345. Does Leadership Give Your PA School Application an Extra Edge?
344. Why It’s Not Bragging To Bring Up All Your Strengths At Your PA School Interview
343. Top Things To Do During Your Gap Year To Increase Your Chances of Getting Accepted Your First Cycle!
342. Do PA Schools See Updates You Add to your CASPA Application After Submitting?
340. I’ve Submitted My App and Hearing Crickets…Is This Cycle Over For Me?
339. New State Joins PA Licensure Compact!
338. If you are a Reapplicant, you Need to be Doing These Things
337. MMI and Traditional PA School Interviews: What to Expect and How to Prepare
336. Treating Mental Health as a Physician Assistant
335. Why Some PA Students Don’t Make It Through PA School
334. Essential Steps to Take After Your PA School Interview
333. How to Ask for Feedback After your PA School Interview
332. CASPA GPAs: Are your GPAs actually LOWER than you think?
331. Crafting a Standout Personal Statement: Creative Ideas for Pre-PAs
330. Why You Should Apply to PA Schools that Have Elective Rotations
329. The Best Resources for PA Students to Succeed
328. Understanding Withdrawals: How CASPA Calculates Withdrawals for Pre-PAs
327. Should You Retake the GRE? A Pre-PA Guide to Making the Right Decision
326. Highest Paying Specialties for Physician Assistants
325. CASPA Life Experiences Essay – How to Make this a Huge Asset to your PA School Application!
324. Mastering MMI Interviews for Pre-PAs
323. Nail Your CASPA Experience Paragraphs: Tips, Examples, and Common Mistake
322. PA School Application Costs: Tips and Ideas to Help you Navigate the Cost of Applying
321. Preventing Burnout for Pre-PAs: Insights from the Society of Early Career PAs
320. Rejection is so hard – what to do and how to handle being rejected from PA schools
319. Narrowing Down PA Schools to the BEST PA Schools for You!
318. Unlocking PA Shadowing Success
317. Hack Rolling Admissions for PA School
316. Top 5 Must-Haves for a Winning PA School Application
315. CASPA Healthcare vs Patient Care Experience – It’s NOT about your Title!
314. Top 3 Common CASPA Application Errors Pre-PAs Make and How to Avoid Them
313. Top 5 Most Common PA School Supplemental Essays & Examples on How to Answer Each One
312. What Can Be Editing After Submitting Your CASPA
311. How to Prepare for PA School Interviews Now – Quick Tip Hit for Pre-PAs
310. Huge News in the PA World!
309. Going to PA School? Do This Now!
308. How Much Does it Cost to Apply to PA School?
307. Exciting News! PA Licensure Compact! Impress at your PA school interview with this update!
306. CASPA’s New Life Experiences Essay – What to write about!
305. Do These Things ASAP When CASPA Opens!
304. Hidden Costs of PA School
303. What to do when your asked to write your own LOR for PA school
302. PA-CAT: What you need to know as a pre-PA
301. CASPER Exam for PA School Applications – Need to Know Info
300. How to Verify your CASPA Hours
299. What Counts as Extracurriculars for CASPA??
298. Your ‘Deeper Why’: Crafting a Compelling Personal Statement as a Pre-PA
297. You May Not Have Thought About These Things When Picking the PA Schools You Want To Apply To
296. Money in the Bank!
295. Amazing Changes Happening in the PA World
294. Reapplicant?? What You Need to Do for the Next Cycle!
293. Top 3 Patient Care Experience Positions & Why They’re Key for PA School Application Success
292. Why High School Experiences Have No Place (Except Here) On Your CASPA Application
291. How to Contact Individual PA Schools About your Application
290. How to Get Accepted to PA School with a Low GPA
289. 3 Ways to Make Your PA School Application Stand Out!
