and received 8 invitations to interview. All the best! Read more at http://www.thepaessay.com
Carly from The PA Life was amazing as I knew she would be based on her bio! She touched base with me when she received my personal statement and gave me a turnaround timeframe that she stuck to. In fact, she completed it earlier than expected. I am beyond satisfied!!!! Thank you, Carly, and The PA Life!
Thank you again for your help, support, and positive energies! Whenever I feel down, I just read some of your past emails and my personal statement, and I re-center my thoughts.
I love your site and think that it is the most enjoyable studying resource that I have use so far!
I just wanted to reach out an let you that I actually got into PA school this year! Out of the 10 programs I applied to, 4 offered me interviews. The first interview wound up being my top choice and they offered me a spot. I accept and declined all my other interviews. So I am absolutely overjoyed!! I wanted to let you know though. Your editing and help, no doubt, helped me get through the initial phase. Thank you so much! I am truly grateful.
I really appreciated Carly’s attentiveness to my writing style and working to keep my message and content but working it in a way that reads easier. I appreciate her turnaround time, as well as priority deadlines for programs, are quickly approaching!
I loved how friendly and informative the Mock Interview process was. I got very helpful insight into how to phrase my responses while remaining unique. I signed up for the service after receiving two interview invitations. I was offered automatic acceptance to both programs within 6 days!
I have been accepted to my first-choice program!! UC Denver, I don’t have to move! I have also received three other interviews so far. Thank you so much for your help with my personal statement. You helped me eloquently state my desires and strengths for the career. I am beyond thrilled and thankful.
The mock interview really helped ease my mind about the interview and helped me prepare how to answer questions in an MMI style. I was accepted into the program, so I’m really glad I did this.
My interviewer from The PA Life was wonderful! The mock interview helped calm my nerves before any of my interviews, and she helped me figure out how to get across what I wanted to say! She gave me excellent feedback on my answers, and I recommend this service to anyone applying to PA school.
It was so helpful to hear feedback and critiques on my answers. I definitely believe my answers will be stronger after my mock interview. It was also helpful to receive some encouragement. It definitely boosted my confidence going into my interviews! I would recommend this service to anyone applying to PA school!
Sarah did a great job at making me feel comfortable while answering the practice interview questions. I felt that her feedback was honest and truly geared toward helping me become a stronger candidate.
I had two interviews for PA school and was accepted to both!! I will be a member of Drexel University’s PA program class of 2024 cohort! Thank you so much for all the support you gave me with my interview. Without your advice, I could never have gotten to where I am today.
I just wanted to share that I got into USC! Woohoo!!! They just called me to share the good news. I’m feeling pretty shocked since that interview did not go as well in my head. I can’t believe I got into school during my first round of applications. This would not have been possible without you, and I really appreciate all the support you gave me throughout this process. ?
I am pleased to tell you that I have been accepted to PA school, starting in 2-weeks.? I appreciate everything you have done for me, from helping with my personal statement to preparing me for interviews. You have been with me since the beginning of the application process and I really wanted to thank you.
Just wanted to drop you a quick line to let you know that I got accepted to UC Davis, and have accepted their offer. I can’t thank you enough for your help through this process. I owe much credit to you and your amazing editing skills in helping me get in. With endless appreciation!
I just wanted to update you on my PA school process after my two interviews last week. I found out that I was waitlisted at one school and accepted to the other school! Thanks so much for all of your help with the mock interview!! Your tips certainly came in handy.
I just wanted to let you know that I got accepted into the RFU PA program! Thank you for all your help and support during the application process. Couldn’t have done it without you!
I LOVED the suggestions Carly made for my essay. Not only was she thorough with her edits, but she also provided a lot of quality feedback that really made my essay shine. Carly took my unedited, messy essay and helped me better convey what I was trying to say. I have nothing but positive things to say about this experience and feel this service was worth every penny.
Sarah was amazing! She completely transformed my essay and helped include other important key points that I was previously missing in my essay. The editing process was simple and it was easy to collaborate on google docs. I would 100% recommend The PA Life editing service to my friends and people who just need that extra help to make their essay stand out to admission committees. I look forward to this application cycle with my new essay!
I just wanted to tell you thank you again for the advice during the mock interview. So far I have only been offered one interview and I applied to three schools. I had my interview last Friday and Campbell just called and offered me a spot in their Program! I couldn’t be more grateful and excited.
I had been through 3 interviews before utilizing The PA Life’s mock interview service. I really wanted to know what I was doing wrong/what I could do better since I was either denied or waitlisted before the mock interview. After a great hour with my interviewer from The PA Life, I learned so many great tips and figured out what I needed to rework. My interview skills vastly improved, and I was soon accepted into multiple highly-ranked PA programs. I know it was because of this I was able to stand out that much more! I am so grateful I was able to have this opportunity.
The editor I was assigned, Ms. Matzen, was incredibly friendly, courteous, and professional. This was easily the best experience I’ve had with any guidance or essay editing program.
I am so happy I used your service. It really took all of my frustrations and anxiety about my personal statement away. I am really happy with the final product. While Maura did a great job with editing my grammar and making my essay sound better overall in my first edit, Sue did an amazing job turning my essay into a story that flows in my final edit.
I worked closely with Duke and Sue for the revisions on my personal statement. They must have edited my original version half a dozen times before they felt it was good enough to send off and never made it seem like an inconvenience. They always responded to my e-mails within a 24-hour time frame but usually got back to me within a few hours. I am very pleased with how my personal statement turned out thanks to all of their time, ideas and direction. The service the PA Life provides is well worth the money spent!
Your services have eased the stress and anxiety that results from guessing whether or not your essay contains the content that many PA programs are looking for. Your services were prompt and genuine. It is clear that you have the applicants success at heart. Thank you!
I just wanted to let you know I got accepted to Yale!!!! I’m so pumped. I can’t wait to talk more in-depth with you about my experience. For now I just wanted to say thank you!!!! You really were SO helpful.
I just wanted to reach out to you and update you on my interviews! So I have had two interviews so far and am ecstatic to let you know that I’ve been accepted to both of the programs that I’ve interviewed at! The mock interview that we did was exactly like both the program interviews and everything went smoothly. Thank you so much for all of the help!
My interviewer from The PA Life was AMAZING! She truly made the whole process as relaxed and professional as possible. The feedback she provided was specific to my application, and she gave me the confidence I needed to ace my interviews! I ended up getting accepted to multiple PA programs. I couldn’t recommend The PA Life Mock Interview Service enough!
I just want to thank you again so much for being so awesome and helping me perfect my statement. I promised you that I would let you know if I got into any programs, and I was offered interviews at all the five universities I applied to. And I got offered positions at my top two school choices shortly after I interviewed. I am so ecstatic to say that I will be going to my number one school choice. I know multiple factors contributed to this opportunity being offered to me and the personal statement was surely a big one. Thank you so much for all that you do. It was really a great investment to have you edit my paper. I hope you have a fantastic rest of your day!
Stephen, Just wanted to let you know that I am enjoying your site very much and believe it is helping more than any other site I’ve used thus-far (I have done HippoPA, not bad, and Brian Wallace’s site). Will study some more, don’t feel ready yet! I’m an older PA, practiced for 18 years, have done the at home board tests the last two. I am nervous about taking the test center exam! Thanks again for your site, and the best to you!
My mock interview with PA Life was simply excellent. They provided great feedback and communicated effective, constructive criticism in a very nice manner. I will continue to recommend their services to anyone who needs them!
Sarah was a joy to work with! She was extremely helpful and patient with any questions I had for her! 10/10 recommend using this service!
Deanna has helped me so much with my essay. I will definitely be reaching out for additional editing help and am so thankful this service is available. My editor was impeccably prompt, communicated her role, suggestions, and time frame which was great.
I’m not sure if you remember me but you helped me a couple of months ago on my PA personal statement. Just wanted to let you know — I got accepted into University of Pacific’s PA program! I’m overjoyed!
Thank you so much for all your help and encouragement! I really appreciate it.
Susan did a fantastic job of editing my essay! She guided me and gave me suggestions for strengthening certain sections and equally took out weak parts. After I followed her recommendations, I really felt like I had an essay where every sentence mattered and reflected who I was. Thank you so much Susan for your help. I feel that I have a stronger essay because of your honest feedback and your help!
I came into this with a half written personal statement and not a lot of time left. I am beyond pleased with the work Sarah and I were able to accomplish together, and I’m so grateful to have gotten the chance to work with her. She has helped me so much with getting my writing to where I wanted it to be, and has instilled in me a great sense of confidence in myself and my abilities. I highly recommend this service to anyone going through the stress of applying! Keeping my fingers crossed as I submit my applications!
I just wanted to email you and let you know that 3 weeks post-interview with Gannon, I was accepted into the class of 2023! I am so excited and thrilled and I know that your help, helped me. So, thank you!
The Physician Assistant Life Academy is THE best review/practice site I have ever found. The tests are awesome, the explanations spot on.
Sue did a wonderful job. I know this is an extremely busy time of year as CASPA is accepting applications and Sue was great about responding to my initial submission and getting back to me. She provided thoughtful feedback and quality editing. Fingers crossed for an acceptance to PA school!
I took my boards for the 7 th time on Monday. I work in pediatrics for the past 20 years. I used your site and a review book to prepare. I think your site is fantastic and a bargain . I just found out I passed. Thank you!
Very helpful! Many of my responses needed fine tuning, some of them needed a bit more in-depth work, and a few of them hit the nail on the head. Feedback from an impartial professional like Sarah is crucial in figuring out what I’m doing right, what I’m doing wrong, and how I can improve moving forward. Thank you!
Thank you so much for your help with my personal statement. The process was everything I could have wanted and more. You were wonderful to work with and I appreciate very much how you were able to connect to my personal experiences and combine that with the traits that you know make a statement successful. I have applied to my first two PA schools and I owe a big part of that to you! Once again, Thank you very much!
Thanks for creating the PA life. It has been a great resource for me as I review for my PANRE. I am recommending the website to my PA staff.
The edits I received were extremely helpful and insightful. I think they really brought my essay to the next level, and I am thrilled with the outcome. Thank you!!
I did a mock interview with Sarah two days before my school interview and got such helpful feedback. Rocked the interview and received acceptance call a day later. I’d highly recommend.
I wanted to send you a quick life update and another BIG thank you! I received my acceptance at the University of Utah’s PA Program on Monday and couldn’t be happier. Thank you for all your help with my essay and interview prep. Both of these services that you provided were so helpful in my success. I will highly recommend you to any future PA student.
