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- Are you struggling to write your physician assistant personal statement?
- Are you out of ideas, or just need a second opinion?
- Do you want an essay that expresses who you truly are and grabs the reader's attention in the required 5,000-character limit?
We are here to help perfect your PA school essay
I have written countless times on this blog about the importance of your personal statement in the PA school application process. Beyond the well-established metrics (GPA, HCE/PCE hours, requisite coursework, etc.), the personal statement is the most crucial aspect of your application.
This is your time to express yourself, show your creativity, skills, and background, and make a memorable impression in seconds. This will be your only chance, so you must get it right the first time.
For some time, I had been dreaming about starting a physician assistant personal statement collaborative.
A place where PA school applicants like yourself can post their PA school essays and receive honest, constructive feedback followed by an acceptance letter to the PA school of your choice!
I have been reviewing a ton of essays recently, so many in fact that I can no longer do this on my own.
To solve this problem, I have assembled a team of professional writers, editors, and PA school admissions specialists who worked to revise and perfect my PA school application essay.
Beth Eakman has taught college writing and worked as a professional writer and editor since the late 1990s. Her projects have involved a wide range of disciplines and media, from editing scientific research and technical reports to scriptwriting for television. Her writing has appeared in academic, professional, and popular publications. Beth lives with her family just outside Austin, Texas. She enjoys the unique opportunity that The PA Life offers to combine her training as a writer and editor with her experience teaching in order to support PAs and aspiring PAs in achieving their professional goals.
Carly Hallman is a professional writer and editor with a B.A. in English Writing and Rhetoric (summa cum laude) from St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas. She has worked as a curriculum developer, English teacher, and study abroad coordinator in Beijing, China, where she moved in 2011. In college, she was a Gilman Scholar and worked as a staff editor for her university's academic journal. Her first novel, Year of the Goose, was published in 2015, and her first memoir is forthcoming from Little A Books. Her essays and creative writing have appeared in The L.A. Review of Books, The Guardian, LitHub, and Identity Theory, among other publications.
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We Work as a Team
Our team of professional editors is wonderful at cutting out the "fluff" that makes an essay lose focus and sets people over the 5,000-character limit. Their advice is always spot-on.
Sue, Sarah, and Carly are amazingly creative writers who will take your "ordinary" and turn it into entirely extraordinary.
I mean it when I say this service is one-of-a-kind! We have spent countless hours interviewing PA School admissions directors and faculty from across the country to find out exactly what it is they are looking for in your personal statement.
We even wrote a book about it.
To collaborate, we use Google Drive. Google Drive is free, has an intuitive interface with integrated live comments in the sidebar, the ability to have a real-time chat, to collaborate effortlessly, and to compare, revise, or restore revisions on the fly. Google Drive also has an excellent mobile app that will allow you to make edits on the go!
Our team has worked with hundreds of PA school applicants within the Google Drive environment, and we have had enormous success.
The Physician Assistant Essay and Personal Statement Collaborative
I have set up two options that I hope will offer everyone a chance to participate:
- One-of-a-kind, confidential, paid personal statement review service
- A collaborative, free one (in the comments section)
Private, One-On-One Personal Statement Review Service
If you are interested in the paid service, you may choose your plan below.
The Personal Statement Review Service is:
- Behind closed doors within a private, secure network using Google Drive.
- It is completely interactive, meaning we will be able to provide real-time comments and corrections using the Google Drive interface.
- Telephone consultations are included with all edits above the single edit level. It’s often hard to communicate exactly what you want hundreds of miles away; for this reason, we offer the option to edit right along with us over the telephone while sharing in real-time over Google Drive. This is an option available to all our paid clients who purchase above the single edit level.
- We provide both revision and editing of all essays. What’s the difference? See below
- We will provide feedback, advice, and help with brainstorming and topic creation if you would like.
- We will help with a “final touch-up” before the big day, just in case your essay needs a few minor changes.
Why Choose Our Service?
- It’s not our opinion that matters. We have gone the extra step and personally interviewed PA school administrators from across the US to find out exactly what they think makes a personal statement exceptional.
- We are a team of PAs and professional writers, having worked over ten years with PA school applicants like yourself, providing countless hours of one-on-one editing and revision.
- Our clients receive interviews, and many go on to receive acceptance into their PA School of choice.
Because we always give 100%, we will open the essay collaborative for a limited number of applicants each month and then close this depending on the amount of editing that needs to be done and the time that is available.
