If you are struggling to write your PA school personal narrative, then this message is for you.
Here's why . . .
PA school admissions teams have an uncanny ability (honed on the job) to detect when an applicant's essay rings false.
And you need to realize, that there is a cost to writing a "so-so," uninspired personal statement that’s written to meet the status quo.
What most people do when they can't find the right words for their essay is to do what the rest of us do; procrastinate. You place the task of writing your PA school narrative on the back burner until inspiration rides in and saves the day.
But for most people, that day never comes.
- They wait until the last minute and end up rushing their essay.
- They piece together partially formed ideas or force concepts that aren't their own, so their essay ends up sounding mechanical, disjointed, and uninspired.
- They take advice from well-intentioned family and friends who love them, yes, but are unable to give them the naked truth that will make their essay shine.
- Most people are just not professional writers.
- And most people don’t have the time, resources, or money to hire one that knows a thing or two about how to write a winning PA school essay.
And what happens if you do nothing? If you just keep doing what you've been doing, hoping the problem will solve itself?
How a simple tool can solve your personal statement writing woes
I've got an answer that works. Here's the story.
I receive about a dozen essay's from prospective PA school students every week. Kind, well-intentioned pre-PAs looking for some guidance on how to write their PA school personal statement.
But, not everyone can afford a one-on-one personal statement edit, and I can really only do one or two free essay evaluations per month.
Then I had an idea. "What if I created a time-tested template that would help them write a better version of their personal statement? Help them to put into words the best version of themselves?
What if I could help them wordsmith their essay, polish it, and make it sing?
What if they walked out after a few hours with a finished draft that spoke to them AND the admissions committee.
And that' exactly how we created the Ultimate PA School Personal Statement Starter Kit.
The Ultimate PA School Personal Statement Starter Kit
When you download your starter kit, you'll join me, and 100's of other PRE-PAs in using a time-tested PA school essay template that works.
We take you step by step, through a series of guided writing prompts to help you craft a foolproof first draft of your PA school personal statement.
I'm going to hold your hand every step of the way and walk you through this process.
- Make your mark with a standout introduction.
- Show us your journey through four prompted body paragraphs
- Then, wrap it up and tie it in a bow, with a conclusion that will make even your mom proud.
- We provide you guided prompts every step of the way. When you have each section completed just click the “export as text” button in the included PDF, and the tool will magically compile each of your paragraphs together into a finished draft.
- Copy and paste your essay into a character and word count tool (here's one I like) to make sure your essay is within the CASPA character limit.
- Click send!
Now you've finished your essay, sit back and watch the acceptance letters roll in. Well, maybe it’s not that easy, but you get my point.
And the best part. Your starter kit is totally free!
Here’s what to do now . . .
Fill out this form for instant access to your PA school personal statement starter kit.
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At times like these, I find it helps to recite the words of distinguished writer Neil Gaiman: “This is how you do it: you sit down at the keyboard, and you put one word after another until it's done. It's that easy, and that hard.”
P.S. If you need just a little more assistance with your essay, we can help you with that too.
Warmly, Stephen Pasquini PA-C
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- 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 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
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The bell rings at 5am, I get up and put my gear on without opening my eyes. The familiar voice comes from the speaker in the bunkroom first giving the address and then a complaint that wakes me up instantly, cardiac arrest. I’m on the ambulance this time, so we rush to the truck and are out of the station with no time to waste. We arrive on scene and I get the backboard and jump bag while my partner pulls the drug box and monitor on to the stretcher. We enter the house and find our patient laying prone, unconscious between the bathroom and the hallway. We hurry to rotate him on to his back on the backboard, only to find a pool of black coffee ground emesis on the floor and around his mouth. He is not breathing and does not have a pulse, so I begin CPR while my partner prepares to secure his airway. Our station’s engine crew is right behind us helping with setting up the defibrillator pads and starting IV’s.
The patient’s wife tells us that he had surgery on his small intestines and that he has had abdominal pain all night, and he collapsed when trying to go to the bathroom. With no shock advised on the monitor, we finish the round of CPR and load the patient on to the stretcher and in to the ambulance as quickly and safely as possible. Two engine crew members hop in to the back of the ambulance and I get in front and drive to the hospital. On the way, I hear from the back of the truck that they have a pulse and stop performing CPR. We arrive at the hospital and the ER team is waiting for us in the room we were given. As I am helping to move the patient from our stretcher to the hospital stretcher, I see every member of the ER team performing their various tasks as efficiently as possible. At the head of the hospital bed is the attending PA who is receiving the report from my partner. He gives a nod to my crew and I, saying “Thanks guys, we’ve got it from here.” He then turns to the ER staff and continues to coordinate steps following a ‘return of spontaneous circulation’ (ROSC).
This story is but one example of the countless incidents I have responded to as a firefighter and as an EMT. Over my 11 years spent in EMS, I have responded to every standard of living imaginable, from the depths of poverty to the upper echelon of wealth. I have treated and transported patients that come from various ethnicities, cultural backgrounds, and religions. I have made it a point to always build rapport with my patients while they are going through the most egregious events in their lives. I have learned through my experiences how to build relationships with families and how to have crucial conversations with them when dire treatments may be necessary. My bedside manner is not all that I possess, I have ideas that I can only begin to implement with a better understanding of healthcare. I believe patient care is an ever evolving entity, and I want to be at the forefront of every new discovery to help foster better patient outcomes and faster rehabilitation periods.
Understanding patient care, and treatments in a pre-hospital setting are ultimately methods that sustain patients until they are able to be treated at a higher level of care. My curiosity has turned into a desire to move towards that next level of care. I want to be that PA that receives a patient in bad shape and work with my own team to help them. Assist them in having the best possible outcome, given the situation. I want to be the PA that people can collaborate with and return too. Not only that, I want to be the PA that people talk about. I want peers to request my consultation on difficult cases, I want my staff to be proud they are a part of my team, and I want to make a positive impact in the future for healthcare.