rslater00 Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 I applied to 10 schools for the 2019 cycle and have been denied from almost all of them. I am going to re-apply this April, but I need some insight on what I should improve. I am not sure if I should try to focus on improving certain things or everything. I appreciate any feedback and advice! Undergrad: Biology degree LORs: 1 professor, 1 PTA, 1 college lacrosse coach (hindsight not my best idea) GRE: Verbal 150, Quant. 150, Writing 3 (ill prepared) cGPA: 3.47 sGPA: 3.15 PCE: fulltime PT aide, over 2,000 hours Shadowing: about 50 hours, with one urgent care PA Volunteer: about 90 hours, in the emergency department during my undergrad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hustleforthePAC Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 Two more lors, one from a Harder science professor , one from a clinical work supervisor. Call ets gre to see if you can just retake the English portion so you can improve writing score and not have to retake the entire exam. I have some gre stuff I could share with you. message me your gmail account. you can call me and i can help you i have time before my program starts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patricia5827 Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 Retake gre definitley get more shadowing hours and ask a PA for a LOR i would volunteer more as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rslater00 Posted January 5, 2020 Author Share Posted January 5, 2020 21 minutes ago, Patricia5827 said: Retake gre definitley get more shadowing hours and ask a PA for a LOR i would volunteer more as well Thank you for your response! Where do you suggest I gain volunteer hours? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Letsdothis Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 Are you confident in your PS? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rslater00 Posted January 6, 2020 Author Share Posted January 6, 2020 6 minutes ago, Letsdothis said: Are you confident in your PS? I was confident in my first one, but I haven’t written a new one yet for my second application cycle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Letsdothis Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 15 minutes ago, rslater00 said: I was confident in my first one, but I haven’t written a new one yet for my second application cycle Let me know if you need someone to look at it. Happy to help 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rslater00 Posted January 6, 2020 Author Share Posted January 6, 2020 7 minutes ago, Letsdothis said: Let me know if you need someone to look at it. Happy to help That would be great, thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MedIsLifePA Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 On 1/4/2020 at 9:24 PM, rslater00 said: I applied to 10 schools for the 2019 cycle and have been denied from almost all of them. I am going to re-apply this April, but I need some insight on what I should improve. I am not sure if I should try to focus on improving certain things or everything. I appreciate any feedback and advice! Undergrad: Biology degree LORs: 1 professor, 1 PTA, 1 college lacrosse coach (hindsight not my best idea) GRE: Verbal 150, Quant. 150, Writing 3 (ill prepared) cGPA: 3.47 sGPA: 3.15 PCE: fulltime PT aide, over 2,000 hours Shadowing: about 50 hours, with one urgent care PA Volunteer: about 90 hours, in the emergency department during my undergrad Hey, I'd say try stronger LORs. Another PT aide and a sports coach probably aren't the strongest options. I'd also say try to get more shadowing hours with different PAs. Not just one. Also, try volunteering more. 90 hrs isn't very competitive from what I've seen. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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