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Undergrad Ed School: Virginia Tech

Cumulative Undergrad. GPA: 3.16

Science Undergrad. GPA: 3.4

 

Age at application time : 21

1st GRE: Taking it July 11th!

 

Direct Patient Care : (type & hours)

EMT-B - 300 hours

Emergency Department intern - 400 hours

Infectious Disease department volunteer - 100 hours

PA shadowing - 40 or so by the end of the summer

Medical Assistant - 200 hours so far

 

Extracurricular/Research Activities:

VT fencing team - 4 years

Virginia Bioinformatics Institute Research Assistant - 2 years

J. Craig Venter Institute Summer Intern - Summer of 2008

Teacher's Assistant for a freshmen biology course

Animal Behavior Research - Fall semester 2007

 

Schools Applied: too many to list, but my top choice is Massachusettes College of Pharmacy and Health Science

 

Application Submitted Date: Will submit by mid-July :)

 

Schools Received Application Date: (approximate date)

 

Interview Invites:

 

Denied:

 

Withdrew Application:

Waitlisted:

Accepted:

Attempts: first

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Undergrad Ed School: University of Wisconsin – River Falls (Biomedical Sciences)

Cumulative Undergrad GPA: 3.59

Cumulative Science GPA: 3.62

 

Age of Application: 261st GRE: V/520, Q/720, W/4.5

2nd GRE: (if applicable)

 

Direct Patient Care:

Dietary Aide (~2000hrs)

Pharmacy Technician (~1300hrs)

Volunteer (Mayo Clinic, ER) 100 hrs

 

Healthcare Experience: Clinical Laboratory Technologist (Mayo Clinic ~3yrs)

 

Research Activities: Research Associate/Clinical Laboratory Technologist (Emory University-Department of Human Genetics ~ 1.5yrs)

 

School applied: 7: Duke, Emory, South, Baylor, Mercer, UAB, Nova-Ft. Lauderdale

 

Application Submitted Date: 06/28/2008

 

Interview Invites: South, Emory, Nova Southeaster-Ft. Lauderdale, Mercer

 

Accepted: Emory, Fort Lauderdale

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Undergrad Ed School: University of Texas at San Antonio

Cumulative Undergrad GPA: 3.70

Cumulative Science GPA: 3.75

 

Age of Application: 22

 

1st GRE: V/540, Q/710, W/4.0

 

Direct Patient Care: 6,000 hours plus at 4 different locations (EMT-B)

 

Healthcare Experience: 6,000 hours plus (with 2,000+ as Health Services Supervisor)

School applied: 4 ( Baylor, UNTHSC, UT-Southwestern, UTMB)

 

Application Submitted Date: 06/22/2008

 

Interview Invites: nothing yet

Accepted: hopefully UNT or UT-Southwestern

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Applicant stats--not yet accepted

Law degree from a foreign university, considered a bachelors in Legal Studies in the US - worked 7 years as a lawyer

Undergrad Ed School: Florida Community College at Jax

Cumulative Undergra.d. GPA: 3.59 will take at least 6 more classes to raise this number and get my AA

Science Undergrad. GPA: 3.87 - one more science class to go

Post Bachelor GPA:

 

Age at application time : 36

1st GRE: will take Jul 29th

 

Direct Patient Care : (type & hours)

Hospital pharmacy techinician ~ 3500hrs

Retail pharmacy technician ~ 1000hrs

I have been shadowing PA's (GI and Internal medicine), Clinical pharmacists and MDs.

 

Extracurricular/Research Activities:

PhiTheta Kappa, President's and Dean's List.

 

Schools Applied: Nova (Jax & Orlando), Barry (Miami & St. Pete), Salus, Chatham, LMU, Miami Dade...may add more later. Not all the schools accept my bachelors from a foreign country.

 

Application Submitted Date: CASPA submitted July 15

 

Schools Received Application Date: (approximate date) : Chatham University received my application July 20

 

Interview Invites: still waiting, will update

 

Denied: will update

 

Withdrew Application: will update

 

Waitlisted: will update

 

Accepted: will update

 

Attempts: first

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Undergrad Ed School: Gwynedd-Mercy College - BS in Respiratory Care

Cumulative Undergrad GPA: 3.29

Science Undergrad GPA: ?

