Jump to content

Forums

  1. Pre-PA

    1. Pre-PA General Discussion

      A forum for discussion of admission to PA school in general.  Questions asked here will be answered by interested PA students and practicing PAs.

      68,566
      posts

    2. Physician Assistant Schools

      358,203
      posts

    3. CASPA

      7,897
      posts

    4. Personal Statements

      7,446
      posts

    5. Shadowing Opportunities

      2,562
      posts

  2. Physician Assistant Student Forums

    1. PA Student General Discussion

      Discussion about PA school, from acceptance to graduation.  Interested practicing PAs may pose student cases and will answer relevant questions posed here.

      21,586
      posts

    2. Clinical Rotations

      3,204
      posts

    3. PANCE/PANRE

      6,145
      posts

    4. Financial Aid

      2,021
      posts

    5. Textbook & Medical Equipment For Sale

      618
      posts

  3. Professional Physician Assistant

    1. Professional PA General Discussion

      A forum for graduated PAs to discuss topics of interest.  Students and applicants may participate in relevant topics, but are to start new threads in their respective sections only, NOT here.  Threads or posts not on topic will be deleted or moved to the appropriate forum at moderator discretion.

      108,056
      posts

    2. Medical Billing & Coding

      650
      posts

    3. Specialties

      16,698
      posts

    4. Military

      5,131
      posts

    5. State Specific Discussion

      Discuss topics relating to specific states.

      4,985
      posts

    6. Physician Assistant Residency

      Place your PA residency positions here.

      2,729
      posts

    7. Physician Assistant Owned Practice

      For PA's interested in discussion in starting an maintaining a PA Owned practice.

      1,206
      posts

    8. Contracts, Negotiations & Malpractice

      9,075
      posts

    9. Physician Assistant Doctorate

      For discussion of doctoral programs for PAs who didn't start out with doctorates--DHEd, DHSc, DMSc, or whatever, aimed at PAs who started with a masters' degree or lower.

      550
      posts

  4. International Physician Assistant Forum

    1. International Physician Assistant

      Discussion forum for International Physician Assistants

      822
      posts

    2. International Physician Assistant Schools

      38
      posts

  • Activity

    1. 0

      Advice needed: nursing (or others) to pa?

      Hi everyone. looking for any level of advice you can give me. I'm going to list the genuine question first, then provide back story for anyone who has time/could maybe give me advice as an overall. question: has anyone done completed an ABSN or done any other sort of graduate degree before trying to get into PA school? Backstory: I've been completely set on PA since I was a sophomore in high school. my freshman year of college was rough. I spent the fall semester watching my mom die and had to go home for a month in the spring to take care of her before/when she passed (thank you covid for allowing me zoom). this is all to say my grades suffered. I was still adjusting to college four hours away from home and monitoring my mom's lab results, appointments, and spent a lot of time just a genuine wreck. primarily my freshman year and my fall semester of sophomore were really hard for me and my grades were not pretty (gen eds for the most part). I'm ashamed of them even knowing the circumstances. after that I did great for the remainder of college. my cumulative gpa is a 3.15 and my science is a 2.89. my last 60 credits is cGPA 3.49 and sGPA 3.37, bachelors in neuroscience w a minor in biology. I have somewhere around 2,000 hours of PCE (hospital, pharmacy tech, and now medical assistant), and I believe 20ish hours of shadowing. I know my letters of recommendation from my professors are good, they both watched me improve and grow leaps and bounds as a person. I have applied two rounds thus far. the first round I know that I shouldn't have applied. I was not ready in any way possible. I learned a lot from that cycle though and I am thankful for what I learned. I applied again this year now that I've graduated and have had no luck. I have two schools I'm still waiting on but have lost pretty much all hope at this point. I know that given the chance, I would excel in PA school. I know that I would excel as a PA. I have the heart for learning and when it comes to diagnoses, reading charts and understanding illnesses, I get them. I just don't think I'm going to get this chance anytime soon and am at a point where I don't know what to do. I have no one in my family who's ever been in this position that I can ask. to also add, I am currently retaking general chemistry on portage (slowly but surely) while working full time. I apologize for how long this is. I know part of this is just me spewing my words and emotions on an anonymous platform. any amount of help any of you can give I would really appreciate.
      missalmostpa124 in Pre-PA General Discussion
    2. 9

      Application Cycle 2024-2025

      Has a group me been created for accepted students? Would love to get to know everyone!!
      futurepa128 in Kettering College
    3. 93

      Campbell 2024-2025

      I have not either!!
      pati2024 in Campbell University
    4. 2

      SUNY Downstate 2024-2025

      Am I crazy or is SUNY downstate not part of caspa?
      fluffyfurcats in SUNY Downstate Medical Center
    5. 64

      Pace Lenox-Hill 2024-2025

      has anyone applied mid july and received an invite? its radio silence on my end
      fluffyfurcats in Pace University-Lenox Hill Hospital
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

Welcome to the Physician Assistant Forum! This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. Learn More

  I accept