2022-2023 Application Cycle

[aledani]

Hello everyone, starting the thread for this application cycle. Good luck to us  

[Anonymoushelix]

Heyyy, thanks for doing that! I've now submitted to 10/16 schools! woohoooo

[NotyouraveragePrePA]

Has anyone received a confirmation email? I submitted the beginning of May… but looking at last years thread is freaking me out with confirmations received a few days after submission

[Blr28]

3 hours ago, NotyouraveragePrePA said:

Has anyone received a confirmation email? I submitted the beginning of May… but looking at last years thread is freaking me out with confirmations received a few days after submission

I submitted my app on 5/5/22 and just got confirmation yesterday 5/31/22

[NotyouraveragePrePA]

Oh good! Thank you!!

Good luck! 

[gentlemanPA]

What does the confirmation email look like? I received this email   

"Your application to the Physician Assistant Studies, Master (Phoenix Biomedical) program at Northern Arizona University for the Fall 2023 semester has been successfully submitted. You will receive additional information after your application has been processed by the Admissions office."

But I feel like I'm missing something, such as on the graduate college application via ApplyWeb. I'm trying to find the status of my app through the LOUIE link they sent. 

[Blr28]

10 hours ago, gentlemanPA said:

What does the confirmation email look like? I received this email   

"Your application to the Physician Assistant Studies, Master (Phoenix Biomedical) program at Northern Arizona University for the Fall 2023 semester has been successfully submitted. You will receive additional information after your application has been processed by the Admissions office."

But I feel like I'm missing something, such as on the graduate college application via ApplyWeb. I'm trying to find the status of my app through the LOUIE link they sent. 

Mine said "Thank you very much for your interest in the PA Program at Northern Arizona University. We appreciate your application. A preliminary review has been completed. You have met all of the minimum requirements for admission. Your application will be forwarded to the next level of review. Please do not contact us for updates as this is the only update we are able to give you at this time."

[alliePAige]

I received the same email as @Blr28! 

[gentlemanPA]

6 hours ago, alliePAige said:

I received the same email as @Blr28! 

 

11 hours ago, Blr28 said:

Mine said "Thank you very much for your interest in the PA Program at Northern Arizona University. We appreciate your application. A preliminary review has been completed. You have met all of the minimum requirements for admission. Your application will be forwarded to the next level of review. Please do not contact us for updates as this is the only update we are able to give you at this time."

Okay, but did you all receive that same email before the confirmation email? Seems like I may receive it later as I submitted my app on May 20th, was verified on the 23rd and received that other email on the 17th, (but I guess because I submitted the graduate college app before the CASPA app).

[PAGirl17]

10 hours ago, gentlemanPA said:

 

Okay, but did you all receive that same email before the confirmation email? Seems like I may receive it later as I submitted my app on May 20th, was verified on the 23rd and received that other email on the 17th, (but I guess because I submitted the graduate college app before the CASPA app).

I received the same email as you as well! My CASPA application was also verified on the 23rd. I emailed NAU to just check up on the status and they said they know waiting is the hardest part but they’ve received thousands of applications so it may take a bit to receive that second confirmation email that alliePAige and Blr28 received. 

[gentlemanPA]

10 hours ago, PAGirl17 said:

I received the same email as you as well! My CASPA application was also verified on the 23rd. I emailed NAU to just check up on the status and they said they know waiting is the hardest part but they’ve received thousands of applications so it may take a bit to receive that second confirmation email that alliePAige and Blr28 received. 

Oh wow! I bet! But awesome, thank you for this. It only makes sense and its very understandable. I feel much better now, thanks! 

[Anonymoushelix]

For all the people who received the "preliminary review has been completed" email, is this after you completed their secondary application or after sending in your primary CASPA application?

I completed the secondary application on 5/20 just for reference and I haven't received an email like that yet.

[Blr28]

17 hours ago, Anonymoushelix said:

For all the people who received the "preliminary review has been completed" email, is this after you completed their secondary application or after sending in your primary CASPA application?

I completed the secondary application on 5/20 just for reference and I haven't received an email like that yet.