Post Bachelor GPA: 4.00 (Genetics, and retook A&P 1 and 2 and Bio 1)

CASPA Science GPA 3.06

CASPA Overall 3.0

 

Age at application time : 26

GRE Not taking it

 

Direct Patient Care : (type & hours)

Over 6000 hours in Respiratory Therapy; 3 years part time as patient transporter

 

Extracurricular/Research Activities:

Volunteer: American Lung Association Asthma Walk Fundraiser

Volunteer: Sunday Breakfast Rescue Mission Food Drive

 

Schools Applied: Drexel, Salus, PCOM

 

Application Submitted Date: Completed CASPA, but they did not mail yet

 

Schools Received Application Date:

 

Interview Invites: Will update

 

Accepted: Will update

 

Attempts: First

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Ahhh totally so excited and nervous....

Non-traditional student alert!!

Undergrad Ed School: Minnesota State University Moorhead - Exercise Science BS

Cumulative Undergrad. GPA: 3.24

Science Undergrad. GPA: 3.38

 

Grad School: Indiana University - Exercise Physiology

Cumulative grad. GPA: 3.10

Science grad. GPA: 3.04 (Took undergrad pre-med classes as well in grad school - def affected the GPA!!!)

 

Post BAC & Grad School Science & Cum. GPAs: 3.67, 3.24

 

Age at application time : 28

1st GRE: 490 & 570, Analytical still being scored

 

Direct Patient Care : (type & hours)

Nurse Assistant - 1200 hours

Exercise Physiologist Intern - 80 hours

PA shadow - 6 hours

Mentally & Physically Disabled Patient Associate - 108 hours

Total hours - 1394

 

Extracurricular/Research Activities:

College Varsity Tennis

College Women's Lacrosse Club

College Women's Rugby Club

 

Schools Applied: too many to list, including GW (yea i know, LONG shot), Nova Jax, Nova Southwest, Barry in St. Pete's, Marquette, St. Francis in Indiana

Application Submitted Date: August 18, 2009

 

Schools Received Application Date: (approximate date) Waiting to be sent

 

Interview Invites:

 

Denied:

 

Withdrew Application:

Waitlisted:

Accepted:

Attempts: first

 

Sooooo nervous and excited. I love this website and reading about everyone's experiences!!

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OK, so what{s a budding pre-PA student to do? I'm not a brainy guy and my scores are decent, my experience is nothing compared to what I've been seeing and I'm 53 years old. My past experience was as a computer engineer. I'd like to know if I'm going to be able to get into PA grad school or not? I'll be finishing my BS Health Sciences, Pre-Clinical track next year. GPA at this time: 3.66, GRE: not taken. Science GPA: a dismal 3.0 PA shadowing experience: 140 hours. Do I have a chance, or not?

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OK, so what{s a budding pre-PA student to do? I'm not a brainy guy and my scores are decent, my experience is nothing compared to what I've been seeing and I'm 53 years old. My past experience was as a computer engineer. I'd like to know if I'm going to be able to get into PA grad school or not? I'll be finishing my BS Health Sciences, Pre-Clinical track next year. GPA at this time: 3.66, GRE: not taken. Science GPA: a dismal 3.0 PA shadowing experience: 140 hours. Do I have a chance, or not?

 

 

You may recieve more help if you post in the appropriate section. This is for applicants stats.

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Undergrad Ed School: BA Biology

Cumulative Undergrad. GPA: 3.2

Science Undergrad. GPA: 3.2

Post Bachelor GPA: 3.45 (nursing school)

 

Age at application time : 21

1st GRE: 1160

Direct Patient Care : (type & hours)

Medical Office Assistant-80 hr

Nursing student clinical- 500 hr

 

Extracurricular/Research Activities:

-Resident assistant 1 yr

-PA shadowing - 16 hrs (also shadowed np,crna,cnm,md)

-Sorority

-Work as lab tech 1 yr

-Teaching assistant for PBL portion introductory chemistry course

-Volunteer animal hospital, special olympics, emmaus house

 