I just wanted to reach out to you and let you know that I got accepted into PA School and wanted to thank you so much for all of your help throughout this journey. I truly could not have done it without your help! Thank you again so much.
I wanted to tell you that I interviewed with MEDEX on Friday, got the call yesterday that I’m accepted! I also interviewed with Pacific University on and I felt that went VERY well too. I should hear from them any day now. I will keep you in the loop. I appreciate all your help and support!
I graduated from PA school in May and failed my first attempt at the PANCE in July. I was not nearly as prepared as I should have been and in the following 90 days, I developed into a completely different PA. I listened to all of your podcasts, took every practice test (at least once), and got both the daily question emails and the daily eponym emails. My second attempt at the PANCE was earlier in October and I went into it with so much more confidence than I had after receiving the news that I failed the first time.
I really appreciate all the work you do to make studying for the PANCE fun… well at least tolerable… and I will definitely recommend your program to next years graduating class.
Thank you! thank you! thank you!
Carly was so helpful and encouraging! I truly felt like I was in good hands, and I know my personal statement is much stronger now because of her!
I am very happy with your service and would highly recommend it to any PA applicant. Duke helped me to put my thoughts in order and to make significant changes. My personal statement sounds great and seems easy and interesting to read now. He took a lot of time to explain his way of thinking and to understand what I am trying to say. Thank you so much for your help. I really appreciate what you are doing for others.
My consultation has helped me tremendously! My consultant answered all of my questions, and I am able to email her with questions that may come up. She is extremely kind, and I genuinely feel that she wants to help me. I would recommend consultations to all pre-PAs!
Sue was very attentive to details and her comments and edits made a perfect sense. Thank you for your help!
The suggestions are great! My essay sounds better already and I’ve just started editing it. The edits are nicely explained and make sense, and I like that there are also comments about what sounds particularly good in my original draft, too. I like that, although you said I already had a very good start, there were still significant changes you suggested that, as I’ve heard others who used this service say, “elevated my work to a whole other level.”
I worked with Duke to edit and complete my essay. It was a terrific experience that I would recommend to everyone! Duke has an amazing ability to help you move things around and change it a little, while still making it feel like 100% your own work. We talked out every change we made, and we both conceded to each other in different places. He made extra time for me when I got stressed out about the deadline, and worked with me for a while each time we sat down. I paid $199 for this service, and I think that was the best bargain I ever got! I have been invited back to submit supplemental applications to some schools, and I will keep the team updated about my interviews. Thanks Duke!!!
I received an acceptance call today from ATSU in Mesa, AZ! This is the program I interviewed with this past Monday. I’m so excited and grateful! Thank you again for your support and coaching. I am going to interview with three more programs next month. I’m glad to have one option for sure!
I just want to thank you for this post, and for this entire website. It has been and will continue to be an essential component on my path to becoming a Physician Assistant.
With the help of Smarty PANCE and several other books and study guides I took my PANRE on October 2018 and beat my PANCE score by an additional 250 points! Thanks again for creating such a wonderful product!
I felt this mock interview was an absolute necessity to prepare for the Academic and Personal interviews from Yale School of Medicine PA Program Online. I felt the caliber of questions asked in addition to the coaching and post-question feedback really helped me understand what an ideal response looks like and gave me time to reflect and prepare my responses for the formal interview just two days later. I’m more than happy with Sarah’s professionalism, guidance, support, and feedback and will be recommending this service, as well as recommending Sarah by name, to future Pre-PA students.
Just wanted to let you know that I just got into Le Moyne College’s PA program, starting this August. Thank you so much for your help with my mock interview!
I am a first-time applicant, and I decided to use The PA Life consulting service because the application process has been overwhelming for me. Maci was just amazing at guiding me through the whole thing, and she answered ALL of my questions! She even gave me tips that helped me start thinking about interview questions. Maci’s kind, passionate, and truly dedicated to helping PA applicants achieve their goals. I recommend this service to everyone who’s applying!! Thank you so much for your help Maci 🙂
The PA Life is always a pleasure to work with and I can’t recommend this service enough! So far I’ve received an interview and made it to the second phase of admissions with Stanford!
Deanna (my editor at The PA Life) is the GOAT. She went so far above and beyond all my expectations. My jaw was on the floor reading my personal statement after she worked on it.
Sarah Schultz was a great editor and was easy to communicate with. She answered my emails very promptly and made great suggestions while also helping me cut down and condense my essay to be in the character limit. She made me feel more confident in my work and helped me develop an essay that I am proud of. I would definitely use this service again!
The interview was a perfect amount of constructive criticism and a confidence booster. I would highly recommend this service to anyone!
I am so glad I chose The PA Life to edit my personal essay. They polished my personal statement that was lacking in some areas into an essay I am confident with now. Everything was straightforward and prompt. Thank you, The PA Life! 🙂
I enjoyed this mock interview process. Sarah was super helpful and provided honest and constructive feedback which is exactly what I was looking for. She helped me prepare for my MMI interview coming up in 2 weeks and the questions helped me know what to expect when it comes to interview day. Also, I appreciate the affordability of the mock interview. I would definitely recommend this to anyone who is trying to practice and prepare for their physician assistant school interview.
I have been accepted to my first-choice program!! UC Denver, I don’t have to move! I have also received three other interviews so far. Thank you so much for your help with my personal statement. You eloquently helped me state my desires and strengths for the career. I am beyond thrilled and thankful.
I wanted to let you know how this application season was going for me so far.
I’ve had two interviews, still have at least three more scheduled, and I received my first acceptance last week.
Thank you again for your help!
This is my third time applying to PA programs. With my first two attempts, I only had close friends, family, and peers help me with my personal statement. I never even thought about going through a professional personal statement review service until after I had failed to get into PA programs my second time around. My prerequisites are expiring soon and the thought of going through the entire process of applying a fourth time terrifies me. I was hesitant to purchase the one-on-one service but after going through it, I am so glad that I did. Sarah was my editor and she is incredible. She genuinely understands how frustrating yet exciting this process is. I submitted my initial personal statement to her and within a day, she had already gotten back to me with detailed feedback. She even goes as far as telling you how many characters she wants you to add in different parts of your essay – this was extremely helpful for me because I tend to be a little wordy sometimes rather than succinct. Sarah helped me to highlight my strengths, experiences, and reasons for why I have spent so many years pursuing the PA career. This is an incredible service and I highly recommend that you take advantage of it! I am still in the process of completing my supplemental applications but I am more confident now than I have been with my first two attempts!
I used the personal statement editing service and the mock interview service with The PA Life. Both interviewers were exceptional to work with and helped me achieve my goal. I applied to three schools and received interview invites from all three (I’m a first-time applicant). I was waitlisted at one in June and later accepted in November. I received early acceptance to my top choice in November (UTSW), and I chose to decline my third interview scheduled for December. Thank you for your services!
Thank you again for doing the mock interview with me a few weeks ago. The interview at St. John’s University went very well, and I received an acceptance letter this week! The interview helped me so much and allowed me to fine-tune my answers, thank you again.
I absolutely loved working with Sarah! I could not be any happier with how my personal statement turned out. She was incredibly encouraging, sensitive to my needs, and insightful. There is not enough praise that I could give her for the amazing work she did for me.
Thank you for making your blog! I am obsessed with it (in a non crazy way)
I am so glad I did this! Sarah was absolutely amazing, and she did such a great job of helping put my words together in a way that sounded professional and made the most sense! She was a true hero and made me feel so much more confident in my personal statement!
Hello Stephen! I just wanted to say thank you so much for all your help and guidance throughout my years as an undergraduate. I have always turned to your website for advice and tips, guidance and support in this PA process and I’m proud to say that I was recently accepted into a great program! Your stories have influenced me to take this journey and to retain confidence that I am exactly where I’m meant to be! Going into the process I thought that I would have no chance and would have to reapply at least another 2-3 times before making it, but your own experiences helped me avoid mistakes and learn from my own. I worked throughout college so I never had much time for extracurricular pre-PA clubs, your website was probably the best substitute. You made a huge impact in my life, and I’d like to let you know that your website is amazing and well worth the time and effort that you put into it. Thank you again and God bless. – Tonya
Just want to say- Thank you for your website. I just passed the recert and it was thank to your recommendations of review material.
The service provided was excellent. I really appreciate Duke taking the time and reviewing my essay multiple times and at that same time, making sure I am comfortable with the wording. Thank you for all your help!
It was an absolute pleasure working with Sarah. She was prompt to respond, professional, and kind. Sarah is an excellent writer. I was consistently impressed with her edits and suggestions for my personal statement. After working with Sarah I feel confident that my final essay will be well-received schools and help me stand out as a candidate.
During our first one-on-one session, my editor Sarah had the chance to understand who I am as a person before even editing. This was remarkably helpful in terms of making my voice stand out in my personal statement. I especially appreciated how thorough her comments were regarding the aspects of my essay that needed fine-tuning.
I’m a PA student graduating in December and taking my PANCE about 4 weeks from now. Your website has become one of my favorite study tools, so thanks for all your work in putting that together!
I am so impressed by Carly’s editing, advice, and insight. It was incredibly thorough and helpful. I wish I would have done this sooner. I had three interviews this cycle and three waitlists. I believe I would have gotten more interviews this past cycle if I would have done the essay edit last year. As a waitlisted applicant preparing for another application cycle, I submitted my essay to two other services at the same time and The PA Life gave the most helpful, detailed, and professional edit.
I hope you’ve been doing well! I wanted to follow up and let you know that I received an acceptance to the Stanford MSPA program! Thank you infinitely for your help on such an integral part of the application process; I couldn’t have done it without you.
I love this site! It is a huge help to many of us future PA’s. Thank you so much!
I wanted to take a moment to thank you for helping me with my personal statement. I have been accepted at Cornell, and will most likely be entering their program in March 2017. I have also received interview offers from Wake Forest, Duke, Pitt, Quinnipiac, Oregon Health Sciences, and Chatham so far. I am happy to share my success up to this point, because I would not be in this position without your guidance, wisdom, and talent.
I thoroughly enjoyed working with you, and I am profoundly grateful for your help. I wish you all the best in the future.
