u/Reasonable_Economy52

ACCEPTED 👩🏻‍⚕️ 💖🩺

ACCEPTED 👩🏻‍⚕️ 💖🩺

Freaking out!! Yesterday I was accepted as a first-time applicant and am beyond shocked - part of me still thinks they sent the email to the wrong person lol. It feels surreal to be making an accepted Sankey after thinking about PA school for the last 5+ years of my life 🥹. I never thought it would be my turn. I hope everyone reading this receives good news, and feel free to message me!!

STATS

gpa: 3.65 (major in Biology, minor in Italian)

sgpa: 3.47

PCE: ~ 1800 at the time of applying (500 as a volunteer EMT, 1300 as a pediatric MA)

Shadowing: 40 hours

volunteer: ~ 240 hours

Research: 1200+ hours (wrote my senior thesis on my project)

ECs: Orientation leader, sorority, honors college mentor, Pre-PA club president/VP

I also put LOTSSSS of time into my essays and personal statement. I started writing them MONTHS before I applied in May. I rewrote my PS 3 times from scratch and had 5+ people read it.

I am a very average applicant, but I think my experiences, ECs, volunteer experiences, and essays helped me stand out. I don't have much advice because I am still quite shocked, but believe in yourself! You all are deserving- it will be your turn next!

u/Reasonable_Economy52 — 7 days ago

How to not feel discouraged about waitlist?

Hey everyone. I had an interview recently and was waitlisted immediately after. I am a feeling so discouraged. The program explained that they usually waitlist if they don't have a spot for you or if they have a minor reservation about you. I loved this program and thought I absolutely crushed the interview. But my disappointment comes from the fact that I know this was one of their earlier interviews, and they have plenty of spots, which means...they ultimately had a minor reservation about me.

I have another interview coming up, and I want to absolutely crush it. I just can't shake this feeling that there's something about me they didn't like/something I need to address in order to be better. I wish I could know what I did wrong or what I can do better, but I really feel like I answered everything to the best of my ability and was the most genuine version of myself. It just sucks knowing that wasn't enough.

How do I deal with this feeling? How can I improve?

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u/Reasonable_Economy52 — 3 months ago

CASPA Help pls!!

Okay so I sent all my preliminary applications in mid-May, and they were all verified by CASPA soon after. The last school I was applying to opened on July 1st, so I figured I would add a new experience with some updates from the past few weeks. I didn't realize it would be saved and locked. So I went to edit it today and realized it was locked while I was still editing it - I literally saved it while I was mid-sentence. Is there any way to fix this??? I haven't submitted to this program yet. Will my other programs see this in my application, or will they only receive my original verified one?

I'm freaking out and so upset that this dumb mistake might affect my application. I can't even call CASPA because it's a holiday weekend. Please help!!!

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u/Reasonable_Economy52 — 3 months ago

Burnt out from supplementals

Anyone super burnt out from writing all the supplemental apps?? Every time I submit a CASPA app I get a surprise email with a bunch of supplemental questions….even tho none of these schools put that they have supplemental apps on their website 😭😭 I feel like I’ve been writing constantly without a break

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u/Reasonable_Economy52 — 5 months ago

Next steps after verification?

Hello! I submitted all of my apps last week, and they have all been verified. Out of 15, I have only received 5 emails from schools letting me know that they have received my application.

So my question is whether the other 10 schools are currently reviewing my application, since I haven’t received any confirmation yet. Should I plan to follow up with them in a few weeks if I still don’t hear anything? Thank you!

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u/Reasonable_Economy52 — 5 months ago

Hello! A large chunk of my PCE was spent volunteering as an EMT (~500 hours). In the experiences section, I put all of this under PCE. One of my schools asks this question about community service hours. Aside from the EMT hours, I have about 200 hours of other volunteer hours. Should I put the 200 hours or the total PCE + other volunteer (~700 hours)? I don't want to double dip, but I also want to present the best application I can. What should I do?

Edit: Just to clarify, I am NOT putting another experience in the CASPA experiences section with my EMT hours as "volunteer". I am simply asking if I should include those hours to answer this question, as it is very open-ended and there is no guidance about whether my volunteer PCE hours should be put here. Thank you all for the suggestions 😄 ....the consensus is leaning towards no.

u/Reasonable_Economy52 — 6 months ago

Anyone else not know how to feel on the eve of CASPA opening? Maybe I'm overthinking a tad, but it feels like all of my years of hard work have culminated to this moment (tomorrow). Feeling so stressed and like it's the hunger games lol may the odds be ever in your favor. But seriously good luck everyone! We are all going to do great!

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u/Reasonable_Economy52 — 6 months ago