You WILL NOT Get Into PA School if you make these mistakes... (MUST WATCH for all Pre PAs)

[@AdannaThePA]

Comment below with any mistakes you have made that have effected your PA journey... #LearnFromEachOther

[@brendareyes3699]

Adanna The PA can any major get into pa school? As long as you meet the requirements? Also do you recommend to wait a year after applying to earn more hours on volunteering/internships/patient care hours if you don’t have time to fit into your school schedule ?

[@t.g.5058]

Brenda Reyes My PA program accepts any major as long as you have a BA or BS, but check out your PA school requirements to see what they require.

[@stephenthepa8485]

Adanna, it is so impressive the way you've established your fan base and following here on youtube. You have an infectious personality, and I am sure many pre-pas have been helped by your videos. Keep up the great work!

[@AdannaThePA]

Thank you Stephen! I appreciate all that you do for the profession on the legislative end and I am grateful for the support you showed while in school, and clearly since graduation. Keep advocating for us!

[@mamort3621]

Thank you for your willingness to share. My daughter is graduating w a BS in human bio in May and we were just discussing PA school. Love that you combine faith and practical tips in your videos 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿🙌🙌🙌💕

[@stephaniegossett1291]

I am shaking off a few rough academic years after caring for my father, and finishing my bachelor’s degree. I am hovering around a Caspa 3.0. I have two more years to improve and am going for it. You alone have given me the courage to go for my degree. Thank you.

[@marilowe.lifestyle]

Stephanie Gossett is it possible to send me a message

[@bobbydrake2486]

This helps out so much as I am starting to do more research about schools and what classes I need to take and retake.

[@AdannaThePA]

Glad to know I could be of service

[@vanessawoods7407]

This is very helpful. Got my first rejection letter that was nice enough to show me where I can become competitive. I thought my GPA was enough. Researching the school is a plus. Thank you!

[@uniquejohnson5516]

PA sounds rough! I will be taking some of my science and general courses at a community college, and then transferring to a four year. currently a LPN and I think I prefer this route rather than Nurse Practitioner.

[@H2daIzzo69]

Go bsn first

[@TheArmedNurse]

I HIGHLY recommend going NP over PA. Your scope of practice is broader as an NP as you can actually open up your own clinic (within certain limits, of course) whereas a PA cannot under any circumstances work without collaboration with a physician. PA is a great profession, don't get me wrong, but if you are already a nurse then I would go for your RN at a community college then BSN, then NP. Both your BSN and MSN-NP can be completed online after you obtain your ADN.

[@sarahmccombs2949]

What advice do you give to some people that have social anxiety in a work place.

[@sallyybangg]

Thank you for giving me hope. I am a second-year applicant. fingers are crossed! :) You have an amazing personality! So glad I found your channel!

[@AfroMedic]

I’m one of those people who don’t talk unless I have to talk. Mostly when responding to someone or answering and asking questions. I think this field will be a nightmare for me.

[@H2daIzzo69]

Same

[@AfroMedic]

@@H2daIzzo69 are u pre pa

[@H2daIzzo69]

I am lmao. I want to stick with it to hopefully one day work in a trauma team

[@melissatindal1247]

Great info. If a school requires that you have to make a "C" or above for pre-reqs but did not mention anything about GPA what do you think that mean?

[@FloraNovax3]

Well that will give you a ballpark on your gpa.. because it’s the average grade. So aim for a B in above to be on the safe side.. it will average out to 3.5gpa

[@sashasamir2021]

Hello can you make a video on what the steps to get to PA school are. Like simplified. What should we start off with? I'm a senior in college and I feel like i'm behind in getting my stuff together. Pleaseeeee help me. (Advisors are not really helpful)

[@AdannaThePA]

Check this video out I did and if there are questions I did not address in there let me know and I can do an updated video... m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/qHWwo4x7orBlnas

[@louveniataylor1375]

In what world is B- not ok ????!!!

[@AdannaThePA]

Lol in some school's world. There are programs who have prerequisite requirements that state you cannot have anything lower than a B on any of your prerequisite courses. That's why it's important to read everything on the school's website with respect to the application process

[@shino475]

In the silly Caspa world that counts class mistakes from 12 years ago against you.

[@saul3965]

In the world of medicine lol

[@nizbet5707]

You uploaded while I was taking my break from working on my application. Tehe 😆

[@Tvaleriya]

great video! thanks for the helpful info!

[@kelsielovesjbieber]

So so helpful thank you!!!!

[@kategagafan1]

Why did you choose not to go to school in the Caribbean?

[@AdannaThePA]

Family I had just had a baby and gotten married. Also I had heard that it was difficult to get a residency in the states so I decided against it

[@MrArnoldarnold]

Will I get into PA school if I take my prerequisites online with no attached physical lab?

[@AdannaThePA]

Likely not. Most of the schools I've seen requires labs with the majority of their science prerequisites. However there are online classes that have online labs so you just have to look into those.

[@MrArnoldarnold]

Adanna The PA Thank you for responding!