I came into this with a half-written personal statement and not a lot of time left. I am beyond pleased with the work of Sarah and what we were able to accomplish together, and I’m so grateful to have gotten the chance to work with her. She has helped me so much with getting my writing to where I wanted it to be and has instilled in me a great sense of confidence in myself and my abilities. I highly recommend this service to anyone going through the stress of applying! Keeping my fingers crossed as I submit my applications!
Thank you for taking the time to edit my paper! The feedback was constructive and very helpful. I liked how you highlighted all the strong points in my essay. It made me feel reassured that my essay was heading in the right direction. I also liked how you told me exactly what I needed to add to make it stronger.
Sarah was absolutely incredible to work with! My initial draft conveyed all the ideas that I wanted it to, but I wasn’t sure that it flowed well or was memorable. Sarah did a great job with helping me make my introduction stand out and also helped me immensely with the overall structure of my essay. My personal statement had initially been a source of stress but I am so happy with my final draft and extremely grateful to Sarah for her thoughtful insights!
I wanted to update you on my interviews and admission decisions. I did the University of Pittsburgh interview immediately after the second mock interview we did and, wouldn’t you know it, the MMI I did with two other applicants was VERBATIM what we went over the day before. I offered to keep track of time on my computer, and I used all the inviting language you taught me. The two scenarios they presented were even almost EXACTLY the same as the ones you gave me. It went very smoothly, although I was nervous to be interviewing over Zoom with 60 other applicants. I got accepted! So, I will be moving back to my home city of Pittsburgh in December and starting school at the beginning of January. Thank you so much for all of your help and advice with this process. You made me feel so much more confident and prepared through the entire thing. I will be recommending your services to anyone I meet who is thinking about applying to a PA school!
I want to let you know that I got accepted into Misericordia University PA program starting the Summer of 2021. So far, I have had two interviews, one rejection and one acceptance. I have two more interviews coming up, and other schools are still reviewing applications. You have been a huge part of my application process, and I just want to appreciate your time and efforts you put in during my application. Thank you, and God bless
Really great service, definitely worth the money! I am very pleased with the amount of work that went into editing my paper and giving reasons as to why sentences or paragraphs were changed around. Carly did an amazing job!
Even at the busiest time of the year for applications, they got me my edit in a matter of days. They did a great job with grammar, punctuation and suggestions. I am very satisfied with the draft I got back from Sue.
I scheduled a mock interview before my third PA School interview because I felt I needed confidence and comfort going into this interview. After using The PA Life mock interview service, I regretted not utilizing this resource sooner. Now, I am feeling very confident about my upcoming interview. My interviewer provided amazing feedback and pointers on how to enhance my answers from great to AMAZING!
Hi Stephen, I would like to first say thank-you for being so open and transparent with what you write on this website. Reading your post, “Why my Wife is Happy I am a Physician Assistant and not an MD”, was like looking directly into a mirror of my life.
So far, I’ve received 3 interview invites from Chapman, Drexel, and Tufts!!! I just wanted to say a big THANK YOU to Sarah for polishing my PS, supplemental essays and giving me lots of awesome tips for my upcoming interviews!!!
I hope this email finds you well. I would like to thank you for your help with my PA school personal statement. I’m glad to share that I did get into my top choice – Drexel!
Working with The PA Life one-on-one before my interview helped ease my nerves and made me feel more prepared to answer any of the questions the committee would have for me. My interviewer provided great feedback and amazing help on how to answer some of the more difficult questions you might encounter during an interview. I would recommend that any pre-PA preparing for an interview set up a mock interview with The PA Life video interview service. I had a wonderful experience with my interviewer and have received two interview offers.
I just want to let you know I received multiple interview invitations and got my first acceptance a few weeks ago! I am still preparing for more interviews, but at this point, I am pretty certain I will be going to Midwestern University, and I think so much of my success with applications is because of your help with my personal statement. Because of this, I wanted to reach out and say THANK YOU! I really appreciate your support and I would definitely recommend this service to anyone applying to PA school 🙂
Sarah was the best thing to happen to my personal statement. I write pretty well but after her polishing method, all my ideas flowed a lot smoother. She was very accommodating to all my suggestions and was prompt in her responses. I will most definitely recommend my friends to take advantage of this service as well as request Sarah for their needs.
Excellent service, fast turn around. Highly recommend for anyone needing professional-level editing of resume, which should be everyone.
My experience with The PA Life Mock Interview Service was exceptional. They gave me excellent feedback and provided significant constructive criticism of my responses. I sometimes have trouble being vulnerable and suffer at times from nervousness. My interviewer reacted very kindly and allowed me to gather myself. They provided invaluable feedback on some of my responses that could use improvement, and I look forward to my in-person interview, where I can use their shared wisdom to my advantage. Their advice was incredible, and I recommend this service to all other PA applicants out there!
I did a mock interview before getting my first interview invite, and I received seven interviews. Out of those seven interviews, I was accepted to five PA schools and waitlisted at 2. I start PA school next year! Thank you, guys, for your help throughout this process!
I am pleased to report that I was offered admission to several PA schools and accepted a seat at Yale University. I really appreciate what you do! The MMI prep sessions and the wealth of information available on your website were tremendously helpful during the application process. I suspect that I will be revisiting your website in the future as I prepare for and begin my PA education.
My interviewer from The PA Life did an amazing job. She was very thorough and helpful. I received so much feedback and appreciated her time to help me with my answers. I will definitely recommend The PA Life and this service to my fellow colleagues.
This was even more helpful than I anticipated! I am someone who finds it very hard to let others read my writing because it feels too personal. This made it much easier to let someone edit for me and all the suggestions provided really helped me pull together the parts I was struggling with. I would highly recommend this editing service to anybody who is having trouble strengthening their essay!
Sue was amazing! She was very quick at replying to my emails and looking over my paper and application. She was so helpful and has a way with words. I know I will continue to use her services throughout my application process!
I want to thank you for everything! I purchased the 3 month membership prior to my PANCE. I just found out I passed! The setup and links to Brian Wallace’s podcasts were perfect!
Thank you for all of your help with my essay. You used my content, but refined it and made it more relatable. I believe due to your help I gained three interviews this cycle! I was accepted to two of the three schools and I will be going to the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston this May. Again, thank you for all of your help, it has definitely changed my life.
Sarah was extremely helpful and helped me get more comfortable answering questions while face-to-face with a professional. I have two interviews coming up, and hopefully more later this year!
I wanted to check-in and pass on some great news – I GOT INTO PA SCHOOL! I am going to be a Trojan PA! Thank you so much for helping me make this possible! Thank you for giving me the confidence to take on the interview process.. as none other than myself. I am very excited and wanted to pass along the great news. I’ll always be sure to refer any prospective students your way.
Add me to the list of successful users. I have already recommended the site to several of my friends who sit for the exam next year. Hopefully, this will be my last time taking the PANRE before retirement now that we are on a 10 year cycle. Thank you for a great product!
Sarah is amaaaaaaaaaaazing!! She is super kind and helpful. My original essay was very long at about 9,000 characters and I had no idea how to trim it down. Sarah helped me decide what to include and eliminate from my personal statement while correcting many of my grammatical errors. She was a complete professional and very easy to work with. I would recommend Sarah and The PA Life personal statement revision service to everyone, they are absolutely wonderful!
I have an interview coming up beginning of December. Will definitely be checking out your website for tips and inspiration! Thanks again!
Maci was very helpful and went through each part of my application with me. She gave me valuable advice on what I could add, what is most important to spend my time on, and on details that make an application stand out.
I can not speak highly enough of Sarah. She was extremely helpful and easy to work with. I think she did an especially admirable job packaging the message I was trying to get across in my essay in a concise format that flows smoothly. Thank you again!
I have been struggling for a long time deciding if I want to go to medical school or PA school. I have wanted to be a doctor my entire life and I was so hesitant to give that up to be a PA but then I read your article “Why My Wife is Happy I’m a PA and not an MD“. I wanted to sincerely thank you for this because this was what I was searching for. Something that told me I wasn’t lazy or not smart enough to become an MD. I had been searching for this for so long. After I read this article, I called my mom to tell her I decided on PA school instead of med school and I felt so relieved. I myself have the same love for medicine as you do and I also have a love for helping people and the social aspect of medicine. Thank you for helping me realize this is what I want to do. I cannot wait to see where this profession takes me!
Sarah did a fantastic job bringing my personal statement to life. She took her time listening to my concerns and was extremely patient with me whenever new ideas came to my mind. When we began the process, I did not feel confident about what I had written – now, it is one of the most vital parts of my application. Additionally, she responds quickly to any email/correspondence, which makes her a pleasure to work with. She also made time to speak with me over the phone on a day she had fully booked to ensure I could meet a deadline. Details like this prove how much Sarah cares. I am so grateful to have worked with Sarah and The PA Life!
I’ve had several people look at my essay in an effort to gauge whether the content was strong and to help clean it up and cut characters – none were as helpful as Carly. Carly’s editing truly helped make a difference in the quality of the essay, and while there’s still quite a bit of character cutting I have to do, I am more prepared now than I was before. I am so happy I chose to work with The PA Life.
I have never used a service like this before. All I can say is that I wish I had discovered it sooner 😀
Thank you so much for helping me with my physician assistant program application essays and interview! I am so excited to let you know that I received multiple PA school acceptances and have decided that I will be attending Cornell University’s PA Program in New York City. The program begins in February 2019 and I cannot wait to begin! I truly appreciate all your help and encouragement throughout my PA application process.
Your review was excellent and helped me pass my PANRE Last month. Thank you
Thank you Stephen for your website. I passed the panre! Praise god!
Sarah was fantastic to work with. She is excellent at her crafted skill and can help any thought or sentence come to life, fast!
This was the most amazing experience! I felt so confident about my topic and essay after our meeting. Duke got back to me quickly and worked around my crazy schedule. The editing of the essay was professional and gave me insight I could not have received any other way. I only applied to one school because it is really the one I would like to go to the most and I got an interview!!! Thank you so much for all of your help!
I just wanted to let you know that I was accepted in the UW MEDEX program at my home campus in Anchorage, AK. After the long journey I’ve had, I finally was accepted to my top choice! It still seems surreal and I couldn’t be more excited! Thank you so much for the help and insight you gave me. I truly believe it helped prepare me and not be as nervous. I will definitely recommend you to anyone I know who is applying in the future.
This is Tyler. I hope you remember helping me with my essay back in May. As promised, I wanted to update you with news of my PA school journey and I am excited to tell you that I was accepted to Stony Brook’s PA program!! THANK YOU VERY MUCH for helping me write an essay that was truly reflective of who I am as a candidate and as a person! It played a pivotal role in this whole nerve-racking process and has helped me achieve a major life goal. You are a godsend to Pre-PA students.