Schools Applied: MUSC, Chatham, PCOM, Philadelphia University, Arcadia(DE), Albany, Yale, Towson, USC (eventually add more before 10/1 deadline)

 

Application Submitted Date: July 22

 

 

Interview Invites: Arcadia (called 7/28-FAST)

Denied: will update

 

Withdrew Application: will update

 

Waitlisted: will update

 

Accepted: will update

 

Attempts: first

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Undergrad Ed School: BA Spanish/Int'l Studies (SLU) BS Biology (Univ. MO. St-L)

Cumulative Undergrad GPA: 3.11

Science Undergrad GPA: 3.09

Post Bachelor GPA: 4.00

CASPA Science GPA 3.09? I think

CASPA Overall unsure

 

Age at application time : 28

GRE 660 V, 530 Q (unfortunately) 4.0 W

 

Direct Patient Care : (type & hours)

~2000 Lab Tech, Surgical Tech, Ultrasound Tech, Reproductive Counseling

 

Extracurricular/Research Activities:

Volunteer assisting a doctor at homeless shelters

Volunteer assisting refugees access medical services

Dining Out for Life

Camp Counselor at camp for children with HIV/AIDS

 

Schools Applied: Emory, Yale (both for pa/mph)

 

Application Submitted Date: ~07/20/09

Schools Received Application Date: 7/31/09

 

Interview Invites: Anxiously waiting

 

Accepted: Will update

 

Attempts: First

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Undergrad Ed School: BS Biology, College of Charleston

 

Post Bachelor GPA: 4.00

CASPA Science GPA 3.44

CASPA Overall 3.50

 

GRE 540 V 700 Q 3.5 AW

 

Direct Patient Care : (type & hours)

9 months and counting as Patient Care Technician, 3 months Clinical Research Assistant

 

Extracurricular/Research Activities:

Hospital volunteer x 3 years

Free Clinic volunteer x 1 month

 

Schools Applied: Med Univ of SC, Wake Forest, ECU, Duke, Methodist, Wingate, South, Emory

 

 

Interview Invites: Methodist (9/19), ECU (1/22/10)

 

 

Attempts: Second

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Undergrad Ed School: BS Medical Biology/Pre-PA. University of New England

Cumulative Undergrad GPA: 3.21

Science Undergrad GPA: 2.8

Post Bachelor GPA: 4.00

CASPA Science GPA not sure

CASPA Overall unsure

 

Age at application time : N/A

GRE N/A

 

Direct Patient Care : (type & hours)

400+ EMT-B paid position

400+ EMT-B volunteer

16 PA shadowing

 

Extracurricular/Research Activities:

2 years Mens Basketball

Student Health Advisory Committee (Committee leader)

Peer Health Educators

2 years Laboratory research

 

Schools Applied: UNE, Shanendoah, Drexel, NYIT, Mass college pharm health sciences, Chatham, Stony brook

 

Application Submitted Date: ~09/6/09

Schools Received Application Date:N?A

 

Interview Invites: Anxiously waiting

 

Accepted: Will update

 

Attempts: First

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Undergrad Ed School: BS Biology, BSC

Graduate ED school: MPH, UAB in May 2010

 

Age at application: 24.5 almost 25!! I'm getting old!

 

GRAD GPA: 3.73

CASPA Science GPA 2.99

CASPA Overall 3.4

sumbitted July 2009

 

GRE 430 V 630 Q 4.0 AW

 

Direct Patient Care : (type & hours)

Volunteer at local hospital

Summer intern in speciality clinic

MA x 1 year at derm office

 

Extracurricular/Research Activities:

Research ASsociate x 9 months at university

TA for bio and chem I in undergrad

 

Schools Applied: UAB, USA, UF, Barry, NOVA, GW, Stony Brook, Drexel, PCOM, Baylor, Albany NY

 

 

Interview Invites: Stony Brook (10/2009)

 

 

Attempts: Second-but didn't have everything in on time last time.

 

Nova said I wasn't competitive enough. Haven't received a denial. I want an interview!!!

