hockeyfreak Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 Fellow Classmates (All those who have been accepted to Penn State). I am going to start a Facebook Group, but I need at least 1 of you to add me as a friend so I can create the group. Please find me on FB and add me. And then I will start the process! Thanks Brett Bird, Westminster College, Salt Lake City, UT bab0818@westminstercollege.edu Hey Brett, I was talking to Yvonne n she told me you got into Penn State lol i also work at ARUP, manual endocrinology II Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bab0818 Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 Hockeyfreak! Thats awesome! i love it hear at ARUP. Who are you? you should add me on FB so i know who you are lol...Also, have you heard word from Penn State yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hockeyfreak Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 Ya i'm accepted. I want to go there but my wife (who also works at ARUP lol) might have trouble getting job at Penn State so I'm waiting on one other school to get back to me after interviewing last week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freudian_Slip Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PACdan Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 Hmmmm, sounds like someone wants to move up the waiting list, eh Freudian_Slip? You have a brand new profile, and you have posted this same BS in another thread. Penn State is a major teaching hospital system and you have nothing to back up your claim. Nice try, you lose. Sent from the Satellite of Love using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctstone1 Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 Completely untrue. I would encourage anyone with concerns to contact the program. 100% on solid ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PennState_PA_Program Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 I heard this program might not even make it through it's first year. I too thought the interview process was nice, but after talking to some insiders.. their accreditation doesn't look like it will hold through the year. This doesn't happen often, but from what I understand they aren't meeting certain codes and everyone who attends might be completely s*it out of luck come next year. Its a risk you have to take with a completely new program though. I'm not telling anyone anything to do but I'm going to withdraw my acceptance. Just a word of advice. Good luck to everyone. Through the ARC-PA, the Physician Assistant Program at Penn State College of Medicine has received the highest accreditation granted to new programs. The Penn State community is anxiously awaiting the arrival of our inaugural class. Freudian_Slip, I am unsure of the intent of your post as your assessment of our accreditation and admissions offer are inaccurate. At present, Penn State has no outstanding admission offers on the table. If there is anything you'd like to discuss, please feel free to contact the Program directly. We would be glad to speak with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hmmmmm90 Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 Does anyone know if the supp. has to be received by tomorrow, or just postmarked by 1/30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PACdan Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 Does anyone know if the supp. has to be received by tomorrow, or just postmarked by 1/30 This program has filled its seats. Don't waste your money. Over 1,500 apps received. Sent from the Satellite of Love using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meagan14 Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 May I ask how you know seats are filled? There were 2 interview sessions in January and said we wouldn't hear back for about a month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PACdan Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 May I ask how you know seats are filled? There were 2 interview sessions in January and said we wouldn't hear back for about a month. Yes. This person doesn't even have their app IN yet. If you already interviewed this month, you might have a snowball's chance of getting in. 30 seats, 1500+ applicants, most submitted last summer/fall. Schools have rolling admission, but they fill disproportionately at the earliest application openings. Do the math. Sent from the Satellite of Love using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freudian_Slip Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Through the ARC-PA, the Physician Assistant Program at Penn State College of Medicine has received the highest accreditation granted to new programs. The Penn State community is anxiously awaiting the arrival of our inaugural class. Freudian_Slip, I am unsure of the intent of your post as your assessment of our accreditation and admissions offer are inaccurate. At present, Penn State has no outstanding admission offers on the table. If there is anything you'd like to discuss, please feel free to contact the Program directly. We would be glad to speak with you. Just want I heard sorry if it was offensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopefulfor2014 Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 This program has filled its seats. Don't waste your money. Over 1,500 apps received. How do you know this? Are you sure? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tunafish Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 How do you know this? Are you sure? Guys, c'mon! Why are you doing this to yourself? There is a representative (actually seems like an adcom director) logged to this forum. Pennstate website has their phone - just call and ask your questions. I am 100% sure they will address all of your concerns. They were very open with all of us during this cycle and went an extra step to even address the rumors posted here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PACdan Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 How do you know this? Are you sure? See previous post. See Penn State rep's comment: "At present, Penn State has no outstanding admission offers on the table." Sent from the Satellite of Love using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilmore13 Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 I read that as they have not extended any offers of acceptance that have not been answered, indicating that Freudian_Slip's comment that (s)he would be rejecting their offer was not true. I could be reading that wrong, but I don't think we have enough information to confidently say the class is full. Often, schools will purposefully retain a few seats until after the application deadline, despite interviewing and extending offers throughout, for the candidates that submitted their applications later. I don't know if that is true in Penn State's case, but I prefer to remain optimistic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tunafish Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 I read that as they have not extended