This was a very helpful meeting where I learned more about the application process as well as some of the resources that I can use as a guide before I apply!
I wanted to reach out and thank you for all of your help throughout my entire application process — your words, advice, and support made a world of a difference to me, and I’m sure everyone who has had the pleasure of working with you feels the exact same way. I thought I’d let you know that after my Stanford and Duke interviews over the past couple of weeks, I received acceptance to both programs! I’m still on cloud 9 and I don’t believe I’ll be coming down anytime soon. And as of early this week, I officially committed to Stanford University’s PA program and I begin in August!!! Thank you again for everything you’ve done to help!
I’m not sure if you remember me but I did a couple of mock interviews with you back in September/October. Recall I was extremely nervous in my first interview and ended up scheduling another mock interview with you again. I just wanted to let you know that I was accepted to 2 out of 3 schools and waitlisted at the other. I even had an interviewer at one of my MMI stations tell me that I answered the question/scenario perfectly! I really believe I would not have had these results had I not done the mock interviews with you. I will be attending my top-choice school this summer and am extremely excited. Thank you for all your help and for being so encouraging during the mock interviews. I hope you are doing well.
My editor knew exactly what kind of edits I was looking for and addressed all of my questions/concerns I had about my essay. I will definitely be recommending this service to my club members and friends.
I really felt the person who edited my essay, Sue Edmondson, took the time to get to know me as a person because she wanted my essay to reflect exactly who I am. I couldn’t have been more impressed with the edits and revisions she has given me along with the reasoning behind each revision.
My interviewer from The PA Life was awesome! She gave me great feedback and went the extra mile to find out some information for me even after the interview. I think this practice is so helpful!
This interview was very beneficial and helped me identify points in my responses that were either lacking or strong. Sarah gave very good constructive criticism and I am happy with the advice she gave. Definitely will recommend this service to other pre-pas I know!
I just wanted to update you on my PA school interview! The interview went pretty well overall. I thought I answered two of the questions well and connected well with the faculty. I struggled some with two of the questions. But as we practiced, I took a breathe and spent time thinking about the questions and answering them logically. Time wasn’t an issue at all. I thought we were given just enough time to respond to the questions thoroughly without rambling. A few days after my interview, I heard back from Western University and I was accepted into the class of 2020! I believe the mock interview helped me tremendously. I didn’t really have the chance to go over the questions you sent me after the interview because I wanted to get enough sleep but I feel that it would have helped more if I practiced with your earlier. Anyhow, I just wanted to update you with good news! Thank you!
I must say, I originally thought I had a fairly strong statement. But after reading Sue’s comments/revision. The quality, structure, and overall flow of my statement was in fact leaps and bounds better than my original.
I have received three interview offers and was nervous about being prepared for them. Talking through questions with my interviewer from The PA Life and practicing my answers was so beneficial! It will help me relax on my interview days and know I am prepared. I really was happy with The PA Life Mock Interview Service and would recommend it to anyone.
Thank you so much! It was a really awesome experience and opportunity. You gave me so many great points to add to my answers. I really value your perspective & thoughts. You also provided a lot of great constructive feedback & kept everything so positive. It helped a lot in boosting my confidence moving forward. I’ll definitely be reviewing the interview to take notes on all your great pointers.
I am so excited that I must share the amazing news I’ve got- I got accepted to physician assistant program at USC! I couldn’t be happier after this long journey of 6 years of hard work until this moment. I wanted to thank you so much for your help and advice. I appreciate your help so much.
Lisa Tepper reviewed my personal statement and her edits were incredibly helpful. By asking me many specific questions and responding to my answers, she helped me add much-needed context to my personal stories that I didn’t even realize was missing. And she made a few subtle suggestions in my conclusion that really tied the essay altogether. I am very pleased with how my essay turned out and it is such a relief to turn in a statement that I am proud of.Thank you so much.
Beth did great at editing my personal statement. I feel that she corrected a lot of my grammar and made my personal statement very well-spoken while not changing what I wanted to convey. She gave me additional thoughts to consider if I wanted to edit the essay again afterward, but I feel quite content! Thank you, PA Life!
After receiving two edits from Carly I feel extremely confident in my personal statement. She not only fixed grammatical error and syntax, but helped me better organize my thoughts into a competitive essay. To other Pre-PAs looking to submit their essays: I know it’s a bit of an investment but the peace of mind, comfortability, and confidentiality is so worth it! Thank you The PA Life!
I used the personal statement editing service through The PA Life, and I worked with Sarah. She was AMAZING and made such a difference in both the quality of my personal statement and in my confidence as an applicant. That said, I’m so grateful to say I’ve been accepted into two out of the three programs I applied to and have an interview with the third on Friday of this week. I couldn’t be more excited!
I was interviewed and accepted into 4 of the programs I applied to (including my #1)! I am sharing because I want to say thank you so much for these questions! I went over them and they helped me feel extremely prepared, and that confidence definitely translated well during my interviews! I finally feel ecstatic when I think about my career path, and having the ability to finally work with patients, hopefully in a clinical trail setting where I can really be an asset, is more than I ever hoped for up until now. So thank you thank you thank you!
This was an extremely helpful process! I still have work to do on my essay but Sue was very helpful by giving me criticism I needed to hear from an unbiased source as well as being very fast responding! I think this will help me moving forward and having a strong application!
My interviewer was terrific! She provided precious insights and tangible strategies I could start using immediately in my interview with her. I’m feeling more confident about my upcoming interview, and I definitely recommend this service.
My consultation with Kelley was incredibly helpful. Kelley thoroughly addressed all of my questions surrounding the application processes and provided useful strategies and resources that I will utilize as I work through CASPA.
Thank you so much for all your time and help, not to mention your insightful tidbits on everything, ranging from how experience translates into applicability in the program and how it sets my application apart to set the stage for how weakness affects patient experience. It truly means a great deal–your constructive criticism and positive feedback are very much appreciated. Please let me know to whom I can forward your service and recommend it (aside from the feedback link). You are professional, an asset to the PA community, and an expert, as evidenced by your questions, feedback, and tips developed through years of well-honed experience.
I just wanted to update you that I got waitlisted for Drexel but accept to Dominican University of California. I still have other interviews coming up. Thank you for your help!
I just wanted to reach out to let you know that I was accepted to Emory’s PA program last Friday! I also interviewed with Northwestern yesterday. I can’t express enough how valuable my mock interview experience was. For me, I think it helped me to understand the importance of carrying my answers forward to how my values/skills/experiences will help me as a PA, which is something that I was struggling to incorporate prior to my mock interview. Thank you very much for your support!
This is my 4th PANRE, I graduated 25 yrs. ago as a surgeon assistant and physician assistant. I have spent the last 20 years on a H+P service and I started my medical career as a USMC corpsman. The USMC uses the accolade OUTSTANDING, your entire program is such , the attention to details to the answers, the 230 plus pages on PDF, the flash cards, your program built my confidence BIG TIME, Jesus has richly blessed my life BECAUSE of you , I never have to take this brutal exam again and can retire at 66 yrs old you played a prodigious part in me passing amen!!!
This past June, you helped me formulate my personal statement for my PA school applications. After our video chat and countless hours editing my CASPA information, I submitted my application and was then given the opportunity to interview at five PA programs. To prepare for my interviews, I would read my personal statement over and over again to remind myself of why I wanted to be a PA. This helped me succeed in my interviews. I was accepted to a few schools, but have I have made my final decision to matriculate into the University of Texas Medical Branch PA program in July! I wanted to follow up after I made my final decision to thank you for helping me with an important step to achieve this amazing life goal. Several of my friends are applying this upcoming cycle, and I will definitely be passing along your information. Again, thank you so much!
I know it has been a few months since my mock interview, but I wanted to give you an update. I’ve received seven interview invites and have been accepted to one so far! I’m super glad I ended up doing the mock interview because, with all my zoom interviews, it really did help me know what to expect. Thank you for your help!! I still have five interviews to attend in the next few weeks, but I thought I would let you know!
I just got the call that I had been waiting for years. I got accepted to Bay Path PA Program!!!!!!!! Omg, I am so excited. Thank you so much for your big help and support!
Tolu was so constructive and helpful during my mock interview. She made me feel confident and proud of myself while also providing useful feedback to allow me to put my best foot forward. She was so kind and engaging. I highly recommend her and the PA Life interview service!
I finally have amazing news. So first of all, in total, I was offered 13 interviews. I was just offered a seat at Nova Orlando! I am finally going to be a PA and a big part of that was from all of your help with my personal statement. So thank you very much for helping me succeed during this round.
I wanted to shoot you a quick email to let you know that after what seemed like an eternal wait, I’ve been accepted to my top choice – MBKU. Thank you for your help and input while I was prepping for the interview. I’m elated and still shocked that my dreams are coming true and I’m so much closer to becoming a PA. Thank you again! I hope you had a wonderful new year celebration and are doing well.
Thank you so very much for your reaching out to me. I will take your advise to heart. Your words of encouragement mean so much to me! Many thanks again for taking the time!
Awesome editing service! Everything was detailed, and I could tell that my editor really cared about helping me produce a great personal statement.
Firstly, thank you. I take my boards tomorrow and was a mess until I reviewed your exams. The humor was great and really helped to ease my tension. Keep up the great work!
Hi, I am beyond words to express how I feel, I got accepted, contingent on background check which I think is a formality. I want to say boldly that I am going to be a PA, thanks to you. You will be always blessed for the wonderful service you provide. You were very kind and worked beyond what I thought could be offered. Thanks again!
Your service was able to help me figure out exactly what I needed to include, what did not belong and helped me display my experiences the best way possible to form a great essay. Carly was able to help me create my best essay by just editing the order and grammar without changing much of any of my written work. I am very happy with how my essay turned out. Definitely worth the money, thank you for all your help!
My consultant (Maci) through The PA Life has been extraordinarily friendly and wonderful throughout my pre-PA consultation. She took the time to review portions of my application and gave me critical and very valuable feedback with my clarity, usage, and grammar. We were able to problem-solve some of the issues I had been facing, and she was able to guide me in the right direction. I felt more confident in my application process after our consultation and was even happier when she requested to stay in touch even after our meeting. Maci is the best!!
An amazing experience. Glad to have worked with Duke. He did his best, and it was very enjoyable.
