Cornell PA program

[Ms. Shaikh]

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Hi guys.....Does anyone here know anything about the PA program at Cornell? How hard is it to get into? I am graduating this May with a Bachelor's in Psych and will be finished with my PA prereqs by May of 2006. Any school out there that I can apply to that I can start shortly after May 2006 and not wait a whole year? I'm in New England. 🙂

 

[fejes]

Check out physicianassociates.com, there are some threads on there pertaining to Cornell's program.

 

[fejes]

Check out physicianassociates.com, there are some threads on there pertaining to Cornell's program.

Sorry, I made a mistake. It should read physicianassociate.com

 

[///M5]

go to toro, alot people say its grat there

 

[fejes]

go to toro, alot people say its grat there

Which Touro? Who says its a great school? I would like specific examples and some posts from grads for credibility.

 

[deleted6669]

sorry to break any bubbles but cornell is a much better program than touro(either campus). not to say touro isn't a fine program, it may be but it's not cornell/usc/yale/emory/hahnemann/duke/stony brook/medex/rutgers/loma linda

 

[fejes]

sorry to break any bubbles but cornell is a much better program than touro(either campus). not to say touro isn't a fine program, it may be but it's not cornell/usc/yale/emory/hahnemann/duke/stony brook/medex/rutgers/loma linda

What is it about these programs you mentioned above that set them apart from the others? Is there substantial evidence to add credibility to your statement?

 

[deleted6669]

they are the gold standard programs against which all new programs compare themselves and model their courses. duke was 1st. medex was second. the others have all been around for years and have grads in positions of authority throughout the clinical and academic pa world.
yes, there are good grads from every program but going to one of these puts you ahead when looking for that 1st job. after that it's all up to you. I have worked as a pa, chief pa, associate er chief, and have interviewed and hired many pa's. going to a quality program gets you past the first weeding out phase when I am looking at resumes of new grads and deciding who to intewrview.It's just a matter of going with the odds. would you hire a harvard mba grad before a university of kentucky grad to work in your accounting firm knowing nothing else about them? probably.

 

[fejes]

they are the gold standard programs against which all new programs compare themselves and model their courses. duke was 1st. medex was second. the others have all been around for years and have grads in positions of authority throughout the clinical and academic pa world.
yes, there are good grads from every program but going to one of these puts you ahead when looking for that 1st job. after that it's all up to you. I have worked as a pa, chief pa, associate er chief, and have interviewed and hired many pa's. going to a quality program gets you past the first weeding out phase when I am looking at resumes of new grads and deciding who to intewrview.It's just a matter of going with the odds. would you hire a harvard mba grad before a university of kentucky grad to work in your accounting firm knowing nothing else about them? probably.

I appreciate your seasoned information. As a prospective PA student who is researching various programs, you've solidified some of my decisions.

However, it's ashame that people are initially judged based on where they went to school. Just because someone went to a well renowned school does not make them a well-rounded, non-judgmental, and compassionate health care provider. And no, I would not hire a Harvard Grad over a UK grad. Perhaps other circumstances in their life prevented them from attending a better school. Maybe they had no one in their lives who valued education. Maybe they were from a disadvantaged background and could not afford an education. I joined the Army right out of High School so I could pay for college. Neither of my parents are educated nor did they encourage me to excel. I didn't push myself in High School so I didn't have the grades or SAT scores to get into a good school. When I left the Army after 4 years of Active Duty, I became serious about my education because I sacrificed 4 years of my life to pay for it. I went to a state university, and graduated with honors. So, it was a state school. But my life experiences up until that point, my maturity, my self-discipline, my integrity, should make me just as valuable as a candidate as well. I'm frustrated when I hear people comparing schools: "I went to a private school where there was no grade inflation." "State schools don't have as hard of classes as private schools." School is what you make of it. I'm now taking a graduate level neuroanatomy class at a private institution where I work, and now that I have a taste of "private education" I find no difference in the quality of instruction or difficulty of material between the private and state school.

 

[///M5]

some state schools are alot harder than private schools. ie, stony brook is more of a research school and alot of the science courses are tougher than the stuff they have at cornell or and some of the more famous ivys. PS cornells program, and the school for that matter, is very overrated.

also, most of ivy league schools are overrated.