288. HCE and PCE CASPA Entries & Why Your Paragraphs Matter HUGE in Standing Out!
287. Testing in PA School
286. PA Students! There is a method to the madness!
284. When Should You Apply to PA School
283. Top 3 CASPA Mistakes Pre-PAs Make
282. Personal Statement Tips that Will Make PA Schools REALLY Excited to Invite You for an Interview!
281. What’s the PA-CAT and Do I Need to Take It?
280. Med School or PA School?? PAs vs Physicians
279. THIS is why the Physician Assistant Career is considered the most compassionate!
278. What you should be doing NOW before the new CASPA cycle opens!
277. Physician Assistant vs Physician Associate – Which Do You Use??
276. PA Schools in North Carolina
274. Rejected? What to do now!
273. Can’t Move For PA School? Location Dependent? How to Maximize Your Chances of Getting Accepted
272. Do I Need Both Medical and Non-Medical Volunteering for my PA School Application?
271. New Physician Assistant Stats
270. Classes to take as a Pre-PA
269. Letters of Continued Interest for PA School – What are They, When to Send, and What to Include
268. 3 New PA Schools You May Not Know About
266. Prepping loved ones for when you are in PA school
265. How is learning different in PA school?
264. Highlight your strengths without feeling like you’re bragging at your PA school interview
263. Unlock your PA School Dreams: Holiday Strategies for Pre-PAs
262. Need to know PA Board Exam PANCE Prep
261. How to know you’re ready to apply to PA school
259. Maximizing your PCE and HCE: Essential Tips for Pre-PAs
258. On the Fence? Why a Career as a Physician Assistant is the Best Choice
257. Unpack the “No”: Reasons Why You Received Rejections
256. New PANCE Changes Unveiled: What Pre-PAs Need to Know
255. How to choose when you’ve received multiple acceptances to PA schools
254. How to ask PA schools for a status update and how to update PA schools after applying
253. How Many PA Schools Should You Apply To?
252. Questions to Ask at your PA School Interview
251. PA-C and Dietician: Fueling Health Through the Power of Patient Education and Medical Nutrition
250. CASPA GPAs: What You Must Know About CASPA GPAs
249. Decoding PA School Accreditation Status: What Each Means for You
248. Top Earning PA Specialties: Salaries and Prospects
247. Should you discuss medical and mental health conditions in your PA school application?
246. Leveraging Applicant PA Schools to Increase Your Chances of Getting Accepted
245. Life as an Emergency Medicine PA: Pros, Cons, Highs and Lows
244. “Why do you want to be a PA?” Interview Question and How to Answer
243. Not receiving any interview invites? Here’s why…
242. Is it too late to submit my CASPA application?
241. What to do if you are placed on the waitlist after your PA school interview
240. How to Ask for an LOR for PA School the RIGHT way
239. Accepted to PA School? Now what?
238. Don’t Underestimate this critical part of your PA school application
237. Overwhelmed as a Pre-PA? How to Cope, Keep Going and Succeed!
236. South Carolina PA Schools
235. What to do when you are asked to write your own LOR for PA school
234. Struggling with staying motivated as a pre-PA? What to do when your motivation wanes
233. Importance of Prerequisite Classes for PA School
232. Interview Tips you Must Hear for your PA School Interview
231. How to Beat Imposter Syndrome as a Pre-PA
230. Inclusion and Diversity as a Pre-PA
228. How to Answer the PA School Interview Question “How Will You Contribute to Our Mission?”
227. Top Reasons Why You Didn’t Receive PA School Interview Invites
226. Common PA School Interview Question – Current PA Legislation?
225. Reasons Why You Weren’t Accepted After Your PA School Interview