We did a mock interview about three weeks ago in preparation for my interview with Drexel University. I wanted to let you know that I was accepted to the program earlier this week. I am thrilled. Thank you so much again!
I just wanted to take a moment and say thank you. I can’t express how grateful I am to have found PA Life and to have had the chance to work with you. My personal statement was something I had been dreading because, as I mentioned, I know my writing can be dry, but you helped me make my personal statement into something I believe is memorable and realistic. Hopefully, I can send you the news when I get an interview and, eventually, an acceptance letter. I will definitely recommend PA Life to any PA student “hopefuls” in the future. Thank you again for your time. Take care, and I hope to write to you again with good news.
Hello! My experience with your service was so incredibly helpful! I was given such great advice for which I am so grateful!! I have an interview coming up in a couple of weeks so I will be sure to let you know of the outcome, but either way, thank you for all your help!!
Thank you so much for your assistance with perfecting my personal statement. This service is truly helpful. They were able to easily edit and help to convey exactly what was in my heart onto paper. I was accepted to my first choice PA program this week!!
I really appreciated Duke and his way of cutting out the unnecessary fluff in my essay. He was extremely helpful and helped steer me in the right direction to better my writing and make me a more competitive applicant. I am currently still applying to programs and will notify you guys once I get an invitation!
I just wanted you to know that I got accepted into Mercer!! Thanks for all your help and your incredible service. I’m still considering applying to Emory in May. If I get an interview, I’ll definitely book another session with you for MMI prep.
Well worth the money. I consider myself a decent writer but found I was stuck on a few key points of my personal statement. After a few edits on my own and with a few people I trust, I decided to submit my essay for editing through ThePALife to make sure I was really on the right track. I am supremely satisfied. The essay I wrote turned out to be a solid base, but Sarah went to work, and every change and suggestion had a logical place. She polished it up and made it shine. Thank you so much!
I was accepted into PA school last cycle and am currently in my second semester! I am a part of the inaugural class at Keck Graduate Institute. Your services really helped me during the application process. I enjoyed working with my interviewer on my personal statement. She helped me view my experiences from a different perspective, making my personal statement more unique and stand out amongst other applicants. The mock interview was also very helpful and prepared me for my one and only interview. I was given great pointers and feedback on how to refine my answers. Thank you again for your services!
Excellent service! The editor did a great job of working with me to write my personal statement as I wanted. They also provide some pointers and tips on how to write which is good for supplemental essays and writing prompts.
I got accepted to UW. I wanted to thank you for giving me amazing tips for the interview. I did get nervous the day before the interview; however, I remembered your tips for staying positive and wrapping up the scenario, and I did just that. Thank you for being part of my journey. I really appreciate it.
I wanted to reach out and thank you for your help in editing my personal statement this application cycle. I have been accepted to the University of Utah and I was lucky enough to get a number of interviews! I know that your help with my statement definitely made a difference and I am so thankful! Thank you so much!
I can’t begin to explain how thrilled I am to have stumbled on this service. Like many other PA applicants, I was unsure of whether I was on the right track with my personal narrative. Reading Stephen’s two different PA school application essays showed me how to come up with something unique and creative, but the private personal statement review really made my essay shine.
Duke was so kind and helpful in helping me understand what admissions committees look for in a strong essay. Our phone conversations were so thorough, as we read through and discussed every word in my essay. Sue’s guidance helped me cut out the fluff to reach the character limit.
I was accepted. Thanks for the info and the good vibes Stephen!
My interaction with Kelley was extremely helpful and informative. She has continued to help me since our discussion via email. I highly recommend this to anyone who is questioning what things they need to know while applying and how to enhance the application itself.
Thank you for that awesome and impassioned testimonial for PA school, you have definitely tipped the balance for me and confirmed much of what I was already pondering.
Sarah was amazing! She was able to help me organize my thoughts and put my thoughts in words better than I ever could! She was prompt with her editing and helped stretch my comfort zone in writing. I really appreciate her creativity! I’d highly recommend Sarah and The PA Life editing service, as thier feedback was very helpful and encouraging at the same time. Thank you so much!
Very detail-oriented and took the time to explain the process, so our expectations were on the same page. Excellent editing and feedback on the content. Helpful comments on how I could maximize limited character count to make the most impact on the reader. I very much would recommend this service!
Sarah Morris Schultz was my PA statement editor and she was absolutely fabulous! She helped to shave my original 4-page long, winding PA statement down to a 2 page impactful, poignant, moving statement that lead me to get accepted to a Doctor of Medical Science program in Physician Assistant Studies. She has such a gift for writing and knowing how to say things in just the right way and use the right words! One of the DMS PA program committee members started off my video conference online interview by stating that my PA statement was the best he ever read, not “one of the best” but THE BEST statement. My heart leapt. My PA statement years ago had caused me NOT to get accepted to the school that I had hoped. I did get accepted to a good PA school, got my degree, and started practicing in this field that I love. However, this time I decided to humble myself and get help writing a good statement. Praise God, it paid off. I am so grateful for the PA Life service and fee for the one-on-one service is worth every penny! I recommend everyone get Sarah Morris Schultz. She’s the bomb.com! I love you, Sarah 🙂
My editor was Beth, and she blew my expectations out of the water. She got back to me within 24 hours of submitting my request for edits and helped me so much with the edits she made. If I receive an interview, I am excited to use PA Life to help me with mock interviews.
This experience was great. They took my essay and gave great constructive comments that made it an even better essay. Very fast and efficient process.
Sarah was amazing and so helpful with thoroughly explaining her edits! I was so impressed with the first edit. She really took my theme to the next level and really helped tighten the flow of my essay. During our first phone call, I was amazed by how quickly she incorporated my new ideas/suggestions. Sarah is extremely clever with re-wording and cutting down unnecessary words, allowing you to elaborate more on important things. I can’t say enough good things about Sarah! I am so thrilled with my result!
Just passed my PANRE. I wanted to say that it was entirely due to your review material and podcasts. Thanks!
Tolu was so personable and communicative with her feedback that she gave me. She was constructive and specific to help me find the best way to tackle big interview questions. She also was encouraging and made me feel prepared and confident going into my interview this week!
I wanted you to know about my acceptance into Elizabethtown College’s PA program. I am incredibly excited – I loved the school, the program and thought the staff was incredible, especially the director. I know my personal statement was a key component of getting an interview with them, and I am so thankful for your help in getting my statement polished!
Just stumbled upon your website and am so relieved!! I have an hour’s drive each way to work daily and visit several facilities in the course of a day. I am so happy I can utilize audio as well as all of the other references you provide! Thank you for your effort in pulling this all together. Can’t wait to get started! Taking your advice and picking a date now!
My interviewer from The PA Life was wonderful, the mock interview was immensely helpful in giving me great practice and finding points of improvement, and overall making me feel confident and ready going into my interviews. They gave me great feedback and I learned so much.
I had an overall great experience working with Duke. He was open to my suggestions and provided great feedback on my essay. So far I haven’t gotten any interviews yet, but it is still early in the process. I will keep you updated when I get interviews. Steve
Good morning. I purchased a three-month trial of SMARTYPANCE with the hopes of using it as an adjunct to other study materials that I had purchased. Almost immediately, I ditched everything else and used your website exclusively. I work full time and I have two little ones at home, so just like everyone else, it was hard for me to manage my time. My certification is ending this year and I timed it so that if I didn’t pass, I’d have another opportunity to re-take it in December if I failed. I just found out this morning that I passed my PANRE! I studied for one {stressful} month, and though I wouldn’t advise cramming everything in such a short period of time, your website really helped me so much. Thank you for putting all of this content out there for us. You are amazing!
My interviewer from The PA Life was super welcoming, understanding, and encouraging. Everyone is starting at different stages and has varying strengths, and they’re great at bringing out the best in people. I had my interview for Pace University several weeks after my mock interview and got an acceptance several hours later! Thank you so much for your help!
I had a mock interview with you a few days ago for Canisius college. I wanted to let you know that I have been notified that I have been accepted into their PA program. Thank you for being so kind and making me feel relaxed and prepared for my big day.
Sarah is the best! She gets me and puts all her efforts for my message to come across in a clear and concise way. Obviously, her editing skills are superb! But she also has a very sweet and pleasant way of being. I highly recommend Sarah and the PA Life Personal Statement Collaborative. I have not yet received an interview, but keeping my fingers crossed!
Carly took the time to listen to my concerns about my personal statement and apply them to what I had already written. I was so appreciative as I wasn’t sure where my personal statement stood before submitting it. I now feel more confident in my statement!
I wanted to let you know that I was accepted into MCPHS University’s Master of Physician Assistant Studies program for the Fall of 2019!! I wanted to thank you for all the help you provided in helping me prepare for my interview. Your guidance really helped me stand out as an applicant, and I felt that I was more than adequately prepared for the interview. All of the questions that I was asked in the interview were very similar to the questions that you asked me when we practiced, so my responses were much better because of your guidance. Thank you for the time that you spent helping me, and I wish you and your family all the best!
Sarah did a fantastic job bringing my personal statement to life. She took her time listening to my concerns and was extremely patient with me whenever new ideas came to my mind. When we began the process, I did not feel confident about what I had written – now, it is one of the most vital parts of my application.
Additionally, she responds quickly to any email/correspondence, which makes her a pleasure to work with. She also made time to speak with me over the phone on a day she had fully booked to ensure I could meet a deadline. Details like this prove how much Sarah cares. I am so grateful to have worked with her!
I would highly recommend The PA Life mock interview service to all my fellow applicants. The feedback was constructive and useful. The whole experience made me feel so much better about my upcoming interviews. There was a variety of questions, so I felt well-prepared to answer anything that comes my way!
I just wanted to let you know I accepted a spot at the University of Dubuque’s PA program! I want to thank you for all your help and support in this process and for all the positivity you brought my way. Thanks for all you do and I’m so grateful to have had the opportunity to work with you! I would recommend you highly to anyone.
I wanted to share exciting news with you – I got accepted to UT Health San Antonio’s Physician Assistant program!!! I am so thankful for ALL of your work and talent that was put into my personal statement and supplemental essays. I could not have gotten through this process without you. I extend a thank you from my mother, Tammy, as well. We were so blessed to be paired with you. Your hard work and dedication to helping me as a Pre-PA student-led to success during the application process. I hope 2021 is treating you well and you have a blessed year!