Our goal is not quantity but quality. We want only serious applicants who are serious about getting into PA school.
Writing is not a tool like a piece of software but more like how a photograph can capture your mood. It’s more like art. The process of developing a unique, memorable personal statement is time-intensive, and it takes hours to compose, edit, finalize, and personalize an essay.
As Antoinette Bosco once said:
And this is why I am charging for this service. We love helping people find stories that define their lives, and we love helping individuals who have the passion to achieve their dreams. It’s hard to describe the feeling I get when an applicant writes back to tell me they were accepted into PA school.
There is no price tag I can place on this; it’s the feeling we get when we help another human being. It’s just like providing health care. But this takes time.
Interested? Choose your plan below.
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Free Personal Statement Review
Post your essay in the comments section for a free critique
We want to make this opportunity available to everyone who would like help with their essay, and that is why we are offering free, limited feedback on the blog.
You post your essay in the comments section, and you will get our critique. It is that easy. We will try to give feedback to every single person who posts their COMPLETE essay here in the comments section of this blog post.
Also, by posting your comment, we reserve the right to use your essay.
We will provide feedback on essays that are complete and fit the CASPA requirements (View CASPA requirements here). We will not provide feedback on partial essays or review opening or closing statements. Your essay will be on a public platform, which has both its benefits and some obvious drawbacks. The feedback is limited, but we will try to help in any way we can.
Note: Comment Rules: Remember what Fonzie was like? Cool. That’s how we’re gonna be — cool. Critical is fine, but if you’re rude, I will delete your stuff. Otherwise, have fun, and thanks for adding to the conversation! And this should go without saying: if you feel the need to plagiarize someone else’s content, you do not deserve to go to PA school.
* Also, depending on the time of year, it may take me several weeks to reply!
We love working with PA school applicants, but don't just take our word for it!
How to submit your essay for the paid service
If you are serious and would like to have real, focused, and personalized help writing your personal statement, please choose your level of service and submit your payment below.
After you have submitted your payment, you will be redirected to the submissions page, where you can send us your essay as well as any special instructions. We will contact you immediately upon receipt of your payment and essay so we may begin work right away.
Pricing is as follows:
Choose your plan, then click "Buy Now" to submit your essay, and we will get started right away!
Every purchase includes a FREE digital copy of our new 100-page eBook, How to Write Your Physician Assistant Personal Statement, Our 101 PA School Admission Essays e-book, the expert panel audiobook, and companion workbook. This is a $65 value included for free with your purchase.
All credit card payments are processed via PayPal over a secure HTTPS server. Once your payment is processed, you will be immediately redirected back to the essay submission page. There, you will submit your essay along with some biographical info and all suggestions or comments you choose to provide. You will receive immediate confirmation that your essay has been securely transmitted as well as your personal copy of "How to Write Your Physician Assistant Personal Statement." Contact [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or problems - I am available 24/7.
The hourly service includes your original edit and one-on-one time over Google Drive. It is simple to add more time if necessary, but you may be surprised at what a difference just a single edit can make. We find our four-hour service to be the most effective in terms of time for follow-up and full collaboration. We are open to reduced-rate add-ons to suit your individual needs.
Writing and Revision
All writing benefits from rewriting when done well.
When you are in the process of writing a draft of an essay, you should be thinking first about revision, not editing.
What’s the difference?
Revision refers to the substantial changing of text. For example, it may include re-organizing ideas and paragraphs, providing additional examples or information, and rewriting a conclusion for clarity.
Editing, on the other hand, refers to correcting mistakes in spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
We perform both revision and editing on all submissions.
How to submit your PA school essay for the FREE editing service
Follow the rules above and get to work below in the comments section. I look forward to reading all your essay submissions.
– Stephen Pasquini PA-C
View all posts in this series
- How to Write the Perfect Physician Assistant School Application Essay
- The Physician Assistant Essay and Personal Statement Collaborative
- Do You Recognize These 7 Common Mistakes in Your Personal Statement?