224. What to Wear and Not Wear to your PA School Interview
223. HCE vs PCE – How to Choose the Correct CASPA Definition
222. The difference between a mediocre CASPA app and an Outstanding CASPA app
221. Trailblazer PA Ruth Ballweg – Part 2
220. Interview with Trailblazer Physician Assistant Ruth Ballweg, Part 1
219. PA School MMI and How to Answer MMI Style Questions
217. Mental Health Statistics of PA Students
216. Tips to Ace Your PA School Interview
215. CASPA Paid Transcript Entry Service – Is It Right For You?
214. Low GPA? Here’s How to Get Accepted to PA School
213. 6 Essential Steps for a Successful CASPA Application
212. How to Write Compelling Supplemental Essays for PA School
211. Avoid These Things that Annoy the PA Faculty Panel During PA School Interviews
210. How to Enhance Your CASPA Application AFTER You Press Submit
209. Get Into PA School With a Low GPA
208. Why You Are Not Getting PA School Interview Invites
207. Next Steps After Submitting Your CASPA Application to Maximize Success
206. States That Are the Most Friendly and Most Restrictive for Physician Assistants
205. How to Make Your CASPA COVID Essay Stand Out
204. Exploring IPE for Pre-PAs: Understanding Its Importance
203. What You Need To Do NOW That CASPA Is Open!
201. New Accredited PA Schools!
200. PA Stats You Need to Know!
198. Update! PA Licensure Compact
197. Trauma Surgery and Army National Guard PA-C
195. Georgia PA Schools and What Makes Each One Unique
194. Physician Assistant vs Nurse Practitioner What’s the Difference?
193. Write a Personal Statement That ACTUALLY Catches the Attention of PA Admissions Committees
192. MMI Interviews for PA School
191. From Theater to a Forensic Examiner Physician Assistant
191. PA-CAT, CASPer and GRE – Why Do They Matter??
190. Should You Apply to Hybrid PA Schools?
189. Florida Physician Assistant Schools and What Makes Each One Special – Part 2
188. Florida Physician Assistant Schools and What Makes Each One Special – Part 1
187. How to Make a Great GRE Score for PA School
186. Physician Assistants in Bulgaria
185. What to Do NOW Before CASPA Opens!
183. How to Choose the Best LOR Writers for CASPA
182. Stats that Predict You Will Pass the PANCE
181. Obesity Medicine Specialty and the Role Physician Assistants Can Play
180. Satellite PA Schools
179. What is the ARC-PA and Why It Matters for Pre-Physician Assistants
178. Picking PA Schools? You Need to Know Attrition Rates
177. PA Schools in Connecticut and What Makes Each One Special!
176. Current PA Legislation – Physician Assistant Licensure Compact
175. PA School Supplemental Essays – What to Expect and How to Approach Them
174. Four Time PA School Re-Applicant and PA-C, Alyssa Hamel
173. Most Important Thing to Do Now for the New CASPA Cycle
172. CASPA Color Deadlines and What They Mean
171. Colorado PA Schools
170. Beat Pre-PA Imposter Syndrome
169. Bad Letters of Recommendation Can Ruin your PA School Application
168. Pre-PA! You MUST Listen to this Episode!
167. California PA Schools and What Makes Each One Unique – Part 2
166. PA Schools in California and What Makes Each One Unique
165. Should you Retake Prerequisite Courses Before Applying to PA School
164. Biggest Exam of your Life
163. Learn this BEFORE PA School
162. What is your Plan to Apply to PA School? Create your Roadmap to Acceptance
161. PA Forums and Why you Should Stay OFF Them
160. What to Do During Your Gap Year
159. What Else to Expect on your PA School Interview Day
157. PA School Spotlight – Barry University Physician Assistant Program
156. What Does Provisional Accreditation Mean?
154. Starting PA School Soon?? How to Prevent PA Student Burnout
153. 5 Principles to Answer ANY Ethical and Scenario PA School Interview Question
