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Do PA schools look a lot at what type of school you got your undergrad at ?


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If I go to a more medical school (Loyola University) will that help my chances into getting into PA schools later on? Loyola is more expensive however it has a lot of research and internships. However the other school that is actually more of a business school (DePaul University ) offers priority screening into Rosalind Franklin University which has a PA program. They also have many research opportunities and don't know much about internships. So say I keep up my GPA and have enough clinical hours, ultimately at the end do you think it would play a big role the type of school I went to. Do you think I would be looked at differently going to a medical school rather than going to a school that is more of a business school?

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I truly don't think it matters. People get into PA programs with Bachelor's degrees in liberal arts, accounting, etc as long as they fulfill (and do well in) the prerequisite courses. You should go to the school that fits you best! Wherever you are most likely to excel and have opportunity to take extracurriculars that make you a well-rounded applicant.

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On 5/1/2020 at 4:34 PM, akerria29 said:

I truly don't think it matters. People get into PA programs with Bachelor's degrees in liberal arts, accounting, etc as long as they fulfill (and do well in) the prerequisite courses. You should go to the school that fits you best! Wherever you are most likely to excel and have opportunity to take extracurriculars that make you a well-rounded applicant.

Personally I agree with this. If PA programs do not really care about the major you have, I doubt they would care about which school you attended. Besides, PA programs are all over the country and they have thousands of applicants - I do not think an admissions team would use all that time to research each undergraduate program, espeically since some undergraduates would have attended new or tiny schools that very few know about.

I think each program requires certain prereqs for a reason - because they view those courses, and those courses specifically, as necessary to do well in that program. If they felt like a certain major or type of school was needed to do well in the program, they would probably explicitly mention this under admission requirements.

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I agree with the above. If you are absolutely sure that PA is the path for you, the priority screening is actually a really nice perk and I would lean that way. However, if you may want to consider research or other clinical medicine careers, it would be to your personal advantage to be at a school that allows you to explore those easily (like Loyola). 

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