- 7 Essays in 7 Days: PA Personal Statement Workshop: Essay 1, “A PA Changed My Life”
- PA Personal Statement Workshop: Essay 2, “I Want to Move Towards the Forefront of Patient Care”
- PA Personal Statement Workshop: Essay 3, “She Smiled, Said “Gracias!” and Gave me a Big Hug”
- PA Personal Statement Workshop: Essay 4, “I Have Gained so Much Experience by Working With Patients”
- PA Personal Statement Workshop: Essay 5, “Then Reach, my Son, and Lift Your People up With You”
- PA Personal Statement Workshop: Essay 6, “That First Day in Surgery was the First Day of the Rest of my Life”
- PA Personal Statement Workshop: Essay 7, “I Want to Take People From Dying to Living, I Want to Get Them Down From the Cliff.”
- Physician Assistant Personal Statement Workshop: “To say I was an accident-prone child is an understatement”
- 9 Simple Steps to Avoid Silly Spelling and Grammar Goofs in Your PA School Personel Statement
- 5 Tips to Get you Started on Your Personal Essay (and why you should do it now)
- How to Write Your Physician Assistant Personal Statement The Book!
- How to Write “Physician Assistant” The Definitive PA Grammar Guide
- 101 PA School Admissions Essays: The Book!
- 5 Things I’ve Learned Going Into My Fourth Physician Assistant Application Cycle
- 7 Tips for Addressing Shortcomings in Your PA School Personal Statement
- The #1 Mistake PRE-PAs Make on Their Personal Statement
- The Ultimate PA School Personal Statement Starter Kit
- The Ultimate Guide to CASPA Character and Space Limits
- 10 Questions Every PA School Personal Statement Must Answer
- 5 PA School Essays That Got These Pre-PAs Accepted Into PA School
- 7 Questions to Ask Yourself While Writing Your PA School Personal Statement
- 101 PA School Applicants Answer: What’s Your Greatest Strength?
- 12 Secrets to Writing an Irresistible PA School Personal Statement
- 7 Rules You Must Follow While Writing Your PA School Essay
- You Have 625 Words and 2.5 Minutes to Get Into PA School: Use Them Wisely
- What’s Your #1 Personal Statement Struggle?
- 31 (NEW) CASPA PA School Personal Statement Examples
- How to Prepare for Your PA School Interview Day Essay
- Should You Write Physician Associate or Physician Assistant on Your PA School Essay?
- Meet the World’s Sexiest PA School Applicants
- PA School Reapplicants: How to Rewrite Your PA School Essay for Guaranteed Success
- How to Write a Personal Statement Intro that Readers Want to Read
- PA School Reapplicant Personal Statement Checklist
- How to Deal with Bad News in Your Personal Statement
- Inside Out: How to use Pixar’s Rules of Storytelling to Improve your PA Personal Statement
- Ratatouille: A Pixar Recipe for PA School Personal Statement Success
- Personal Statement Panel Review (Replay)
- Mind Mapping: A Tool for Personal Statements, Supplemental Essays, and Interviews
- Start at the End: Advice for your PA School Personal Statement
- Elevate Your Personal Statement: Using Bloom’s Taxonomy for Impactful Writing
I’m a first-time applicant and would appreciate any and all feedback as I am working on finishing all my applications for this cycle.
I felt invincible, untouchable and with no thought or worry regarding death. I didn’t care what I did, what I ate, how fast I was going on the freeway. I felt that there was no way I would die or that any of my loved ones would die either, why would they? They were all healthy and had no chronic conditions to speak of.
I would see my grandmother, walk, eat, and complain about her day as she didn’t want to do anything but relax and watch TV. She would get up and eat, cook, and do other activities throughout the day to keep herself occupied. I would just watch as she would do what she wanted, she had gone to the doctor multiple times a year ago and she was the picture of health for her age, no chronic illnesses to speak of. The way she moved, walked, and acted showed no signs that she was going to die soon. I didn’t have to worry at all, she was going to live a long life. I came home at midnight one night, tired from my 12-hour shift, heard her complain about the bed in her room, I dismissed it and walked to my room to sleep. Not long after 1am I heard my mother’s screams. I have never forgotten her screams that I heard that night, and I learned that my grandmother had passed. I rushed out of bed, contacted 911 and helped my younger sibling perform CPR. Even after all the attempts, she was not resuscitated, and I comforted my mother as best I could as she cried out and screamed her pain. Her screams continued to haunt me and the cause for my grandmother’s passing. It was never resolved; it was ruled out a natural death and I never learned what the reason was.
