Chances and Advice

[Rinmi]

Hello all,

I'm a relatively new member to this forum. This is my first time applying to PA school and I'm having mad anxiety. I'm a first generation graduate from UGA with a degree in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology earlier this year. I took really rigorous science courses which I did relatively well on (mostly As and Bs). However, I did have one bad semester with a D in Organic Chem 2 and c+ in genetics. I did address this in my personal statement. Unfortunately, due to the nature of my classes being locked in certain semester I did not retake ochem 2 or genetics ( nor did I want to tbh). I did make an A- in lab though. Prior to this, I initially got a C+ in Ochem 1 and retook that to receive an A.

My cumulative GPA is 3.44 while the overall science GPA is 3.25

GRE 305 with 3.5 on the writing portion. I have over 3000 hours of PCE from working part time during my undergrad career as a CNA, home health aid, patient care tech and recently MA. I've shadowed 3 PAs for around 100 hours. I had volunteered a few different facility but the hours aren't  too impressive. I have held multiple leadership roles within my sorority and was really involved on campus as an undergrad.

I think I'm going to retake my GRE in September. I'm currently trying to enroll in a community college for a postbach to fulfill a medical terminology prerequisite for some schools. Is there any advice on improving my stats? Also, I heard that for half of the hours for the MA position should be inputted in as HCE instead of PCE. Is that true or will each program consider it differently?