Both my Caspa and secondary were submitted and verified and then I got that email 

[gentlemanPA]

On 6/7/2022 at 9:54 PM, Anonymoushelix said:

For all the people who received the "preliminary review has been completed" email, is this after you completed their secondary application or after sending in your primary CASPA application?

I completed the secondary application on 5/20 just for reference and I haven't received an email like that yet.

same here. still waiting for that other email. Will call tomorrow to see if there's anything missing like with the secondary app/graduate school app.

[Shaad]

Thank you for making this post. Submitted my CASPA 5/5/2022, got the confirmation email that says I have met all requirements 6/3/2022. 

[PAGirl17]

On 6/8/2022 at 10:02 PM, gentlemanPA said:

same here. still waiting for that other email. Will call tomorrow to see if there's anything missing like with the secondary app/graduate school app.

Did you hear anything about the second email? I still haven’t gotten it. 

[Anonymoushelix]

4 hours ago, kimpossible said:

For the supplemental questions on CASPA, there is a 3000-character limit. I'm just curious how many characters people used for the question describing your connection to AZ? I feel like mine is too short?

For me, I feel like their character limit is the best portrayal of how much you SHOULD include in your personal statement. However, this doesnt meant that you should lose sleep over trying to reach 2999 characters either. I strived to keep it a little more than half the character amount.

[gentlemanPA]

On 6/11/2022 at 3:59 PM, PAGirl17 said:

Did you hear anything about the second email? I still haven’t gotten it. 

No, not yet

[alliePAige]

15 hours ago, Anonymoushelix said:

For me, I feel like their character limit is the best portrayal of how much you SHOULD include in your personal statement. However, this doesnt meant that you should lose sleep over trying to reach 2999 characters either. I strived to keep it a little more than half the character amount.

@kimpossible I agree with this reply ^ For that specific question I only wrote a short paragraph. For their question about the mission statement though I wrote basically 2500 characters! 

[kpossible]

On 6/13/2022 at 3:57 PM, alliePAige said:

@kimpossible I agree with this reply ^ For that specific question I only wrote a short paragraph. For their question about the mission statement though I wrote basically 2500 characters! 

 

On 6/13/2022 at 12:21 AM, Anonymoushelix said:

For me, I feel like their character limit is the best portrayal of how much you SHOULD include in your personal statement. However, this doesnt meant that you should lose sleep over trying to reach 2999 characters either. I strived to keep it a little more than half the character amount.

AHHH thank you so much

[prepaKM]

Just a curiosity question, when their CASPA school-specific question says to explain any excessive bad grades, what did you all consider to be the cut-off for writing that question vs. saying not applicable? Is one bad grade or two bad grades worth explaining, or is it referring to more than that?

Edited June 19, 2022 by prepaKM

[Anonymoushelix]

22 hours ago, prepaKM said:

Just a curiosity question, when their CASPA school-specific question says to explain any excessive bad grades, what did you all consider to be the cut-off for writing that question vs. saying not applicable? Is one bad grade or two bad grades worth explaining, or is it referring to more than that?

I included anything I genuinely thought was a red flag on my application. For example: I explained my one W from 5 years ago, and why I reduced my course load one semester. It's better to explain something than not at all, given the opportunity. 

[radiantheart99]

On 6/19/2022 at 3:48 PM, prepaKM said:

Just a curiosity question, when their CASPA school-specific question says to explain any excessive bad grades, what did you all consider to be the cut-off for writing that question vs. saying not applicable? Is one bad grade or two bad grades worth explaining, or is it referring to more than that?

I discussed any grades that were a C or lower, especially if this was in a Science course (mine were only in O CHM). 

[Anonymoushelix]

FINALLY got a “completed preliminary review” email after two months! I applied pretty early too

[gentlemanPA]

On 7/3/2022 at 3:40 PM, Anonymoushelix said:

FINALLY got a “completed preliminary review” email after two months! I applied pretty early too

Awesome. I also FINALLY received that long awaited email, haha. Especially after applying so early.