I begin to recall her actions, who she was and realize how no one is invincible, I’m not and neither are other people, we can all die at one point or another. I don’t want to live without knowing what the cause for her passing was and think back on if I had noticed something I could have prevented it. I should take into consideration how valuable time is and cherish each moment with the other person. Just like cause and effect, I want to investigate, learn the cause and prolong life as much as possible, so people can enjoy more time with each other and cherish their time. The knowledge that I helped brings back some happiness knowing that what I went through won’t happen to another person.
I didn’t have this goal and had no idea this profession existed until I began working in the medical field. I have always worked full time while going to school for my old major. I didn’t excel in math and purposefully avoided any subject that contained it, I struggled. I understand that it is a highly competitive program where the students should have excellent academic education, I have some discrepancies in my transcript, and I have no excuses for my grades. I ensured that even though I struggled, I made sure that I put in the effort to pass all my required courses for this program. Getting into the program is a new beginning for me in reaching towards my goal and understanding what the cause is for the people I meet in the future.
I know that each day I come to work I learn something new, it is always a mystery needing to be solved as a career for physician assistants, you work to discover and find out what the problem is. I am fortunate to have been able to experience and learn from the people I work with and get the privilege of witnessing what they do and work towards each day in the hospital. I strive to be like the PA’s I have met throughout the hospital as they have left a big impact on me, I want to be able to help people and improve their health after they come to the hospital. I am determined and that this is my purpose, to pursue this career. Outside of my qualifications from my education and work experience, I have been told that I am a compassionate, friendly, and strong person. I chose this profession as I want to make a difference, work in a team, and know that I am helping another person. Getting into the program is a new beginning for me in getting to reach my goal and become a journey for me to be able to reach it.
Growing up, I watched my grandparents endure chronic pain with quiet endurance. My grandpa carried years of back pain without ever voicing it. In our Asian household, pain was often internalized, something to be tolerated, not treated. I only noticed it in his limp or the way he’d wince when he thought no one was watching. As the youngest, I was often asked to walk on his back to relieve the discomfort he wouldn’t talk about. At the time, I thought I was helping in the only way I could. In families like mine, silence was mistaken for strength.
Looking back, I realize I was learning an early lesson in caregiving: that it’s not just about helping, it’s about listening, anticipating, and showing up, even when it’s hard. That lesson stayed with me until years later when I experienced my own medical emergency — appendicitis. I remember trying to push through the pain, conditioned by what I’d seen growing up. But when I finally ended up in the ER, everything shifted. A physician assistant (PA) was the first person who made me feel heard. He explained the next steps, comforted me, and became my anchor through the uncertainty. For the first time, I understood what it meant to be seen, not just as a patient with symptoms, but as a person with a story. His presence didn’t just ease my fear—it redefined what it meant to care for someone. In that moment, I saw the kind of provider I wanted to become.
That experience stayed with me. It challenged the silence I grew up with and opened my eyes to a different kind of strength, the kind that comes from compassion and communication. It was also the moment I knew I wanted to become a PA. Working as a nursing assistant (NA) confirmed that my instinct to care deeply wasn’t just a family trait, it was a professional strength. Beyond assisting with daily tasks, I found myself attuned to patients’ emotional needs: calming anxiety, listening when they felt alone, and advocating when they couldn’t speak for themselves. I wasn’t just providing support; I was earning trust. Those moments made it clear that I wanted to take on a greater role in patient care, combining compassion with clinical skill.
I have had various interactions with patients, both rewarding and difficult, but what truly motivates me is watching someone recover and knowing I played a role in their healing. That is the most fulfilling part. Over time, I began to see that my desire to help didn’t stop at the bedside. I wanted to expand the ways I could support people through different stages of illness and recovery, especially in underserved communities. That’s what led me to the PA profession. With its strong foundation in team-based care and its adaptability across specialties, the role offers the chance to reach patients in diverse settings and to fill critical gaps in care, something that deeply resonates with my commitment to service.
However, my journey hasn’t been without challenges. Balancing long shifts as a NA with the demands of rigorous coursework tested my resilience. There were moments I questioned whether I could handle both. I also faced emotionally taxing situations, such as de-escalating verbally and physically aggressive patients, where I had to stay calm and compassionate in the face of fear. These experiences taught me how to manage stress, adapt quickly, and remain grounded in empathy.
Through it all, I’ve developed a foundation that I know will serve me as a future PA: effective communication, emotional resilience, and an unwavering commitment to patients. My path has been shaped by silent strength, personal vulnerability, and professional growth all of which have prepared me to embrace the responsibility and privilege of becoming a physician assistant.