any offers of acceptance that have not been answered, indicating that Freudian_Slip's comment that (s)he would be rejecting their offer was not true. I could be reading that wrong, but I don't think we have enough information to confidently say the class is full. Often, schools will purposefully retain a few seats until after the application deadline, despite interviewing and extending offers throughout, for the candidates that submitted their applications later. I don't know if that is true in Penn State's case, but I prefer to remain optimistic. During the interview process we were told that PennState would never do an interview "for the spot in a wait list" and they would reserve the seats till the end of the app cycle/interview dates. They were very open about that policy together with the extended time for decision making. That for me personally added to the attractiveness of the program. I was a victim of the above practice in this app cycle. Coming to the interview to find out that the class is full and you would have a chance to get in only if someone would give up their seat. Yikes!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctstone1 Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 During the interview process we were told that PennState would never do an interview "for the spot in a wait list" and they would reserve the seats till the end of the app cycle/interview dates. They were very open about that policy together with the extended time for decision making. That for me personally added to the attractiveness of the program. I was a victim of the above practice in this app cycle. Coming to the interview to find out that the class is full and you would have a chance to get in only if someone would give up their seat. Yikes!!! Agree. I've interviewed at a program before where I was told during the interview that the class was full, but that routinely pull from the wait list. It wasn't a good feeling. Penn State's approach and their openness about that approach was both refreshing and appealing. Good luck to everyone who is still waiting, I've been there. Keep working and keep your head up. There is a lot to be said about persistence in the face of adversity :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PennState_PA_Program Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Penn State’s PA Program has intentionally honored the application deadline of January 15th which is the application deadline we ourselves set. Although we employ a rolling admissions process, seats remain open until all candidates who have met our deadline have received a fair review. We are not interviewing candidates for seats on our waiting list. All candidates invited to interview have a legitimate chance of securing one of the 30 seats. Although this is an inaugural class that Penn State is recruiting, the faculty and staff of Penn State’s PA program are not new to PA education. We are committed to having a program based upon transparency and integrity. When we tell our applicants that their file will be reviewed upon receipt of their secondary application, we actually review the file and meet as a group to decide on who we will be bringing in for an interview. Currently, seats in Penn State’s inaugural PA class remain available. Our faculty and staff continue to review applications from those candidates who met our stated application deadline. As we have previously posted, please feel free to contact us directly with any additional questions.Chris Bruce, PA-CProgram Director Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopefulfor2014 Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Anyone know if this class is full or if they have pulled from the wait list yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tunafish Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 Anyone know if this class is full or if they have pulled from the wait list yet? We have 30 names on the list. Call admissions- they are very nice people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoopeda Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Is anyone considering this school? I'm reading and hearing excellent things about their director, vision, and prospects. The fact that they're director is a PA but the program is linked into the med school is encouraging. Any insights on the type of curriculum they use (systems based vs traditional fragmented)? Courses taken with MD students or separate? They currently have provisional accreditation, meaning that as long as they pass during their next reassessment (2016), graduates will be able to sit for PA-C licensure. Anyone been there this year? Applying? First interview invitations go out yet? I'm curious! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakingpatience Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Is anyone considering this school? I'm reading and hearing excellent things about their director, vision, and prospects. The fact that they're director is a PA but the program is linked into the med school is encouraging. Any insights on the type of curriculum they use (systems based vs traditional fragmented)? Courses taken with MD students or separate? They currently have provisional accreditation, meaning that as long as they pass during their next reassessment (2016), graduates will be able to sit for PA-C licensure. Anyone been there this year? Applying? First interview invitations go out yet? I'm curious! I just submitted my CASPA and am applying to Penn State! Don't know any of the answers to your questions though, sorry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSH Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Is anyone considering this school? I'm reading and hearing excellent things about their director, vision, and prospects. The fact that they're director is a PA but the program is linked into the med school is encouraging. Any insights on the type of curriculum they use (systems based vs traditional fragmented)? Courses taken with MD students or separate? They currently have provisional accreditation, meaning that as long as they pass during their next reassessment (2016), graduates will be able to sit for PA-C licensure. Anyone been there this year? Applying? First interview invitations go out yet? I'm curious! I applied! The direction they're going seems awesome. The director used to be the director at DeSales, actually. I shadowed a PA-C that knows her and said she's wonderful. The curriculum on the website does not appear to be systems-based, but I heard that it will be very integrated, i.e. learning certain anatomy in the morning and then going to the cadaver lab in the afternoon. I don't think they're doing interviews until Sept, but I can't wait to hear back from them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tunafish Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 I am one of the students in the class of 2016 and you can ask me any questions. Will try to answer in a timely manner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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