I wanted to let you know I got accepted into the PA program at Mercy College and have another interview at Pace University PA program next week. Thank you so much for guiding me through this process. I just want you to know I really appreciate the time you put into working with me.
I wanted to say thanks for your podcast! I am really enjoying the questions and subsequent explanations! Your podcasts give me some good quality time in the car, while I have downtime at work, and while I’m at home. I really appreciate the time you’ve put into the podcast.
I am writing this because I wanted to share with you that I have been accepted to the University of Iowa PA program. I would like to once again thank you for your insight and guidance while writing my personal statement, it came at just the right time.
My interview with The PA Life has increased my confidence for the real interview. They were very professional and honest with their feedback. I would highly recommend everyone utilize The PA Life mock interview services.
My consultation with Kelley was amazing and 100% worth the cost. She went through every step of the application process with me and explained everything in very understandable terms. The call gave me so much more confidence about the application process and becoming a PA in the future!
I received an early acceptance! I just wanted to thank you so much for all your help. You are a pro and I’m so thankful for you! You helped me more than you’ll ever know! I’m so excited! You saved me!!!!
“Thank you so much for your help with my CV and cover letter. You have been an incredible source of advice, and I truly believe you have made my application more polished. It has been great working with you!”
Sue is so incredibly kind! I needed so much help on cleaning up my personal statement and overall flow of the writing. She provided great insights and explanation.
Wow, I don’t know where to start. I got accepted to the program today. ????. It was nice. I thought I didn’t have a chance since, in the group interview, everyone was focusing heavily on the school’s religious affiliation. Thank you so much for everything. I couldn’t have done it without your help. I hope my experience inspires other students.
Duke is great! I had such a great time with him editing my personal statement. So glad I found this site!
I worked with Tolu twice and highly recommend others do the same. She has a way with words and instilling confidence. I had a boost of confidence after meeting with her and got into PA school!
Hi Stephen,
I want to thank you. You have been a great inspiration to my husband, Travis. Travis has mentioned numerous articles you have written, and I have been sent many links from your website.
I especially liked, “Why My Wife is Happy I am a Physician Assistant and not an MD.” Travis used this article as a reference during his interview process. Travis was questioned, “Why, with [his] excellent GPA and background, did [he] not pursue Medical School?”
Travis’ first interview was January 14th with Loma Linda University.
He received a call the next day for acceptance to their Physician Assistant program! Western University of Health Sciences, in Pomona, also granted him an interview for February 6th.
Having someone knowledgeable about the field and application process help me figure out a solid plan and offer reassurance was so helpful. It helped me figure out the exact steps I need to take to apply for PA school.
I got in! Thank you so much for your help. Even if I hadn’t gotten an acceptance, I felt confident and calm in the interviews and very at peace with myself, so thank you for that. Damn, girl, you are good. You have at least three accepted clients in this program!
Stephen,
Thank you for your help and the resources you linked me to, I will keep studying and keep you informed on my progress, I hope one day to help a student like myself pass and enter a great profession.
I thought that the service was very helpful in helping me with my personal statement. Duke was always prompt with responding to emails and made himself very available throughout the process. He was also good and helping, but also making sure that I was the one doing the writing. I think that the structure of the service helped me put in enough time to come out with a very good finished product.
Maci was great! We talked about the overview of being a PA as well as the application process, strengths and weaknesses, and general requirements. She sent me a follow-up email with a list of suggested items to start on. Maci was very friendly and made me feel confident about applying to PA school.
Thanks for your expertise and passion for developing this website. It was valuable to me for studying for the PANRE. Plus, love that it’s free, as opposed to the NCCPA who charges $35 per practice exam.
I received an acceptance call from the USC PA Program! I’m going to be a PA! I’m so overfilled with joy and gratitude!! All of my experiences led to this, and I can’t help but feel immense gratitude for every single person that was part of this journey. You were a huge component of this journey, and I appreciate all of your help. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!
Deanna was amazing! She was able to help me put into professional language my desire to help people. I deeply appreciate and value all of her feedback, edits to my essay, and guidance. She was very attentive, capable, and helpful. She explained things I didn’t understand in a way that allowed me to comprehend. She’s a wonderful writer! I am so grateful for her help! I was stressed out about my essay, and her guidance really helped me stay on track (and calm me down) and portray my interest in becoming a PA clearly and precisely in my essay.
I had a great experience with The PA Life essay revision service. They were very professional and made revisions in a timely manner. My editor was very understanding about my schedule and when it would take me longer to reply to emails. I would recommend this service to any new grad PAs!
My editor did an amazing job of quickly getting my rough draft back to me. I paid for your service very late in the game, yet The PA Life worked with my timeline and was very thorough in the editing process. I am very impressed with how eloquent I sound in the personal statement. I can not recommend your service enough!!
Sarah was beyond amazing, she was always on time with my essay edits, took the time needed to really listen to what I had to say. Sarah pretty much transformed my essay form caveman style to an easy, awesome flow good content easy and fun to read essay. I am very thankful for her collaboration, I could not have done anything that resembles her quality of work. Thanks a million!!!!
I just wanted to let you know that I was accepted into PA school. I start at Albany Medical College in January! Thank you again for doing such an amazing job helping me with my essay…I think in the end it really carried my application.
I am beyond happy that I used PA Life. I was struggling to piece my ideas together, and Sarah came quickly to provide me with great feedback and edits to create a beautiful personal statement. She offered a quick response and great quality. In addition, she worked with me as I was trying to submit as soon as possible. Her flexibility, patience, and skill are greatly appreciated. I would 100% recommend The PA Life editing services to any person applying!
I received an invitation for an interview on Friday, October 2nd, and received the interview date the following Monday, October 5th, stating my interview day will be Wednesday, October 7th! Words cannot express how thankful I am for my interviewer from The PA Life! They squeezed me into their schedule at the very last minute! My interview was super helpful!! They gave me incredible feedback during my mock interview and helped me formulate answers to certain questions that made me feel pretty confident on the interview day. I HIGHLY recommend this service from The PA Life to anyone!! It is soooo worth it!! THANK YOU PA LIFE!!
I wanted to let you know that after 4 interviews and 4 waitlists, I was informed a seat opened up at my number one school Drexel in Philadelphia!! So I have officially enrolled in a PA program. This feeling is the lightest I have ever felt and it is incredible. Aside from myself and my mom who has emotionally supported me through this all, you were a huge part of making this happen. I cannot thank you enough for helping tell my story. If you ever want a review to be written somewhere, I would be glad to write one. I have nothing but respect for your talent in listening and translating someone’s intention and experiences into a rounded and full story. Thank you again.
Duke helped me with my essay and he was great! He really helped me fine tune my essay so it’s ready for submission and answered all of the question I had about small details in my essay. He was also great about responding to emails in a timely manner. I definitely recommend this personal statement review service to anyone who’s applying to PA school…even if it’s just as a final read-through before submitting it on their application.
Loved this service and working with Sarah. She was super helpful and easy to talk with. Will definitely recommend this service to others.
Thank you, PA Life. I appreciate how you have given me the confidence to answer, “tell me about yourself.” I needed the reminder that I should be proud of my journey to where I am now and all the work I have put in to get to this point. My interview is coming up, and I am excited to say my nerves have been diminished.
Mr. Pasquini was very patient, accommodating and direct in his editing/advice. He was honest, in a way that I needed due to the importance of the letter. I even picked up a few tips to enhance my writing from our meetings. Great experience and will definitely recommend him to others!
Sarah was excellent! She was supportive, helpful and she gave me great tips! I feel more confident about my answers and I know what to work on. I’m happy I did this ???
I really enjoyed this consultation! Maci was extremely friendly and helpful. She did a great job giving me feedback on everything I had questions about. She also made herself freely available to questions after the consultation, which is not something that I expected. Outstanding!
I love your site and think that it is the most enjoyable studying resource that I have use so far.
The edit that I received from Sue was exactly what I was hoping for. She was able to tighten up my draft beyond my personal skill level and made edits that I was would have never thought to make. She has definitely made my personal statement stronger. Thank you, Sue!
Carly did a tremendous job of helping edit my personal statement. Her suggestions and hints have taken my personal statement to the next level!
I got accepted into the SUNY downstate PA program, it was because of your help I was very prepared for the interview. Thank you and have a great weekend.
First of all, I wanted to wish you a happy new year and spread some good news. As promised I needed to let you know – I got into my top choice for PA school! I am so thankful for your help and invaluable advice during the mock interviews! They were well worth it!
This is the absolute best way to prep for the PANRE. I have worked as PA-C since 1999. Family Practice is my area of expertise. My first time I decided not to study and take the test and see how I would do. I barely missed passing the test. A little frustrating but not a big deal. Now it is time to study. I looked at a number of systems and decided to use SmartyPANCE and the PA Life Academy. I did modify it by just taking test questions over a two month period and allowing the questions to teach me. I easily passed and improved my score by over 50 points. My take away is to continue the daily questions Stephen sends out and then taking tests and researching areas I need to shore up. Thanks Stephen for a practical approach to PANRE.
Sarah did such an excellent job editing my personal statement that I wanted her expertise for my supplemental essays. I’ve had multiple interview invites so far. I’m so glad I used this service, and I’m so glad I had Sarah’s help! She really took my essays to a whole new level and had good suggestions. I’m recommending her to my peers.
I hope you remember me lol. Your mock interview helped me a lot. I was accepted to two schools thus far and I am waiting to hear back from my first choice sometime next week. Thank you so much!!
Sarah was amazing to work with. I love that she is able to take what I am trying to say and form concise sentences that flow together so effortlessly. Every time I read a paragraph that she ‘cleans’ up for me, my immediate response is “WOAH!”. Simply put, she was a pleasure to work with and I would recommend The PA Life personal statement editing service with her to anyone!
I am writing this email to show my gratitude for your interview expertise. I am ecstatic to announce that I am officially accepted to Stony Brook University PA Program. Thank you so much for all that you do. The mock interview was certainly helpful. You were wonderful. Stay amazing!
Holy cow! I wanted to let you know I have been accepted to PA school. I will be attending the Franklin Pierce Physician Assistant Program, Class of 2019 in West Lebanon, NH. I cannot thank you enough for being part of my journey.
