Hi, I am about to graduate with a degree in economics. Not exactly what you were expecting to here. I have been taking the prerequisites for PA school and have the basic ones done. The problem is my grades are not the best and I don't think I could make it into PA school at the moment. So if I decide to pursue PA school, I would need to take probably another year of college, completing courses like O-chemistry, Biochemistry, genetics, etc.. to boost my GPA. I am taking an EMT class this semester, so this would be my health experience once I get a job. On the other hand, the bit more safer but longer route, I am thinking about an accelerated nursing program, in which I would then purse a NP after. I would prefer to do the PA route because its shorter, I and more inclined to the medical-model of teaching, rather than the patient-centered model, and I think I would like to do some surgery.
My GPA is about a 3.4. My science GPA is even less than that, I have trouble calculating it because I am not sure whether to include classes took for credit in high school ( Bio 1, Physics 1). Here are my recent classes.
Chem 2 W { }
Organismic C { Freshman year}
Microbiology B
Chem 1 B
Human body A (8 hour anatomy and physiology)
Chem 2 A
The only other pertinent classes I am in not are parasitology, cadaver practicum, and medical terminology, medical ethics and I unfortunately am borderline in my parasitology class.
So a couple concerns I have are:
Will my classes I took at community college during high school effect my GPA?
Realistically, how many science classes do I have to ace in order to be competitve?
I really would love to go to PA school, but I don't want to pursue something that I might not ever attain or it will take me like 5 years, should I continue to pursue this route, or is a nursing route more suitable for me?
My GPA is about a 3.4. My science GPA is even less than that, I have trouble calculating it because I am not sure whether to include classes took for credit in high school ( Bio 1, Physics 1). Here are my recent classes.
Chem 2 W { }
Organismic C { Freshman year}
Microbiology B
Chem 1 B
Human body A (8 hour anatomy and physiology)
Chem 2 A
The only other pertinent classes I am in not are parasitology, cadaver practicum, and medical terminology, medical ethics and I unfortunately am borderline in my parasitology class.
So a couple concerns I have are:
Will my classes I took at community college during high school effect my GPA?
Realistically, how many science classes do I have to ace in order to be competitve?
I really would love to go to PA school, but I don't want to pursue something that I might not ever attain or it will take me like 5 years, should I continue to pursue this route, or is a nursing route more suitable for me?