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Undergrad Ed School: University of Wisconsin-Madison, BS Pharmacology & Toxicology, Biology

Cumulative Undergrad. GPA: 3.32

Science Undergrad. GPA: 3.18

Post Bachelor GPA: 3.87

 

Age at application time : 23

1st GRE: 1410 (650 verbal, 760 quant)

 

Direct Patient Care : (type & hours)

Certified Nursing Assistant (3 months, ~400 hours)

Free Clinic Volunteer (~1.5 years)

 

Extracurricular/Research Activities:

Research Assistant, University of Wisconsin (1 year)

PA shadowing (1 month)

 

Schools Applied: MWU-AZ, ASHS, Yale, Rosalind Franklin, MWU-IL, Cornell, University of Texas Southwestern Med Ctr, Baylor, Marquette, UW-La Crosse, UW-Madison

 

Application Submitted Date: CASPA submitted July 18, secondaries completed for all schools requiring them by the end of August

 

Interview Invites: ATSU

 

Denied: Rosalind Franklin

 

Withdrew Application: will update

 

Waitlisted: will update

 

Accepted: will update

 

Attempts: first

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Undergrad Ed School: University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire

Cumulative Undergrad. GPA: 3.14

Science Undergrad. GPA: ~3.00

 

Age at application time : 22

1st GRE: 1250 (620 verbal, 630 quant, 4.5 analytical)

 

Direct Patient Care : (type & hours)

One year (~1000 hours) hospital Phlebotomy

 

Extracurricular/Research Activities:

Free Clinic Volunteer (6 months)

President of Pre-PA club

 

Schools Applied:

OHSU

Pacific University

Sameul Merritt

Midwestern (Downers Grove)

Rosalind Franklin

Des Moines

University of Iowa

Central Michigan

Detroit Mercy

Wayne State

Yale

Duke

George Washington

 

Application Submitted Date: CASPA submitted July 10th. Supplementals all in within two weeks.

 

Schools Received Application Date: (approximate date) 7/16/09

 

Interview Invites: Wayne State (October 16)

 

Denied: OHSU

Pacific University

Rosalind Franklin

Des Moines

University of Iowa

 

Withdrew Application: Central Michigan (wouldn't accept AP credits)

 

Waitlisted: --

 

Accepted: --

 

Attempts: first

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Undergrad Ed School: BS Health Professions, Grand Valley State University

Cumulative Undergrad. GPA: 3.45

Science Undergrad. GPA: 3.16

 

Age at application time : 22

1st GRE: 1180 (470 V, 710 Q)

 

Direct Patient Care: (type & hours)

Certified Nursing Assistant (~400 hours)

 

Extracurricular/Research Activities:

Volunteer at Spectrum Health Hospital (120 hours)

Job Shadowing (10 hours)

 

Schools Applied: Central Michigan University, Midwestern-Downers Grove, Midwestern-Glendale, Arizona School of Health Sciences, Chatham, Philadelphia University, Arcadia-Glenside

Application Submitted Date: September 2009

Interview Invites: will update

 

Denied: will update

 

Withdrew Application: will update

 

Waitlisted: will update

 

Accepted: will update

 

Attempts: first

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Law degree from a foreign university, considered a bachelors in Legal Studies in the US - worked 7 years as a lawyer

Undergrad Ed School: Florida Community College at Jax

Cumulative Undergra.d. GPA: 3.59 will take at least 6 more classes to raise this number and get my AA

Science Undergrad. GPA: 3.87 - one more science class to go

Post Bachelor GPA:

 

Age at application time : 36

1st GRE: will take Jul 29th

 

Direct Patient Care : (type & hours)

Hospital pharmacy techinician ~ 3500hrs

Retail pharmacy technician ~ 1000hrs

I have been shadowing PA's (GI and Internal medicine), Clinical pharmacists and MDs.

 

Extracurricular/Research Activities:

PhiTheta Kappa, President's and Dean's List.

 

Schools Applied: Nova (Jax & Orlando), Barry (Miami & St. Pete), Salus, Chatham, LMU, Miami Dade...may add more later. Not all the schools accept my bachelors from a foreign country.