If you are reading this you might have been like me skeptical and trying to find a way to write a stellar essay for your PA application. I want to share with you my exceptional experience using this service. First, do yourself a favor and BUY the eBook, “How to Write Your Physician Assistant Personal Statement.” I read it twice. Once before I started my essay draft and then again during. I cannot stress how helpful the book was in clearly stating what the Admissions Directors are looking for in an application essay. Next, the book reviews how to formulate a proper essay with clear instructions, easy reminders of the writing process, and excellent examples of good and bad writing choices. After several drafts of my essay, I made an appointment to work with Duke Pasquini, one of the authors of the guide, through the internet and via phone to help with editing and my length issue. Duke’s professional experience and kind and straight forward demeanor allowed me to create a winning essay that was an authentic representation of me. Not only did I receive an interview from my top choice of PA school I was accepted a week later into their Physician Assistant Program, Class of 2019. Thank you, “PA Life” for being a part of my journey.
My interviewer from The PA Life was terrific. I have had one other mock interview in the past, so this is my second. Let me tell you, my interview with The PA Life was the best I have ever had. They had such helpful feedback, and it felt like they cared about my performance in my upcoming PA school interview. The questions were great, and some of them caught me off-guard, which is a good thing. Overall, I would rate my interview with The PA Life 5/5 stars!!
Duke helped me write a great personal statement. I won’t know if I’ve been accepted to the program until Christmas/New Year’s, but I feel that it was worth every penny!
My consultation was very helpful. I was looking to have a conversation with a PA and help me navigate my next steps. The process can be overwhelming, but Kelly did a great job of helping me organize my next steps and also discussed long-term goals. I highly recommend this Pre-PA consultation service to anyone who feels lost or overwhelmed. I know getting access to a physician or physician associate is difficult right now with everyone being so busy, but this service was extremely helpful.
This was a very quick service and the attention to detail and response time was amazing. I thank you for having a service like this and am so happy I decided to go with the PA Life!!
The mock interview was excellent! My interviewer was wonderful & extremely helpful. I received great tips and felt confident going into my actual interview. I highly recommend this amazing option from The PA Life to help ace your interview.
I’m glad to tell you that I have been offered admission into the Physician Assistant program at Texas Tech. Thank you for all your time and precious advice.
Wanted to let you know how this application season was going for me so far.
I’ve had two interviews, still have at least three more scheduled, and I received my first acceptance last week.
Thank you again for your help!
I am currently a student applying to Physician Assistant programs, and I just wanted to explain how much you have helped me in putting together my application. I luckily stumbled across your website and found myself reading the entire forum as well as the provided additional websites. In doing so, you have clarified many questions that I have remained unanswered on my journey through the application process. Words cannot express how grateful I am that you have made your experience available to myself and my peers. Thank you and I wish you much happiness and success in your endeavors
My mock interview experience last night was so more helpful than expected. I was able to use the Zoom software that I will be using for my interview as well, and Ms. Schultz provided me with very valuable feedback and suggestions. I feel much more confident and prepared for my upcoming interview.
I got accepted into PA school! Yes, I finally did it. I will be going to Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences University (MCPHS) – Worcester campus, about 40 minutes away from Boston, starting in January. Since receiving the news, I have been making arrangements to move, spending time with family and friends, and working as much as possible to save money. I wanted to share this news with you because I could not have reached my dream without your help! Your advice with my mock interview truly guided me to put the cherry on the cake, so to speak, on my application. I am so thankful and grateful for everything you helped me with, and I hope to be an example for future applicants. When you truly have a dream, hard work, perseverance, and steadfast dedication can make it happen. And, of course, being WELL prepared. Thank you again for everything!
Susan did a fantastic job editing my essay! She guided me and gave me suggestions for strengthening certain sections and equally took out weak parts. After I followed her recommendations, I really felt like I had an essay where every sentence mattered and reflected who I was. Thank you so much Susan for your help. I feel that I have a stronger essay because of your honest feedback and your help!
I could not be more pleased with my mock interview with The PA Life. My interviewer provided me with extremely valuable, personalized insight and helpful tips that bolstered my confidence and guided my preparation for my upcoming MMI interview. It was very evident from the start that my interviewer was well-versed and highly experienced in this field. She was able to answer all my (many) questions with ease, she consciously formulated her constructive criticism in a positive way, and her kind, compassionate, and thoughtful delivery was very much appreciated during this stressful time. This hands-down, will be the best investment that I have made in my interview preparations. I am extremely grateful for her time and services and will be recommending The PA Life to future applicants!
This service is the best thing that I have spent my money on. I wouldn’t be where I am today without The PA Life! The interview exposure was a valuable experience and highlighted the areas I need to improve. My interviewer gave honest feedback that was incredibly helpful. This interview allowed me to gauge how I appear on Zoom, the tech glitches that I may experience on interview day, how to deal with them professionally, and my interviewer even had specific feedback for me on how to appear better on camera (looking at the camera, etc). I can’t express how much this has helped me!
Ms. Edmondson was incredible! She provided great feedback and answered all of my follow up questions. I will keep in touch as to my interview offers.
Very down to earth and willing to answer any questions I had pertaining to the interview (even about my outfit). The feedback was constructive and productive. I ended up getting an offer after my interview.
Sue was a huge help with my essay. Her edits made my essay sound much better grammatically and she pointed out some content problems I completely missed. She prompted me to write a few more paragraphs before her edit and added the information into my essay. That made a big difference. She was very knowledgable about what PA programs were looking for. I am really happy with your service. Worth every penny, THANKS!
I met with The PA Life twice to prepare for my PA interviews, and they were extremely helpful. They provided practical tips that I used for both of my interviews. Following their advice and strategies, I felt at ease and confident during my interviews. My interviewer genuinely prepared me well, and I am so grateful I had the chance to prep with them. I wholeheartedly recommend The PA Life Mock Interview Service. In addition to the interview preparation, my interviewer was easily reached via email with any questions I had. They took the time to answer all my questions/concerns very thoroughly and at no additional charge! Thank you for helping me prepare and feel this confident!
The ease, frequency, and promptness of communication were some of the best aspects of this service. I found the review and revisions to be very thoughtful and explained in a way where I knew exactly how to apply them to my essay. I would 100% recommend the PA Life PS review to any applicant, and especially enjoyed working with Carly. I am hopeful my personal statement will gain the attention of PA programs I am applying to.
Thank you so much for editing my essay and for your kind words. Your edits have definitely made it a stronger PS and I am proud to have it as a part of my application. Thank you for alleviating my stress on arguably the most nerve-wracking part of the CASPA app. You are incredibly talented and well-spoken, and any person that has you edit their essays is incredibly lucky! I will let you know if I have any questions, but I think each one of your edits are meaningful and super clear. I appreciate you shortening it and making it flow better. Thank you again!!!
Deanna was professional, prompt, and easy to talk to. I truly enjoyed working with her one-on-one for my personal statement. Her suggestions elevated my writing, and I appreciate all the work she put in my essay.
I just wanted to let you know that I was totally accepted into my top choice program! I got one interview request and one acceptance! Thank you so very much for helping me prepare for my interview. It was way more challenging than the year before and I don’t think I would have been able to get in if you hadn’t helped me find the line between personable and professional. I value your feedback and am eternally grateful!
I got accepted to the PA program that I interviewed with after our mock interview and I could not be more excited about my future! Thank you again for your feedback and know that the service you provide is invaluable. I applied many of the strategies you suggested while I was prepping, then used them during the actual interview as well as the group activity, and they culminated in my interview performance being a hundred times better than it was last year.
Sarah was absolutely wonderful. She not only helped take my personal statement to the best level, but she also made it easy to understand why certain changes were better. In the end, she went through and used a highlighting method to show how we connected things to PA and skills that were good. This made it easier to visualize everything. I’d recommend Sarah to anyone applying to PA school that needs that extra push on their personal statements.
Sue was great! She edited my essay in a short time frame and the comments and feedback were very informative. She helped link all of my main ideas and gave great advice regarding appropriate information for the essay. I highly recommend this service.
This was an AMAZING edit and I am highly satisfied with the level of service. 100% made it a worthwhile investment. I also used myPAresource and, although they were helpful, I found the PA Life to be a much higher quality evaluation of my personal statement. I will highly recommend it to my peers!
I had a wonderful application cycle. The mock interview certainly helped because I was accepted into every school I interviewed at! My grades (cGPA 3.56 and sGPA 3.40) are not stellar, so I had to make every other part of my application strong- especially the interview. It was definitely worth it to purchase the mock interview service. I would watch the recording of my mock interview before every interview I had to prepare for. I am so thankful for the PA Life, and I am very excited to begin school!
It’s official! I got an acceptance call today from the program director, Theresa. I am so excited and thrilled about this next chapter of my life. My family, friends, and I were very emotional this morning Haha. I am truly super grateful for all your feedback and help this week, and throughout the entire process, it made a world of difference.
Deanna was very opening to helping me with my essay. Although I had the material, the way she edited gave it a very nice and easy flow for the reader. She gave me her critical suggestions and comments that I would have otherwise missed. I am so glad I chose The PA Life revision services for my personal statement for PA school.
This was just what my essay needed. I am confident that I have answered all the questions without sounding too “braggy”.
My interviewer from The PA Life was amazing. They were great at giving feedback and focusing on the little details that one may not pay attention to. My interviewer was also an immense help outside of the interview. They were always willing to help and always had a smile on their face. They are GREAT!
I booked this appointment because I received an interview invitation. My interviewer from The PA Life was wonderful! She was the perfect balance of sweet and supportive, but she was transparent with how to improve my responses and make sure they answer the question behind the question. She was wonderful, and if I wanted a follow-up, I would certainly book with The PA Life again!
I just wanted to let you know I heard back from UW yesterday and I got into Medex! Thank you so much for all your helpful feedback and words of encouragement. It was more helpful than you know!
Thank you so so so much! I interviewed 9/12 at Trine University, and I walked in with so much more confidence thanks to you. After my mock interview with you, I reevaluated my answers, and I improved/changed them as needed. I had better answers and confidence. Thanks to our thorough mock interview, I received my acceptance call today! My dad attended Trine University, and he graduated in ’89 with a BSME. Trine is located in Fort Wayne as well. My family loves the city and loves Trine. Thank you again so, so, so much. I have the ability to stay with my family, my boyfriend, and, most importantly, my cats.
Just letting you know I PASSED my boards. Thank you so so very much for the advise. May the Lord Almighty continue to bless you real good.
