So I am considering applying to PA school. I am looking to expand my scope beyond physical medicine (manipulation, exercise, rehab, etc). I would like some feedback on what my chances of getting accepted are based on my profile.
I am a non-traditional student. I am 33 years old. I have been working in the healthcare field for the past 7 years as a chiropractor. I have a BS 00 with and overall undergraduate 2.94 GPA with a 2.86 science GPA, but a 3.31 GPA in my last 60 hours of coursework. Basically my freshman and sophomore years killed my GPA. I finished my doctorate degree04 with an overall 3.31 GPA, with a 3.25 science GPA, and a 3.50 GPA in my last 60hrs of coursework.
Chiropractic school was very rigorous. It was a five year curriculum crammed into 10 trimesters with an average course load of 25 hours per term. I have over 106 hours of biology, chemistry, and physics coursework, over 65 hours of other science coursework (kinesiology, radiology, sports medicine, nutrition, etc) and over 42 hours of patient assessment/clinical diagnosis coursework. All which I think strengthens my application. With undergrad and professional coursework combined I have an overall 3.17 GPA with a 3.12 science GPA. Not that great I realize.
I have over 19,000 hours direct patient care (13,000 as a chiropractor, 6,000 as a tech in a psych hospital). I have yet to take my GRE.
I guess my biggest concern is that the CASPA program does not take into account any professional coursework when calculating overall GPA and if you just look at my undergrad GPA I have less than a 3.0 GPA, which most schools require as minimum. A few of the programs I have been looking at want a 3.0 overall as calculated by CASPA, OR a 3.0 in the last 60 hours of coursework.
The other concern I have is that my coursework is not as recent as some schools may like. Most schools want or give preference to coursework being complete in the past 5 years or require that you take at least one chemistry or biology in the past 5 years. Although is should be noted that I have been in school full time or employed in the healthcare field full time since completing my coursework.
So do I stand a chance? Dose my clinical/healthcare experience and quantity of graduate level science course work offset my modest GPA? If I scored well on my GRE would that help as well? I know there are a variety of factors that go into the selection process, but any feedback or insight would be helpful.
I am a non-traditional student. I am 33 years old. I have been working in the healthcare field for the past 7 years as a chiropractor. I have a BS 00 with and overall undergraduate 2.94 GPA with a 2.86 science GPA, but a 3.31 GPA in my last 60 hours of coursework. Basically my freshman and sophomore years killed my GPA. I finished my doctorate degree04 with an overall 3.31 GPA, with a 3.25 science GPA, and a 3.50 GPA in my last 60hrs of coursework.
Chiropractic school was very rigorous. It was a five year curriculum crammed into 10 trimesters with an average course load of 25 hours per term. I have over 106 hours of biology, chemistry, and physics coursework, over 65 hours of other science coursework (kinesiology, radiology, sports medicine, nutrition, etc) and over 42 hours of patient assessment/clinical diagnosis coursework. All which I think strengthens my application. With undergrad and professional coursework combined I have an overall 3.17 GPA with a 3.12 science GPA. Not that great I realize.
I have over 19,000 hours direct patient care (13,000 as a chiropractor, 6,000 as a tech in a psych hospital). I have yet to take my GRE.
I guess my biggest concern is that the CASPA program does not take into account any professional coursework when calculating overall GPA and if you just look at my undergrad GPA I have less than a 3.0 GPA, which most schools require as minimum. A few of the programs I have been looking at want a 3.0 overall as calculated by CASPA, OR a 3.0 in the last 60 hours of coursework.
The other concern I have is that my coursework is not as recent as some schools may like. Most schools want or give preference to coursework being complete in the past 5 years or require that you take at least one chemistry or biology in the past 5 years. Although is should be noted that I have been in school full time or employed in the healthcare field full time since completing my coursework.
So do I stand a chance? Dose my clinical/healthcare experience and quantity of graduate level science course work offset my modest GPA? If I scored well on my GRE would that help as well? I know there are a variety of factors that go into the selection process, but any feedback or insight would be helpful.