 

Application Submitted Date: CASPA submitted July 15

 

Schools Received Application Date: (approximate date) : Chatham University received my application July 20

 

Interview Invites: still waiting, will update

 

Denied: will update

 

Withdrew Application: will update

 

Waitlisted: will update

 

Accepted: will update

 

Attempts: first

 

*** I received an interview invitation for Lincoln Memorial University in September!!! LMU is my first choice! ****

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Undergrad Ed School: University of Maryland College Park BS Dietetics

Cumulative Undergrad. GPA: 3.34

Science Undergrad. GPA: 3.31 (prerequisite science GPA 4.0)

Post Bachelor GPA: 4.0

 

Age at application time : 34

1st GRE: don't need it

 

Direct Patient Care : (type & hours)

WIC nutritionist: 3200 hours

Medical Office Manager: 1500 hours

PT and Nutrition Dept volunteer: 500 hours

 

Extracurricular/Research Activities:

Schools Applied: Anne Arundel Community College

 

Application Submitted Date: CASPA submitted August 22

 

Schools Received Application Date: (approximate date) : Sept. 1

 

Interview Invites: will update

 

Denied: will update

 

Withdrew Application: will update

 

Waitlisted: will update

 

Accepted: will update

 

Attempts: first

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Undergrad Ed School: Midwestern University - Never finished Bachelors in Biomedical Sciences

Age at application time : 29

1st GRE: (we really don't want to discuss it)

Direct Patient Care : 10 years

Pre-req GPA's: ~3.25

Professional GPA: Pharmacy school grades don't count

Pharmacy technician in retail for 5 years

Liscensed Pharmacist x 3 years

 

Schools Applied: Midwestern University (only one)

CASPA submitted: 08/29/2009

Attempts: first

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Applicant stats--not yet accepted

Undergrad Ed School: Midwestern University - Never finished Bachelors in Biomedical Sciences

Age at application time : 29

1st GRE: (we really don't want to discuss it)

Direct Patient Care : 10 years

Pre-req GPA's: ~3.25

Professional GPA: Pharmacy school grades don't count

Pharmacy technician in retail for 5 years

Liscensed Pharmacist x 3 years

 

Schools Applied: Midwestern University (only one)

CASPA submitted: 08/29/2009

 

Attempts: first

 

 

Pharmacist to PA? I thought pharmacy would be a great career. Why the change?

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Education: BS Biology, MS Biology, PhD Candidate

Cumulative Undergrad. GPA: 3.72

Science Undergrad. GPA: 3.84

Post Bachelor GPA: 4.00

 

Age at application time : 30

1st GRE: 1200 (550 verbal, 650 quant)

 

Direct Patient Care : (type & hours)

PT neurologist office staff 1 year, veterinary assistant 2 years

 

Extracurricular/Research Activities:

College volleyball 3 years, Golden Z, President Senior Seminar, NSF/ REU Fellowship, President BGSA, Representative GSA, SRW Organizational Committee, ~7 years experience in biological research

 

Schools Applied: UTSW, UNT, UTMB, Midwestern, and Western

 

Application Submitted Date: 9/3/09

 

Schools Received Application Date: (approximate date) waiting

 

Interview Invites: will update

 

Denied: will update

 

Withdrew Application: will update

 

Waitlisted: will update

 

Accepted: will update

 

Attempts: first

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Okay, I'll bite.

 

Education: BS Biology, minor in chem., MS Biology

Undergrad. GPA: 2.9

Graduate GPA: 3.3

 

Age at application time : 25

1st GRE: not yet

 

Direct Patient Care : (type & hours)

Medical Assistant to Breast Surgeon 5 years. ~ 5,000 hrs.

Medial Assistant Internal med. 3 years. ~3,000 hrs.

Shadowed: Ortho Surgical PA, OBGYN, NP of IM, Im M.D.'s and Breast Surgeon. ~50hrs total.

 

Schools Applied: Stonybrook University, NOVA, Barry, NYIT, LIU, Duke, GWU, Howard, Seton Hill, Hofstra, Pace, UF, -> basically the East Coast. Stonybrook is first choice school.

 

Application Submitted Date: CASPA on 8/28/09 mailed to schools 9/16/09

 

Schools Received Application Date: (approximate date) waiting

 

Interview Invites: will update

 

Denied: will update

 

Withdrew Application: will update

 

Waitlisted: will update

 

Accepted: will update

 

Attempts: first

 

Kacs

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