Allen Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 Hi Everybody! Hope you guys are having a wonderful beginning of the week! I just want to check where I am at and what I cam improve to get into PA school! Undergrad Ed School: Boston University Major (GPA) // Minor (GPA) : Psychology (3.77) Cumulative Undergrad. GPA: 3.69 Science Undergrad. GPA: 3.0 Post Bachelor GPA: 3.5 sGPA at Harvard Extension (taken 5 courses so far) Age at application time: 27 1st GRE V: 159 Q: 169 essay 4.5 Direct Patient Care: Department of Mental Health Rehabilitation Specialist for 1 year and half; Currently working at hospital for psychiatric resource specialist Extracurricular / Leadership / Research Activities: Church Basketball team leader/ Church Youth group leader/ Member in HEPS (Harvard Extension Pre-Med Society) LOR: probably one from the psych attending that I am close, one from director of social work for emergency medicine, and one from coworker(case management RN, MPH) Personal Statement Topic: I am writing about how I want to spend my life with psych patients along with emergency medicine. Currently working at Emergency Psychiatry department, I've seen many parts that psych + emergency medicine PA can do. Schools: Northeastern, MCPHS, Rutgers, and Princeton are my dream schools.. Thank you so much for your time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmtpnw Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 There are a handful of GPAs that are meaningful when applying, and those a little unclear to me with what you’ve listed here. What is your overall cumulative GPA and overall science GPA? The undergrand and post-bacc distinction isn’t important. With your science GPA on the low side, I would focus on continuing to take coursework to bring that up. And don’t get anything less than an A. If you were a psych major then I’m guessing you don’t have a ton of science credits? That could be a good thing as it means it will be easier to raise your GPA. Also, I would recommend getting an LOR from a professor as opposed to a coworker. Many schools want an academic letter and right now you’re getting three clinical letters. Make sure your PS answers the “why PA” question and don’t focus too much on specialty. I think that working it in a bit is fine, but many people get off track in their PS and forget to answer the primary question. Start working on it now. It took me months to get mine just right and I had many eyes on it. Overall, bring your sGPA up, keep getting hours, write a killer personal statement and apply broadly. You should get some interviews. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nichole96 Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 Agree with everything the previous poster said, especially regarding your personal statement. I'm assuming you're paying for HarvardX courses to be for-credit? I'd be careful taking science courses through there simply because its online and many schools either don't accept or don't highly value online science courses. Also, Princeton doesn't have a PA program... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notfall Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 Switch to ER tech and retake your undergraduate sciences that have D or C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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