shnooks952

Hi! I'm here to try and find out my chances of getting into PA school and what I need to do to significantly improve them. I'm deciding if continuing to volunteer and job hunt is the way to go, or take a masters class... First off, my first two years of schooling I didn't know what I wanted to do and was very young. I did poorly at my first school. Once I realized I wanted to go into medicine and health care, I transferred to a school with an excellent science program and excelled. I took multiple advanced level biology courses and proved that I had what it takes to do well in PA school. My dilemma though is that I needed a stats class. So this past fall I signed up for an online one, but some major family issues came up and I pushed the class off to help them through it... I resulted in not having enough time to finish the work and pass the class. I'm hoping if I can explain this to schools they will see that I was going through a tough time, made a mistake, and learned from it. I'm currently repeating the stats class. This is why I'm possibly contemplating a masters program, although I'd prefer not to spend the extra money. Cumulative GPA (both schools): 3.0 GPA at last school only: 3.6 Sgpa at last school: 3.2-3.3 GRE: verbal:154 quantitative: 146 writing: 4.5 School activities: Tribeta biological honor society American medical student association (AMSA) executive member Active volunteer with AMSA Other: EMT-B, CPR certified, medical volunteer where I have hands on experience w/ patients (~50 hrs), volunteered at multiple hospitals throughout college, volunteered at a equestrian clinic for therapeutic riding. Recent: -Organized a group for Tough Mudder, where we raised money for wounded warriors. -Just interviewed and sent references in for a unit clerk at a hospital. If I receive this position, I won't have direct contact with patients, I'm more of their contact between them the doctors and the nurses. But, after 6 months I can transfer to a position such as a tech job where I have the opportunity for patient contact. Please, any help or advice on what I should do in these next upcoming months before applying would be wonderful! Thank you so much :)