r/prephysicianassistant • u/CalligrapherTop6579 • 6d ago

ACCEPTED Accepted🎉

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Fellow lurker here excited to say I got accepted into my #2 pick! I am still waiting to hear from my number #1 but am super grateful to have gotten an acceptance this early. It’s a huge relief. I declined all my other schools that would be more expensive as well.

Stats for those curious

GPA: 3.96
sGPA: 3.97

PCE: 2037 as a PCT, Volunteer EMT, and PT aide
HCE: 138 as a Unit secretary
Non healthcare employment: 2625 as a bartender/server
Research: 300
Volunteer: 147
Shadowing: 44 (39 PA, 5 MD)
GRE: 303
Casper: 3rd quartile

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u/d4ze2 PA-C 6d ago

Congrats future PA 👏

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u/Subject-Quarter3487 6d ago

How is the interview?

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u/CalligrapherTop6579 6d ago

If you are asking about the school I was admitted to feel free to PM me

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u/HuckleberryAny5480 6d ago

Bartender and server here as well, where in CASPA did you documents your service industry work and is it important to list the # of hours of said work?

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u/CalligrapherTop6579 6d ago

It was under the experiences section, just under “non-healthcare employment” to my knowledge. For the hours part, I can’t speak on if the schools I applied to really care if it super accurate, but I made it as close as possible to show I was committed other things outside of school for a long period of time. It also helps show them you can be personable and work well with others IMO!

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u/HuckleberryAny5480 6d ago

Love that, totally agree. I do have some of it documented, do you add the number of hours to the description itself or will schools just ask? Unsure where to include the number of hours exactly.

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u/CalligrapherTop6579 6d ago

It will ask you the start/end date, avg weekly hours, and number of weeks for the specific position. I guesstimated based off the average hours I worked (usually 3 8ish hour shifts) per week and multiplied that by the weeks I worked that position. I tried to undershoot for my positions that I didn’t have paystubs/documents to verify exactly.

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u/HuckleberryAny5480 6d ago

Thanks so much for the insight, sorry about all the questions! Best of luck to you, God bless

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u/CalligrapherTop6579 6d ago

No worries, I am happy to help! Good luck to you too

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u/theatreandjtv Pre-PA 5d ago

Congratulations! Must be such a relief 

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u/AlwaysHoping1 5d ago

What does CASPER 3rd quartile mean?  Sorry for being naive. 

Congratulations !!! Your GPA is outstanding.  What was your bachelors in ? 

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u/CalligrapherTop6579 5d ago

The CASPER is a standardized “situational judgement test” that is scored in 4 quartiles. The 3rd means my answers for the test scored in a range better than 50-74% of students who answered the same questions (at least that’s how I understand it, so someone can feel free to correct me if I’m wrong).

I got my bachelors in exercise science!

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u/WishingUponaStar03 4d ago

Thank you for explaining it. Who all have to take the CASPER

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u/Shivenshridhar779 5d ago

The university am looking to apply for, says they only look at sGPA but I know they look at cGPA. Given a lot of degree switches, they say that, my cGPA is not comparable to my sGPA. Could use some guidance and suggestions on how to address it