152. Stuck on What to Write in your Personal Statement for PA School? Here are Some Ideas!
151. Are Hybrid PA Schools Right for You?
150. Doctorate Degree for Physician Assistants
149. PA Schools in Alabama and What Makes Each One Unique
147. What I Wish I Had Known Before Starting PA School
146. Get TWO Degrees at the Same Time! All About Physician Assistant Dual Degrees
145. How to Survive the Wait After Submitting Your PA School Application
144. Guaranteed Better GRE Scores?? Yes, TOTALLY Possible!
143. Do You Need to Take the CASPer Test for PA School??
142. PA School Spotlight – AdventHealth Physician Assistant Program
141. What Questions to Ask at Your PA School Interview & What to Avoid
140. Have Some Bad Grades?? This is How PA Schools View Poor Grades & How to Overcome It!
139. All About the AAPA and Why You Need to Be a Part of It!
138. Physician Assistants in the Netherlands
137. What You Need to Be Doing While in Undergrad
136. What is SDL and Why is it Important for Pre-PAs and PA Students?
135. CASPA and Volunteering Experiences
134. Would You Ever Join the Military to Become a PA? Army Physician Assistant in Germany!
133. Pre-PA Success Story! From Speech Language to PA Student
132. PA School Spotlight – Northeastern PA Program!
131. Bring These Things On Your PA School Interview Day!
130. Create your CASPA App in ONE Day & How to Verify your CASPA Hours
129. Write Your Strongest CASPA Experience Details
128. How to CORRECTLY Contact PA Schools
127. Must Know Advice from a PA School Admissions Director
126. How to Update CASPA After You Submit
125. New Provisional PA Schools
124. Pre-PA Student Success Story – Katie
123. What We Can’t Teach You In PA School!
122. Hidden Costs of Physician Assistant School
121. Physician Assistants in New Zealand
120. What to Wear in PA School
119. Physician Assistants International – Germany
118. How to Prepare for PA School Interviews
117. Virtual or In-Person PA School Interviews
116. Thinking about Specializing in Surgery as a Physician Assistant? Surgical PA-C Interview
114. How Expensive is PA School REALLY? The Real Number you Need to Know Featuring Strive with Kristin
113. Supplemental Essays for PA School
112. How and When to Ask for Feedback After Your PA School Interview
111. Increasing Diversity in the Physician Assistant Career
110. How COVID Will Affect Your PA School Application
109. The Difference Between HCE and PCE
108. How to Apply to PA School
107. Top 3 CASPA Application Mistakes
106. #1 Clinical Year Mistake in PA School
105. Australia Physician Assistant & Wilderness Medicine
104. What You Need to Do Once You Get Accepted to PA School
103. Are You Financially Ready for PA School?
102. Create the Life of Your Dreams as a Physician Assistant
101. Didactic PA Student Joana: Pre-PA & PA Student Tips
100. Special Message From Us To You – Celebrating 100th Episode
99. Don’t Press Submit on CASPA Until You Listen to This
98. CASPA is OPEN! What You Need to Do NOW!
97. BEFORE You Submit Your CASPA Application, You Need to Know This!
96. What We Wish We Knew BEFORE PA School & What No One Talks About
95. Hacking Rolling Admissions When Applying to PA School
93. Serving the Underserved with Mark Lyons, PA-C – Part 1
92. How to Narrow Down PA Schools for Your Highest Chances of Getting Interviews
91. The Underrated Thing That Can Influence Your CASPA Application
90. Should You Take a Gap Year?
89. Personal Statement Do’s and Don’ts & Most Common Mistakes
88. Physician Assistants in Telemedicine
87. Neurodiversity as a Physician Assistant School Applicant and Student
86. PANCE Pass Rates and Why it is SO Important to Know this Stat Before You Apply to PA
85. New PA Graduate in a Demanding, High-Expectation Specialty – Maria, PA-C in Neurosurgery
84. How to Handle PA Program Rejection & What to Do Now
83. What you Need to be Doing NOW Before CASPA Opens Next Cycle
82. What to Negotiate in your Contract as a PA & the Steps to take After Graduation that No One
81. What to start doing when you decide you want to be a physician assistant
80. What’s available to you from AAPA and why you should DEFINITELY join as a pre-PA and PA 79. Important PA Shadowing Etiquette to Land a Letter of Recommendation
78. How to Financially Plan Before, During and After PA School
77. Everything you need to know about the PA-CAT
76. Withdraws on your transcripts, how it affects CASPA GPA, and what you can do about it
75. PA Schools and Preference Points – Will your application get preference points?
74. How to Land a LOT of PA School Interview Invites – Student Success Story with Sarah Lewis
73. PA-CAT, GRE and CASPer Tests & How these apply to your PA school application
72. Are you a reapplicant to PA school? Do you think you will have to reapply on CASPA next 71.Why you should specialize in surgery as a PA, even as a new grad!
70.Exciting New Testing Option for Physician Assistants
69. Overcoming Application Weaknesses – candidate success story Joana
68.Best Tips for New & Practicing PAs and what Pre-PAs Need to Know with The PA Blueprint
