Hi All! I am new to this website and would greatly appreciate any advice so thank you for the help in advance!
I had an extremely difficult semester where my GPA went down substantially, a 3.3 to a 2.87, but where also my resume became better. I plan on retaking the courses that I did poorly in and project that I will graduate somewhere between 3.3 - 3.4 though my goal is a 3.5 or better, so we will see. This semester I also became an EMT and I am apart of my oncampus volunteer ambulance service, an E-board member to a club that gathers medical supplies and volunteers abroad in third world countries essentially as medical assistants, and volunteered at a refugee flu clinic, became a Resident Assistant and have a mix of other various non-medical involvements. I plan on becoming a Crew Chief for the ambulance service so I will have a more influential and direct role when taking care of patients.
My question to you is with the extracurriculars that I have, and with the not so great GPA, do you think my chances of getting into PA school are too slim? If so, my backup plan would be to transfer to a 4 year RN program, work a year or two as a RN and then apply to PA school, at least if I get declined in this scenario I am not left jobless which is my biggest fear!
Thank you for your help again!
I had an extremely difficult semester where my GPA went down substantially, a 3.3 to a 2.87, but where also my resume became better. I plan on retaking the courses that I did poorly in and project that I will graduate somewhere between 3.3 - 3.4 though my goal is a 3.5 or better, so we will see. This semester I also became an EMT and I am apart of my oncampus volunteer ambulance service, an E-board member to a club that gathers medical supplies and volunteers abroad in third world countries essentially as medical assistants, and volunteered at a refugee flu clinic, became a Resident Assistant and have a mix of other various non-medical involvements. I plan on becoming a Crew Chief for the ambulance service so I will have a more influential and direct role when taking care of patients.
My question to you is with the extracurriculars that I have, and with the not so great GPA, do you think my chances of getting into PA school are too slim? If so, my backup plan would be to transfer to a 4 year RN program, work a year or two as a RN and then apply to PA school, at least if I get declined in this scenario I am not left jobless which is my biggest fear!
Thank you for your help again!
