okay, so here's the story. right now i'm currently getting my RN degree at a local community college here in Tn. i do plan however to go to ETSU to get my BSN degree, i did have the plan to go onto medical school, but recently have thought about going to PA school, i've researched it and talked to a few PA's at a local hospital i work at, but there curriculum has changed (so they say?) and i've ran into some deadends doing research! so does anyone know the pre-reqs to PA school?? and is it super hard to get into like med. school? and do PA's take a test like the MCAT or something different? i do appreciate any advice anyone can give!!! thnkz!
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Pre-reqs seem to vary greatly between schools, and which degree (BS or MS) offered. If you want a Masters, you have to take the GRE and have a Bachelor's degree in something. Check whatever schools you may be interested in to see just what they require. Below are the pre-reqs for Wake Forest as an example (seem fairly representative of MS PA programs):
General Biology: one full academic year (a minimum of 6 semester hours or equivalent quarter hours, excluding botany). Upper level biology courses are acceptable to fulfill this requirement.
General Chemistry: one full academic year (a minimum of 6 semester hours or equivalent quarter hours). One semester of General Chemistry and one semester of Organic Chemistry will also fulfill this requirement.
Biochemistry: one semester (a minimum of 3 semester hours or equivalent quarter hours). An acceptable substitute for Biochemistry is the combination of two semesters of Organic Chemistry and a semester of Cell Biology.
Anatomy & Physiology: one full academic year (a minimum of 6 semester hours or equivalent quarter hours) - preferably within the last 5 years. This requirement may be met by taking either one semester of Anatomy and one semester of Physiology, or two semesters of Anatomy and Physiology combined.
Microbiology: one semester (a minimum of 3 semester hours or equivalent quarter hours) with lab preferred.
Statistics: one semester (a minimum of 3 semester hours or equivalent quarter hours), preferably within the last five years.
General Biology: one full academic year (a minimum of 6 semester hours or equivalent quarter hours, excluding botany). Upper level biology courses are acceptable to fulfill this requirement.
General Chemistry: one full academic year (a minimum of 6 semester hours or equivalent quarter hours). One semester of General Chemistry and one semester of Organic Chemistry will also fulfill this requirement.
Biochemistry: one semester (a minimum of 3 semester hours or equivalent quarter hours). An acceptable substitute for Biochemistry is the combination of two semesters of Organic Chemistry and a semester of Cell Biology.
Anatomy & Physiology: one full academic year (a minimum of 6 semester hours or equivalent quarter hours) - preferably within the last 5 years. This requirement may be met by taking either one semester of Anatomy and one semester of Physiology, or two semesters of Anatomy and Physiology combined.
Microbiology: one semester (a minimum of 3 semester hours or equivalent quarter hours) with lab preferred.
Statistics: one semester (a minimum of 3 semester hours or equivalent quarter hours), preferably within the last five years.
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BodybldgDoc
you wanna go from RN to PA to Med school? Are you insane man?
the OP was considering med school, but now is trying to get more info about PA school.
From my perspective, the notable difference between requirements for PA school vs. NP was that PA schools have a lot of clinical hours required. Make sure you get those squared away. I know Stanford has a 2,000 hours requirement. Deal breaker for me.
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some have less( 1000 hrs is more typical) some have more. UW medex, a very solid program, requires 4000 but most accepted applicants have > 8000.
just because one meets the minimum doesn't guarantee admission so the more the better. 2000+ looks much better on an application than 1000 even if the lowend cutoff is 1000