[@crystalBall9287]

Question: you said you had gotten into med school already (sorry if you answered in a different video) what made you switch to PA school instead?

[@AdannaThePA]

I wanted to focus on my family as opposed to sharing that time with med school

[@crystalBall9287]

@@AdannaThePA Ah that makes sense. Tbh that's kinda why I didn't want to pull the trigger as well👍🏽 Good luck in your career!

[@krawilfriedarmelkouame5229]

@@AdannaThePA Hello Adanna , my name is kouame kra wilfried Armel from Ivory coast But study in China as Pharmaceutical engenier student . I'm interested to PA school and i am foreigner .Which advice can i get from you ?

[@CarliKate98]

I am so scared going forward with this career path. As a young dumb 18 year old I went to college before I was ready and after my first year my grades were too low to stay. I took a year off from school and went back after a lot of soul searching and growth and have made a complete turn around and have not gotten anything other than a’s and a few b’s sprinkled in. I’m worried I may have already disqualified myself before I even found this career path. All my low grade courses were gen eds, is it still worth it to try?

[@ABDlRlZAK]

Sorry for the late reply, but I’m pretty sure they look at the grades you got in the required pre-requisites. Depends on the school, but if you maintained at least a 3.0 in those science courses overall all together, you should be good to go.

[@johnguillen68]

As far as research, I know I have all the pre-req's for PA school or Med school by having a BS in Biology. I'm stuck with a low GPA and I can't do anything about that but try to apply to schools otherwise I'm looking a maybe 3-5 schools that will accept me with a low GPA. I'm worried about that but what else can I do? I guess if I don't get in this fall maybe I'll take some classes over at some other school just to bring up my GPA.

[@AdannaThePA]

I mean that's all you can do. You apply and then if You don't get in then you just ask for the schools for reasons why they may not have accepted you and then you move from there. Make the necessary changes and then reapply. Change the things you can and keep it moving.

[@llamabeam]

Update? Did u stay in healthcare

[@johnguillen68]

@@llamabeam Thanks for asking. I'm still in healthcare and still in the ER. I did speak with the director in the Lab on becoming a Medical Technologist. She put me on the list which I'll be next hopefully by January or Feburary. They will take me through their program while working in the lab as an assistant. The program is for 18 months and then I'll test for my license and be a Medical Technologist. I won't be making as much as an lab assistant while in the program but I'll keep getting a bump in pay as I'm going through the program. When I graduate from the program I'll get a big increase and then when I test for the boards then I'll get my big salary. I'm hoping for this if not then I really need to find out what to do. I'm most likely will fade away from healthcare and go into teaching Biology at a college. Of course, I'll go for my Master's in Education. I'm still trying to do something else on the side that's computer based. Coding and Data analytics. 2 separate things to try out. I just need to make better money and really start investing or saving. Where I'm at I can't do that because I'm not getting paid enough. I have a lot of bills and I'm getting garnished because I let a small loan lapse and now I'm paying the price. I'm hoping to be back on track once I get this loan paid off, hopefully by March 2025. Thank you for asking about my journey.

[@llamabeam]

@johnguillen68 I got a friend who's enjoying her MLS class! Same I wanna teach science, beginner finance, or certification courses in the future too Going into my 2nd gap yr the journey will be so worth it we got this

[@sydney6962]

How did you retake your courses? My science courses are about to be 7 years old.

[@TwilightfeenXD]

Can you possibly make a video about using CAPSA and the possible classes they count towards the science GPA

[@usario10m75]

Hey! I'm a new subscriber and I was wondering if you guys could make a video on how to be ready to become a veterinarian starting on first year of high school and like talking about what things you should sign up for and idk lol I'm not very educated on that sort of stuff but I want to learn. Anyways thanks for educating us♡♡

[@Siothedoll]

when you say you went back and did some more science courses, were you taking things similar to community college classes?

[@AdannaThePA]

Yes I took prerequisites at my local community colleges to ensure i can get all of them completed in a shorter period of time.

[@Siothedoll]

Adanna The PA Sounds good! Thank you!

[@emilyfong819]

You said in the description that you got your first interview in 2017 - what year did you apply? Was it the year prior?

[@zaytube4499]

She applied Summer of 2016

[@TheTjoy910]

How do I find a PA to shadow if I'm just a joe shmo with no connections or health care job experience? Specifically during Covid when the hospitals and everywhere else don't allow outsiders in for health reasons? Should I just wait until I get my CNA and start working that way?

[@AdannaThePA]

Great question. Honest you can wait but why? There are so many virtual shadowing opportunities out there GetthatCUniversity.com being one of them and lemme tell you something is better than nothing.

[@thepamelaaalfred]

so im looking to apply to pa schools but apparently as an International student, I have to enroll in and receive transfer credit and a bachelors degree or above at a regionally accredited U.S university plus I must complete at least one year of additional undergrad or grad study at an accredited U.S college. but I already have a bachelors degree so I don't know how to go about this . seems like a really long process lol but I know theres nothing God cannot do

[@krawilfriedarmelkouame5229]

Hi there , i am wilfried , also international student but here in China .Reading your Comment i think you are in U.S , So can you explain me a bit about the degree of chance that a foreigner may have to get into PA school ?

