Belgian Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 Hey fellow aspiring PA! I am an international student applying to PA schools for the first time. I have experienced firsthand how stressful it can be to select the right school for you. While there are some basic search engines available to facilitate the search process, most of them are not very user-friendly, and not all information seems up-to-date. Therefore, the problem-solver in me decided to build my own efficient PA school finder with CORRECT information, and filters we all really care about. What are the filters we care about most? In my opinion the following filters are most important: - Cost (according to YOUR residency status) - Average GPA admitted students/ Minimum GPA (Which one of the two is more important?) - Average GRE / minimum GRE (Same as above) - Health Care Experience hours required - Accreditation status - PANCE Pass rates - ... What are some other essential factors that you would like to see included? I would greatly appreciate any feedback, and ideas, so that we can together create the most useful PA school finder! Thank You Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLastStone Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 Pre-reqs would be one for me, since some schools require Ochem and biochem and others don't at all. It's good to know what you're prepared for. Also, length. Not that it's super important but duration should be maybe a side note? App deadline, start of program, etc. Only things I could think of. Good luck with the list! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belgian Posted September 18, 2017 Author Share Posted September 18, 2017 Thanks TheLastStone! Appreciate the feedback. Pre-reqs are indeed essential to the selection process. I will probably add them as additional optional filters to increase accuracy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harden4mvp Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 Average GPA of admitted students is a good filter, as well as average GRE scores of admitted students. Also maybe you could add a location filter. but, there is already a well known book out there with all of this information, in its 2nd edition.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCHAD Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 Not just the HCE hours required but the average HCE of those accepted would be helpful...when I applied I think University of Utah required 2000 but the average of accepted students was something like 8000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pastudentw Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 Start date of the program might be helpful or at least the starting month. Application deadlines (CASPA submitted versus verified deadlines etc.) and rolling versus non-rolling program selections. Maybe an extra filtering option for programs that give preferences to certain applicants (alumni, veterans, geographic location, ethnic groups etc.). If I think of others later on I will come back and add them. I really like this idea though because I found there weren't great options for online search/filtering websites when I needed to pick out programs to apply to. I mainly used the PAEA search site when I did my applications but it didn't have that many filtering options. There is one other site I saw recently http://paprogramsearch.com which also seemed pretty good. Yes there might be a book out there for this, but filtering based on your application stats/features is much faster in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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