67. When Should you Apply? The Importance of Timing Your Application Just Right!
66. Everything you Must Know about PA Program Accreditation
65. Exciting Physician Assistant Licensing News! Coming in 2022!
64. Telling your Interview Panel what you have Done VS Bragging
63.The Art of Landing In-Person Shadowing Hours
62.When & How to Ask for Feedback After your PA School Interview
61.How to get Accepted to PA School from a Multi-PA Program Director
60. How to get PA Shadowing Hours
59. Our Story – How it All Went Down at a Physician Assistant Program
58. Reapplying to PA School? Reapplicant Tips, Importance of Having a Genuine App & Applying 57. How to NOT Become Fluffy, Frazzled or Un-Fit in PA School
56. Top 3 CASPA Mistakes
55. How to Pay for Physician Assistant School
54. Revolutionizing PA Education & Paving the Way for a Better Future with Osmosis
53. Canadian Physician Assistants Part 2
52. Physician Assistants in Canada – Part 1
51. How to Know if you Need to Retake Prerequisite Courses for PA School
50. Life of a Physician Assistant in Psychiatric Specialty
49. Which Undergrad Major to Choose for PA School
48. Physician Assistant Career in South Africa – an Interview with Clinical Associate aka PA, Sanele Ngcobo
47. How to Choose the Best PCE Position that Will Make you a More Competitive Applicant
46. The 2 Main Things PA Programs Look for in Candidates During Interviews
45. Financial Freedom Before, During and After PA School – Tips for Student Loans, PA School Debt & Budgeting
44. \How to Get into PA School Using What Makes YOU Unique
43. Transitioning from undergrad to PA student & what you ACTUALLY need to focus on in PA 42. Didactic Student Clayton on Interview Prep, Imposter Syndrome, Trusting the Chaos & Why it is Okay to Have a Less than Perfect GPA
41. Why is it Critical to be Professional During your Interview with Current PA Students
40. How Testing in PA School is COMPLETELY Different & the Top Things you Need to Do to 39. Clinical Year PA Student and her Journey from Podiatry School to Physician Assistant School
38. Why Failure is Good
37. What to Look for in a PA Program During your Interview & One of the Biggest Mistakes Applicants Make
36. Program Director Kristopher Maday – the importance of simulation in didactic year and behind the scenes of PA education – Part 1
35. How to Answer Ethics Scenario Questions in your PA School Interview
34. THE #1 Interview Tip to Remember & to Make your Mantra!
33. Candidate success story! What this amazing non-traditional student did to get accepted into PA school this cycle!
32. Here is what you will be graded on during clinical year of physician assistant school
31. What to DEFINITELY Include in your CASPA Personal Statement
30. Why you should care about PA program accreditation and what it could mean for your future as a PA student
29. What to do if you get a “No” When Applying to PA School & What you Need to Focus on to 28. Multiple Mini Interviews for Physician Assistant School & What you Must Know About MMIs
27. The Importance of Picking the Right Physician Assistant Program & Burnout in the Healthcare World with PA Mikala Riddlesworth Part 2
26. Dermatology Physician Assistant, Paying Off Student Loans & Success in Clinical Year of PA School with Mikala Riddlesworth, PA-C
25. Quick Tips: Interview Don’ts that We Saw in Candidates We Actually Interviewed
24. International PA Profession with Professor Phil Begg (Part 2)
23. Who Brought PAs to the UK?! Prof Phil Begg! What an Honor to Interview Him!***
22. Finale Wrap Up with Sex Medicine Expert Aleece, PA-C
21.Down Low of Sexual Medicine Specialty & Owning Your Own Practice as a PA – Part 2
20. Sexual Medicine & Owning Your Own Practice as a PA – Part 1
19. ER to Aesthetics: Tips to Break into a High-End Specialty
18. What’s it like as a Physician Associate in the UK?
17. Expert Tips to Nail your Interview for PA School
16. How to Juggle Having a Family and Being a PA
15. So you Want to do Medical Missions??
14. International Rotations in PA School
13. Didactic Student, Dakota, & What you Must Know About PA School
12. What to do from Accepted to First Day of PA School
11. Need to Know Advice from a Clinical Year PA Student, Ari
10. The Hardest Part of the PA Application Cycle
9. One thing that will get you kicked out of PA School
8. Clinical Year Do’s and Don’ts
7. Physician Assistant VS Physician Associate
6. Didactic vs. Clinical Year: What’s the Difference & what to expect
5. Mobile PA Clinic with PA Michael Petrillo & Being a Non-Traditional Student
4. 4. How to Survive PA school as a Spouse/Significant Other
3. 3. PA Bre Beck on Hospital Medicine, Infectious Disease and Surviving PA School
2. PA Katie Bean on Emergency Medicine & Tips to Get into PA School
1. PA Beth Macintire on the Path to Physician Assistant School & Orthopedics