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!

285. PA School Prerequisites

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

275. Pay for PA School – PA School Scholarships, Student Loans, & Non-Traditional Ways to Pay for PA School

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

267. PA School Interview Question: Why do you want to come to our PA program? and how to have an exceptional answer

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

260. No Interviews or Acceptances? Strategies you can implement NOW to improve your chances of getting accepted!

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

229. How to Answer Questions About Diversity and Inclusion in your PA School Interview and Supplemental Essays

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

218. The 4 Sections of CASPA

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!

199. Concierge Medicine Physician Assistant and Non-Traditional PA School Applicant – From Journalism to PA-C

198. Update! PA Licensure Compact

197. Trauma Surgery and Army National Guard PA-C

196. Need to Know CASPA Dates

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!

184. PA Shadowing Etiquette

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

158. PA Schools in Arkansas

157. PA School Spotlight – Barry University Physician Assistant Program

156. What Does Provisional Accreditation Mean?

155. PA Schools in Arizona

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

148. What Your Peers Are Doing! Interesting Stats on How Pre-PAs are Picking PA Schools & What Most PA Schools Want

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

115. Patrick’s Pre-PA Journey

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

94. Making a Difference through Serving the Underserved as a Physician Assistant – Part 2 with Mark Lyons, PA-C

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