mktalon Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 canoe_4 how did your interviews go at yale, duke, northeastern, and albany? Your stats are outstanding, so I am curious as to why you think you were turned down by these schools. Maybe you weren't a good fit for their program? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canoe_4 Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 I never even got an interview at Albany (or FP or Drexel). My Yale interview went well, but I was really turned off by the attitudes of some of the current students and I didn't think I wanted to go to a school that allowed/promoted that kind of culture. Duke mostly went well, but I got slammed for shadowing for "only" 2 shifts. My response that I have 11K hours of direct pt care experience and in several of my jobs work side by side with both PAs and NPs didn't seem to impress them. Northeastern just wasn't a good fit for me. I almost didn't go back for the second day of interviews. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsRonSwanson Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 Undergrad Ed School: Gustavus Adolphus College, BA in biology Cumulative Undergrad. GPA: 3.75 Science Undergrad. GPA: 3.66 Graduate Ed School: LSHTM, MSc in epidemiology Cumulative Graduate GPA: N/A foreign school Science Graduate GPA: N/A foreign school Age at application time : 24 1st GRE: Didn't take it Direct Patient Care : Roughly 5000 as a CNA in nursing homes, home health, and currently in an ICU Extracurricular/Research Activities: Geriatrics research study coordinator (paid), malaria research (unpaid), volunteered in college, volunteer at a kitchen occasionally now Schools Applied: OHSU, ATSU, U of Utah, Chatham, Kings, Salus, UNE, Quinnipiac, Drexel, Samuel Merritt, Philadelphia U Application Submitted Date: July 4th Schools Received Application Date: Mid/late July Interview Invites: Quinnipiac, UNE, OHSU, Drexel, Philly U, Chatham, Samuel Merritt Denied: ATSU, Utah, UNE, Quinnipiac, OHSU, No word from Salus or Kings Withdrew Application: Chatham, Samuel Merritt, Philly U Waitlisted: None Accepted: Drexel, Philly U Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanana Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Undergrad Ed School: Arizona State, BA Psychology Cumulative Undergrad. GPA: 3.01 Science Undergrad. GPA: 2.9 Graduate Ed School: CSULB, Public Health Cumulative Graduate GPA: 3.9 Science Graduate GPA: 3.0 Age at application time: 26 1st GRE: 680V, 780Q, 4.5 Writing Direct Patient Care: 7000+ as Medical Assistant Extracurricular/Research Activities: Undergrad athlete, Volunteer youth soccer coach, Health Science Graduate Club Member Schools Applied: ATSU, USC, Western, Samuel Merritt, Pacific, OHSU, UC Denver, Jefferson, Northeastern, NYIT, Idaho State, Lock Haven Application Submitted Date: July 7 Schools Received Application Date: July 28 Interview Invites: Lock Haven, OHSU, Jefferson, Idaho State Denied: SMU, Pacific, UC Denver, Northeastern, NYIT; on hold at Western, nothing yet from ATSU, USC, Withdrew Application: Lock Haven, Jefferson, Idaho State Waitlisted: None Accepted: OHSU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tme12 Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 Undergrad Ed School: University of Maryland, BS in Finance, Cumulative Undergrad. GPA: 3.5 Masters in Business Administration: New York University. GPA: 3.5 Post Bacc: SUNY Purchase, Science GPA: 3.8 Age at application time: 29 1st GRE: 680V, 600Q, 4.0 writing Direct Patient Care: 500 hours volunteering and shadowing in various settings (Emergency Dept, OBGYN, Internal Medicine) First Aider in local ambulance corp ~5 months Schools Applied: Cornell, Hofstra, Pace, Mercy, Bridgeport, Chatham, Philadelphia University, Yale, Midwestern, Pitt, Touro, Stony Brook Application Submitted Date: Aug 9 Interview Invites: Cornell, Hofstra, Pace, Mercy, Bridgeport, Chatham, Midwestern Denied: Pitt (missed deadline), Phila U, Yale, Stony Brook Withdrew Application: Touro, Chatham Waitlisted: Midwestern Accepted: Cornell, Hofstra, Pace, Mercy, Bridgeport Loved Mercy, Pace, and Cornell. Decided on Cornell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernie Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 Undergrad Ed School: Saint Petersburg College Major: Public Safety Administration (EMS systems) Cumulative Undergrad. GPA: 3.82 BCP: 3.58 Age at application time: 43 1st GRE: 1410 Direct Patient Care : 50,000 hours as a Paramedic (22 years total of professional and volunteer time) Shadowing None Schools Applied: 4 Missouri State University Florida State University Nova Southeastern South University Application Submitted Date: Submitted CASPA on 7/21, sent out to schools 8/05 Interview Invites: MSU- 9/5 Denied: Nova Southeastern Accepted: Missouri State 1st attempt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duchesskre Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 Undergrad Ed School: Saint Petersburg CollegeMajor: Public Safety Administration (EMS systems) Cumulative Undergrad. GPA: 3.82 BCP: 3.58 Age at application time: 43 1st GRE: 1410 Direct Patient Care : 50,000 hours as a Paramedic (22 years total of professional and volunteer time) Shadowing None Schools Applied: 4 Missouri State University Florida State University Nova Southeastern South University Application Submitted Date: Submitted CASPA on 7/21, sent out to schools 8/05 Interview Invites: MSU- 9/5 Denied: Nova Southeastern Accepted: Missouri State 1st attempt Congrats, but just out of curiousity....you applied to Florida State? Since when did they get a PA program? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hubbardtim48 Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 Undergrad Ed School: Missouri State University Major: B.S. in Respiratory Therapy, Minor in Chemistry, Minor in Biomedical Sciences Cumulative Undergrad. GPA: 3.1 Graduate Ed School: Saint Francis University Major: Master in Health Science Cumulative Grad. GPA: 3.91 Age at application time: 26 Direct Patient Care : 4 years as a RRT Shadowing Worked with PAs on daily basis, shadowed IR MD for 100 hours to strengthen skills on CXR, CT, MRI, US. Schools Applied: 1 University of North Dakota (UND) Interview Invites: UND Accepted: UND 1st attempted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernie Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Typo. University of Florida. I guess typing Missouri State on the line above threw me off. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wenjing Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Undergrad Ed School: Arizona State UniversityCumulative Undergrad. GPA: 3.52Science Undergrad. GPA: 3.70Graduate Ed School: n/aCumulative Graduate GPA: n/aScience Graduate GPA: n/aAge at application time : 1st attempt - 24,2nd attempt - 25Direct Patient Care : 1st attempt - ER volunteer 500+,2nd attempt - ER volunteer 500+, urgent care tech (EMT) 1800, and currently ER scribe Extracurricular/Research Activities: 2.5 years research assistant in microfluidics engineering, 911 crisis response team volunteer, Red Cross volunteer, medical volunteer at hospital in China, fluent in Mandarin Chinese (minored in Chinese in college)Schools Applied: 1st attempt - Duke, Yale, Denver, OHSU. 2nd attempt - Duke, Yale, Denver, OHSU, Cornell, Midwestern (Glendale), Samuel Merritt, Drexel, New Mexico, Emory, Hofstra, Philadelphia University, Albany Medical College, Quinnipiac Application Submitted Date: 1st attempt - late July,2nd attempt - mid-MaySchools Received Application Date: 1st attempt - August,2nd attempt - beginning of JuneInterview Invites: 1st attempt - none,2nd attempt - Cornell, OHSU, Philadelphia, Midwestern, Samuel Merritt, Drexel, Emory, Denver, YaleDenied: OHSU, New Mexico, Albany, QuinnipiacWithdrew Application prior to interview: Philadelphia, Drexel, Denver, Emory, Duke, Samuel Merritt, Hofstra Interviews completed: Yale, Cornell, Midwestern, OHSUWait-listed: noneAccepted: Yale, Cornell, MidwesternYale was my first choice hands down. My second choice was OHSU, which was an awesome program and really hard to get into. I was not very excited about Cornell or Midwestern after interviewing there. Patient care experience seemed to make a huge difference since I had none for my first attempt and didn't get any interviews, then was much more successful on the 2nd attempt after working full time for one year. The programs seemed to like the fact that I learned Chinese in college. Doing something unique like that to set yourself apart from other applicants may be very helpful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laifalove Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 The programs seemed to really like the fact that I learned Chinese. Doing something unique like that to set yourself apart from other applicants may be very helpful. Score! Where'd you put the fact that you're bilingual on your app, or did you mention it at the interview? I'm applying this next cycle and am bilingual in Mandarin too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobsquit3 Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Undergrad Ed School: Westmont College Major: Double Major: Physics and Chemistry Cumulative Undergrad. GPA: 3.6 BCP: 3.6 Age at application time: 24 1st GRE: 1250 Direct Patient Care : 1300 hours as phlebotomist, 900 hours as health examiner Shadowing 30 hours: 15 in gen surgery, 15 in ortho surgery Schools Applied: 11 Samuel Merritt Denver Yale GWU Northeastern UNE Duke Cornell Stony Brook OHSU Baylor Application Submitted Date: Submitted CASPA on 8/15 Interview Invites: Denver GWU Stony Brook Baylor UNE Samuel Merritt Duke Withdrew: Samuel Merritt UNE Cornell Stony Brook Baylor Denied: Yale OHSU Northeastern Denver Accepted: GWU Duke 1st attempt Decided to go to: Duke! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmccorkel Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Undergrad Ed School: University of Washington Major: Biochemistry BS, departmental honors CASPA GPA: 3.51 CASPA Sci GPA: 3.47 Age at application time: 23 1st GRE: 1330 (800 quant) 4.5 writing Direct Patient Care : 2,080 as nurse assistant/patient care technician Shadowing 22 hours across 3 separate surgical PAs Other no volunteer hours, lots of lab experience, 2500 hrs as lifeguard in teens, at time of application employed as cardiac monitor technician Schools Applied: 8 Oregon Health Sciences, Marquette, Samuel Merrit, Midwestern (Glendale), Rush, Duke, AT Stills, Butler Application Submitted Date: 8/4 Interview Invites: Rush, Midwestern Denied: Received Denial letters from OHSU and Duke, also, AT Stills emailed me that they were already “full”, one week after submitting my CASPA. (I want my $50 back!) Withdrew/fell out of touch with the other schools/didn’t send tertiary information. Accepted: Rush, Midwestern 1st attempt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmccorkel Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Undergrad Ed School: University of Washington Major: Biochemistry BS, departmental honors CASPA GPA: 3.51 CASPA Sci GPA: 3.47 Age at application time: 23 1st GRE: 1330 (800 quant) 4.5 writing Direct Patient Care : 2,080 as nurse assistant/patient care technician Shadowing 22 hours across 3 separate surgical PAs Other no volunteer hours, lots of lab experience, 2500 hrs as lifeguard in teens, at time of application employed as cardiac monitor technician Schools Applied: 8 Oregon Health Sciences, Marquette, Samuel Merrit, Midwestern (Glendale), Rush, Duke, AT Stills, Butler Application Submitted Date: 8/4 Interview Invites: Rush, Midwestern Denied: Received Denial letters from OHSU and Duke, also, AT Stills emailed me that they were already “full”, one week after submitting my CASPA. (I want my $50 back!) Withdrew/fell out of touch with the other schools/didn’t send tertiary information. Accepted: Rush, Midwestern 1st attempt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lgl003 Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Undergrad Ed School: University of North Carolina at Pembroke-BS in Biology Cumulative Undergrad. GPA: 3.5 Science Undergrad. GPA: 3.44 Age at application time : 21 GRE: 1170 Healthcare Experience: Emergency Medical Technician- 800 hours Shadowing- 240 hours Extracurricular activities / Community service: Soccer coach, volunteer tutor, Member of National Society of Leadership and Sucess, President of Sigma Omicron Epsilon Sorority Inc. Gamma Chapter, President National Biological Honor Society (Tri-Beta) Schools Applied: Methodist University, Campbell University, Wingate University, East Carolina University Application Submitted Date: e-submitted to CASPA 7-19-11 Interview Invites: Methodist University, Wingate University, Campbell University, East Carolina University Denied:n/a Waitlisted: n/a Accepted: Methodist University (My Top Choice!!) Attempts: First Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lgl003 Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Undergrad Ed School: University of North Carolina at Pembroke-BS in Biology Cumulative Undergrad. GPA: 3.5 Science Undergrad. GPA: 3.44 Age at application time : 21 GRE: 1170 Healthcare Experience: Emergency Medical Technician- 800 hours Shadowing- 240 hours Extracurricular activities / Community service: Soccer coach, volunteer tutor, Member of National Society of Leadership and Sucess, President of Sigma Omicron Epsilon Sorority Inc. Gamma Chapter, President National Biological Honor Society (Tri-Beta) Schools Applied: Methodist University, Campbell University, Wingate University, East Carolina University Application Submitted Date: e-submitted to CASPA 7-19-11 Interview Invites: Methodist University, Wingate University, Campbell University, East Carolina University Denied:n/a Waitlisted: n/a Accepted: Methodist University (My Top Choice!!) Attempts: First Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beautifulday Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 What made you decide to go to PA school? I'm 43 also and I have interviewed several places and just waiting to hear now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beautifulday Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 Undergrad Ed School: Saint Petersburg CollegeMajor: Public Safety Administration (EMS systems) Cumulative Undergrad. GPA: 3.82 BCP: 3.58 Age at application time: 43 1st GRE: 1410 Direct Patient Care : 50,000 hours as a Paramedic (22 years total of professional and volunteer time) Shadowing None Schools Applied: 4 Missouri State University Florida State University Nova Southeastern South University Application Submitted Date: Submitted CASPA on 7/21, sent out to schools 8/05 Interview Invites: MSU- 9/5 Denied: Nova Southeastern Accepted: Missouri State 1st attempt What made you decide to go to PA school? I'm 43 also and I have interviewed several places and just waiting to hear now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winterallsummer Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 Undergrad: Collin Community College & UTD Major: B.A. in Biology Cumulative undergrad GPA: 3.7 Science undergrad: 3.7 Age at time of application: 23 GRE: Did not take Direct patient care: 2,900 hours as CNA, mostly in psych (also ICU, ER, medsurg) Shadowing: 35 hours Schools applied: 9 Application went out: Early June Interview invites: 5 Interviews accepted: 3 Acceptances: 3 Rejected: 3 (did not attend other interviews, still haven't heard back from one) School: Picking between PCOM and Pace When there is a will, there is a way :). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernie Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 It was a long process. 1 I felt like I was growing beyond the paramedic field. 2 I wanted to be able to do more for my patients than I was allowed to do. 3 I looked around and realized that I was as smart or smarter than many of the doctors and PAs I knew, and if they could do it, why not me? 4 I looked at Med school and nursing, and I decided that I didn't want either. 5 Due to the economy, I had not had a raise in 6 years. I was working 2 full time jobs to make $75K a year. 6 I was eligible to retire, so I decided that it was time to take my life in a new direction while I was still young enough not to be stuck where I was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beautifulday Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 It was a long process.1 I felt like I was growing beyond the paramedic field. 2 I wanted to be able to do more for my patients than I was allowed to do. 3 I looked around and realized that I was as smart or smarter than many of the doctors and PAs I knew, and if they could do it, why not me? 4 I looked at Med school and nursing, and I decided that I didn't want either. 5 Due to the economy, I had not had a raise in 6 years. I was working 2 full time jobs to make $75K a year. 6 I was eligible to retire, so I decided that it was time to take my life in a new direction while I was still young enough not to be stuck where I was. Thanks, I have been in one field for a logn time too and have many of the same feelings. Congratulations and good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acetabulum7 Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 How are there so many people with 3.7+ science GPAs? I went to UNLV, and it seems like only 5% of all the students in any of my science classes got As. About half the class gets Bs and Cs, and everyone else fails. I don't understand how so many of you can get a straight line of As. How??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolbreeze Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Undergrad Ed School: NC State University Major: Biological Sciences Cumulative Undergrad. GPA: 3.86 Age at application time: 21 1st GRE: 1150 Direct Patient Care : 1600 CNA, 200 Abroad Shadowing ~75 hours, Orthopaedics, Derm and Pre-Op Schools Applied: 11 ECU Campbell Methodist Yale UMDNJ Stony Brook Chatham PCOM King's Philadelphia Arcadia Application Submitted Date: Submitted CASPA on 6/5/2011 Verified 6/6/2011 Interview Invites: Campbell UMDNJ Stony Brook Chatham PCOM King's Philadelphia Arcadia Withdrew: Methodist UMDNJ Chatham PCOM King's Arcadia Denied: Yale ECU Accepted: Stony Brook Philadelphia Campbell 1st attempt Decided to go to: Campbell :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edwardcarter Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 I was wondering what my chances will be. I am 46 and will be 48 when I apply. I have been a paramedic for over 20 years. ACLS,PEPP,BCLS,PHTLS, PALS, and AMLS Instructor. I am the program director for a paramedic program. I hold a BS in CRJ from IONA College. MY GPA at IONA was 3.425 overal under grad was about 2.7. I basically tanked everything out of High school. I am currently working on my MA in Emergency and Disaster Management and will have that completed by the end of the year. I currently have a 3.943 at my current institution with 12 credits to go. My last 35 credits put me with a 3.75 GPA Aprox. I just need to go back and take care of my science classes. When I completed my medic it was a certificate program and not a degree program. If I maintain a 3.2-3.5 in my sciences what would be my chanced in getting into a program. I have well over 60,000 hrs of direct patient care. In addition I worked in the Asian continent running a remote medicine clinic. I have had one bad grade over the last 4 years. That is when my Dad was dying from cancer and I had to go take care of the funeral Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edwardcarter Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 where is Cambell? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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