[@princessjazz5767]

Adanna I have a question can we put all our grades in caspa and can we also let say put grades we think we will get just to see what the gpa will get calculated to?

[@TrungNguyen-bk1xe]

What should i major in to get into PA School?

[@winnequathomas4999]

someone please answer this question . I am looking forward to be a PA & as of right now I’m majoring in public health

[@shivanichand8672]

Winnequa Thomas any type of biology degree

[@sallyybangg]

you need a bachelors degree, prerequisites, and a passion for the PA profession. If you love medicine and becoming a provider, then it shouldn't really matter what degree you have.

[@seun_the_great0]

I have a Question. Will CASPA average the grade of a course that I repeated at another university or will it just accept the grade for the highest repeat course? For example I got a D+ in organic chemistry at one university but Got a B- at a community college. will these grades both count towards my science GPA?

[@Jo-Ann_]

Seun The Great yes, they will

[@ronniea.4830]

Thank you for the information, my sons OChem is the one the hurt the science GPA how can he raise it up, does he need to retake it. This tool a brutal beating on the GPA. Also where did you take the prerequisites after graduating

[@H2daIzzo69]

Considering softer science classes like anatomy

[@adelecosse8799]

Hey! How old were you when you applied both your first and second time? I am also noticing I don't have all my pre-reqs (will take me 3 semesters to get these) and so I will be 26 when applying for my first time. Do PA schools tend to stray away from older candidates? Thanks!!

[@raesianNW]

In my honest opinion, I don't believe being older hurts your chances at getting into any post-undergrad program. From my experience being older has actually "helped" me get the interviews and get into the programs in the past due to me having life experience compared to the other younger applicants! During my time in college (post military service) I have applied to numerous programs and actually never been denied to a program that I've chosen after getting an interview. I just utilized my previous experiences and acted myself during those interviews/essay's written and that's what I believe got it me in. Also, I've seen 30-40 PA applicants, my wife's classmate in Medical School is 52, and in my prior nursing program we had a 60 year old woman that got accepted! I had a change of heart myself and shooting for PA since I had the pre-reqs so lets hope that us older folks get in ^^. Good luck to you and your future endeavors! P.S- I'm currently 27 years old and will be 28-29 when applying and schools around me told me that my age wouldn't hurt me!

[@danielleluma4681]

Hey I hope you see this... I’m a psychology major with a biology minor. I’m thinking about medical field and I think PA would be the best thing, so do you think it will be possible.

[@AdannaThePA]

Definitely possible. Just do your research on the steps you need to take to get there

[@desshighsmith8274]

do you think it matters if I have a BS or BA degree before applying to pa school?

[@rachaeljones122]

What did you use to calculate your CASPA gpa?

[@theraregem9351]

How did you get your GPA on Caspa?

[@cristinaamarante9852]

Do PA school program consider Masters degree from other country?

[@AdannaThePA]

it honestly depends on the school you have to look at their requirements, but the overarching theme laid out says you must have graduated from a regional accredited undergrad program.

[@cristinaamarante9852]

@@AdannaThePA thank you for your grateful answer. Make more awesome vlogs. ❤❤

[@aaronmcdaniel5802]

Can PA's specialize in more than one specialty?

[@AdannaThePA]

Yes!

[@anthonybarrow4018]

Should I become a Medical Assistant to fufill hours for PA school ?

[@AdannaThePA]

It's definitely a great option

[@theopolinakashihakumwa7585]

Hi what is the name of PA school you attended?

[@thejasosei]

Is college gpa different than high school? Because for us a B- wouldn’t knock your gpa down to a 2.9

[@adelecosse8799]

Hey! Look up +/- grading system (plus/minus) Most colleges are weighed differently than high school

[@KorliCymoneIsWhoIBe]

I’m a sophomore and I received a D in cellular biology my freshman year of college and I know I will retake it before I graduate because there’s no way I can get into PA school w/ a D in cellular & molecular bio so I want to know when I retake it, will CASPA average out my new grade w/ the D I previously got or will it just apply my new grade & act as if the D was never on my transcript?

[@xnng]

this is the exact same question i have.. did you get it answered other than on here?

[@tiffany6827]

I haven’t applied yet but I heard that they do average it which is why your gpa sometimes looks lower on CASPA than at your school

[@saminamusa9614]

Do PA schools look down on courses from community colleges?

[@gangstachic911]

Samina Musa I don’t think so no the websites for schools say they understand the cost of education and gpa I calculated the same as university

[@asiaacao]

I love you!!!

[@elleanna3]

does your highschool gpa matter or you just gotta do good in college?

[@arnelleprophete9886]

your high school gpa only matters because it determines you getting into college. as far as getting into PA school, it’s your undergrad gpa that matters