laulau Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 Hey guys, I am just wondering what my chances are. This may be a long shot as I haven't taken A&P nor Micro yet. My experience so far: 7 years as a Hospital Corpsman attached to both conventional and Force Reconnaissance Marines as a senior line corpsman/LPO(Supervisor) - providing various levels of care ranging from emergency first aid to hospital emergency medicine to include intubation, chest tubes, and cricothyroidotomys currently working as a LVN/LPN, roughly 9 months experience in a county jail setting passing pills, injections and basic treatments This is a really basic breakdown, I can provide much more information if needed. I'm in my third semester of school maintaining a 3.84GPA, missing only A&P, math and microbiology so far. Please let me know if you guys need any information or if this is way to early to even consider my chances as I am aiming to apply in 2014. Thanks! PS - I plan on getting a letter of recommendation from my former military Medical Officers (M.D.), one of which is an admissions officer at an Ivy League college if that means anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 What volunteer experience do you have? Do you speak a second language? Do you work with a PA or have in the past? Can you get a rec letter from a PA? These might help with your chances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laulau Posted November 18, 2013 Author Share Posted November 18, 2013 - volunteer in rebuilding of a clinic in rural Romania - Cantonese (speak) Mandarin - I can understand it - I worked with many PA's throughout the years in the service - I have recommendations from MD's though I can get in contact with my PA's also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 http://pcap.stanford.edu/admissions/information_sessions.html Information sessions definitely can help you answer some question. Good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joelseff Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 From an ex HM and a PCAP Alum, I will say your application is off to a good start. I would definitely aim to ACE anatomy, physio, chem, and micro if I were you before applying. I think your HCE is very strong. PCAP is not a program that "caters" to military but the ADCOM can appreciate what we did/do as corpsmen. I would also apply to other schools like SJVC and MEDEX who may lend more weight to military medic experience but PCAP does take medics. There were 5 of us in my class. Also demonstrate how you contribute to the mission of the program which is underserved primary care. This is huge because the program is known for filling this niche in the community and the administration wants to keep it that way. Best wishes to you. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I537 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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