I have used The PA Life services throughout my application process this year and I am 100% satisfied! Sarah helped me with my personal statement and mock interviewing. As a second time applicant, she really helped me strengthen my statement to convey my story of why I wanted to be a PA. I felt very confident in submitting my statement thanks to her review and was later invited for my first interview! The mock interview service was EXTREMELY helpful. Sarah provided excellent feedback during our session on how I could better rephrase my responses to make them stronger, but still, sound natural and true to myself. The session eased a lot of the interview nerves I had that come interview day I felt pretty confident. I’m proud to say that after my first interview, I was accepted! Thank you, Sarah, for all of your help throughout my PA journey!
I loved this service! Not only did my editor transform my essay, she helped me feel more confident in my application moving forward. She was extremely personable and efficient. I love my essay and now I’m even more excited about applying for school because of the help I received from The PA Life! Highly recommend!!
Sarah was super helpful and flexible in my schedule. Her editing really turned my essay around, and made me a much more confident applicant! I am so glad I utilized this service. I will keep you updated on my results for this round 🙂
Having my essay edited proved extremely helpful. I was having trouble connecting my thoughts, and the edit helped so much. I haven’t found out about acceptance yet. I’m just now about to submit my application!
I’m incredibly grateful for The PA Life. I had my first mock interview with them in October when I had my first interview. Since then, I have been accepted to the University of La Verne. I appreciate their help so much because reviewing our recording helped me loosen up and figure out how to modify my answers so that they flowed. Having the opportunity to continue interviewing for four more schools, I came to my interviewer to bolster my skills and warm up. The affirmations helped me to acknowledge my strengths versus dwelling on my weaknesses, which can be easy since this is my third year applying. However, I am happy to say that though it is my third application cycle, it is MY LAST CYCLE! The PA Life was an integral part of this process.
I 10000% recommend The PA Life mock interview service! I did two mock interviews because it was that good and made me feel prepared. Before my mock interview, I was rejected from one school I interviewed with. However, after preparing with The PA Life, I was admitted after my second interview! I have a few more interviews lined up, and I know that I’ll be able to apply the skills and tips I learned from these mock interviews when the time comes. I felt incredibly supported throughout the entire process, and I could tell that the team at The PA Life genuinely wants your dreams to come true!
I cannot thank you enough for the service you provide Pre-PAs. I utilized your mock interview service, which was so helpful! Being familiar with the question types and format helped me prepare better, and I was not caught off guard during the interview. I landed five interviews and felt like all of them went smoothly! I was waitlisted for two of the programs and accepted to two as well! This is still very surreal to me, and I don’t believe it has hit me quite yet that I will be a PA! I will be attending UNT HSC this fall! Thank you for the support you provide all of us who have been dreaming of this opportunity.
Duke made some important modifications to my essay and offered several helpful suggestions. I appreciated his insight and a keen eye.
I had two programs interview invites and I received acceptances to both! For my second interview, it was with one of the top programs in the country, and I received early acceptance 5 days after my interview! Thank you for your mock interview service and for the assistance in helping me achieve this!!
Kelley really helped me make some final touches to my applications. I appreciated all her advice and think it will help me a ton in the applications.
I just wanted to let you know that thanks to your help on my personal statement, I got 4 interviews! So far, that has led to 1 waitlist, and I just got my first acceptance today. 🙂 I could not have done it without your help, and I wanted to express my gratitude for all your work helping me tell my story and share my unique qualities. Thank you so much!
Carly did a great job helping my personal statement flow from paragraph to paragraph. She truly helped me show throughout the essay why I wanted to become a PA. What I really appreciated was she explained why each change was made; comments and reasons which not only helped with this one time essay but for all my future essays as well. Definitely was worth it!
My interviewer from The PA Life was (and is) an amazing coach! She was patient with me from the beginning to the end of the session. She’s deeply knowledgeable and experienced and provides great feedback at the end of each question. She gives great pointers and various approaches to answering the questions. Importantly, she listens to everything I say!! Wowza!! Honestly, at the end of the session, I felt a lot more confident, and I had a better understanding of how to answer other questions. My interviewer did an amazing job, she provided me with a safe and comfortable space which was helpful because I felt less anxious! Overall, I’m very satisfied with the service and will definitely schedule another appointment(s) with The PA Life. I am also 100% recommending their services to anyone who is looking to improve their interviewing skills.
Deanna was so amazing! She was really thorough and strengthened my essay in one edit! I feel so confident submitting my essay and I have high hopes for interviews! Thank you for providing these services to those of us with stories that need help being told. I would definitely recommend this service to everyone who wants to apply to PA school!
The comments and edits made by Sue are exceptional! They’ve helped a lot in terms of helping me express my thoughts more clearly and effectively. It felt as if she was there with me, reading my thoughts and helping me with the entire process in person!
I truly appreciate the ideas and comments Deanna provided for my personal statement. Without her expertise in having an understanding of what PA programs are looking for in a personal statement, I would have gone in a completely different and possibly wrong direction. I highly recommend this service!
By completing the mock interview I was able to gain the confidence I needed to perform well on my interview date. Throughout my interviews, I was complimented on my strong interviewing skills and I attribute that to the mock interview I completed. I have now received an offer from my dream school and I can’t wait to start in August of next year!
My first-round interview went phenomenally, and I am beyond thankful that I scheduled this mock interview with The PA Life. They helped me feel less nervous and confident in my answers. Their advice was very helpful, and I will take the lessons I learned with me for future interviews. I would definitely recommend this service from The PA Life to anyone with even the slightest bit of nervousness and doubt. It is worth the time and money.
AMAZING EDITS. Really opened my eyes to a new perspective of what a personal statement should really be like!
I am so happy to tell you that I got into my choice of PA school here in MI! As a matter of fact, since our mock interview, I have gotten into 3 programs! I must say the prep I had with you adequately prepared me for these interviews. I want to say another BIG THANK YOU.
We did a mock interview nearly a year ago and you gave me valuable feedback and the recording made me see I had so much work left to do. The school I had an interview for last year ended up canceling since they didn’t open their program. I went back and practiced using your tips for an MMI last month I had and did ok! I got waitlisted for that school but got accepted into another and will be starting at Duke in August. Thank you so much for your help and support and pointers. They were beyond valuable. Wishing you a wonderful week!
I had such a great time working with Carly. She is very prompt, understanding, and reliable. She made my personal statement very easy to read and helped me convey my words the way I intended it. I’m couldn’t be happier with my final essay and I really appreciated Carly’s effort to edit and re-edit until we were pleased with the result. I’m so glad that I worked with Carly and I thank her for what she did with my PS!!!
I received a phone call last night from Yale School of Medicine PA Online and was offered a seat in their next cohort starting in January 2021!!! I’m beyond excited!!!! This has been a dream of mine for years and it’s here. I wanted to come back to you and sincerely thank you for helping me achieve my goal and get to where I am today. You were a meaningful part of my journey and I think you should know how much of an impact you had. Thank you for your guidance, insight, and expertise and for working with me to craft a new personal statement that truly reflected who I am.
Thank you for setting up this fabulous website; it is an incredible resources for those interested in learning about this medical profession!
I was so happy with the consultation and personal statement editing support I received from your team! I got into my first choice program at Duke, and I’m so excited to be starting in August.
This review is long overdue, but my gratitude for how much The PA Life has helped me will never fade. Ms. Schultz went above and beyond to help me tailor my personal statement to my unique stories and qualities. She was open to my suggestions and often thought from my perspective instead of imposing her thoughts on my essay. I appreciate the time she took to help me create a personal statement that expressed my thoughts clearly and concisely. I am happy to report that I have been invited to interviews, and I’m on the waitlist for one of my top schools. If I don’t get in this cycle, I will be using the editing services again. Big shout out to Ms. Schultz!! Thank you for all your encouragement, patience, and support! I am honored to have the chance to work with you. 🙂
This was the missing piece I needed going into my second year as an applicant and being interviewed at my dream school. Thank you so much!
Stephen, I want to thank you for creating the Podcast and of course the academy website.
I just took my Panre for the 2nd time and I passed. I can’t thank you enough for your creativity, humor, and innovation when creating such great tools for all of us.I have been a PA for 13 years and I was so worried about the PANRE given that now I have 2 small kids, have a coaching business, and work full time as a PA as well. I listened to your podcasts daily for 3 months. I did your tests on the academy and I am so grateful for how refreshing your programs are.
If you ever need a testimonial somewhere else please contact me. Of course I will recommend your program to everyone.
Big hug and big thanks from a happy fellow PA.
Sincerely,
gina
I was very pleased working with Duke on my personal statement. I’m currently in the middle of applying to PA school, so I haven’t heard back from the programs. I’m looking forward to the experience though.
I received three interview offers and was nervous about being prepared for them. Talking through questions with my interviewer from The PA Life and practicing my answers was so beneficial! It will help me relax on my interview days and know I am prepared. I really was happy with this service and would recommend it to anyone.
I had an excellent experience with this service. Deanna was thorough, attentive to my essay, and very easy to contact. She did a great job and I would highly recommend this service to anyone.
I knocked the PANRE out of the park in May. Your website was so helpful!! Thanks for keeping it affordable….you smoke the in-person review courses!
I had a mock interview with The PA Life earlier this week—my true interview was this morning—and I can’t praise my interviewer enough. She was extremely helpful and personalized the mock interview to my specific background. She didn’t feed me “good answers.” Instead, she gave me great insight into my ideas and ways I could more effectively address them. I went into this morning feeling more confident than I would have without her help. I’m so thankful I did this!
I rarely give all “Excellent” ratings, but this was exceptional work. Beth was quick, personable, and transformed my essay beyond expectations. I banged my head against a wall for months and was still unhappy with the final product, but reading her edit, I felt like PA school was within reach. I’d absolutely recommend this service to anyone who wants a glow-up for their personal statement.
I got accepted into two PA programs and just received the acceptance to my top choice today. Thank you so much for all your help! I’m so glad I did the mock interview with you! I used all the tips you gave me and really believe it made me stand out during my interview. I cannot thank you enough for everything!!!
Sarah was a tremendous help to me and provided me with thoughtful edits that really made my personal statement stand out from the crowd. She was very easy to work with and really seems to care about each of her clients. I really enjoyed working with her and highly recommend her as an editor. As of today, I have 3 interviews scheduled, including one at my top choice school! Thank you!
Carly was excellent! Not only did she make my essay much more compelling, but she understood the deadlines I wanted to reach and helped me do that! 10/10!!
Thank you for helping me prepare for my interviews. Your feedback was really helpful. I got accepted to 2 programs. Once again, Thank You!
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