Pre-PA Mentor

Congratulations to Megan who was accepted into the University of Dayton's Physician Assistant Program!  Megan, a First Time applicant, contacted us a year ago for help with her application.  Megan, still completing her undergraduate work, thought about taking a gap year but we convinced her to submit an application this cycle.  Megan received interviews and although it was a long wait... she...

Congratulations!  After all the hard work, you received your first interview to a PA Program!  Yes, that's right, they are already happening with the first one we are aware of happening on June 1st.  And it seems this cycle they are many programs still doing "virtual" interviews.  We thought (and hoped) that was a thing of the past but they are back again.  For the past two cycles w...

Today we talk to a student who was accepted during the last cycle and will start her PA Program literally as this airs.  She is a non-traditional student and reapplicant who, after not gaining admission during the previous cycle, contacted us for her entire application process.  She didn't have the traditional hours a typical applicant would have but we worked hard to make sure she stood out...

The 2022-23 CASPA cycle will open this Thursday, April 28th and most applicants have questions about how to fill out certain portions.  Or whether or not to use the Transcript Entry Service, getting their Letters of Recommendation, Supplemental Essay questions and Experience Details to name a few.  Today we try to answer some of the most common questions regarding CASPA.  If you want help with you...

This week I became one of the first PA's to get a Medicare billing number!  I have been working independently for quite some time and bill insurance companies directly.  However, I have never been able to bill Medicare... that is, up until now.   In December 2020, there was a massive stimulus bill passed for the Coronavirus and in the midst of those 5,593 pages was a short little paragraph al...

The Franklin Pierce University Physician Assistant Program is going to open a new Hybrid PA Program in Austin, Texas and today we were able to interview the new Program Director.  Joseph Hlavin, PhD, PA-C has been in academics for quite some time and talks about the development of a new program as well as how a Hybrid PA Program will work. For some applicants, a hybrid program is their only option...

Congratulations to Julia who was admitted into the Physician Assistant Program at Duke University.  This was Julia's six acceptance during the 2021/22 Application Cycle and after much deliberation, she chose to attend Duke for her PA training.  Julia contacted us almost two years ago to begin preparing for the application cycle.  Julia came to us as a non-traditional candidate having practice...

Divya contacted us more than a year ago after not gaining admission during her first application cycle.  We reviewed her previous CASPA application and found areas where she could improve upon and created a list of things to do in order to be more competitive.  We worked with Divya on her Personal Statement and when the time came, we helped prepare her with Mock Interviews.  Although Divya was wai...

In today's episode, we talk about how to pick the PA Program(s) you are going to apply to.  We discuss average student statistics, PANCE pass rates, program statuses such as "Provisional" and "Probation".  We cover areas of an application such as the GRE, patient care hours and much more in this episode.   Physician Assistant Mentor Online

If you weren't successful this current cycle at gaining admission into a PA Program... don't give up!  There are many reasons why someone doesn't get accepted or even receive an interview when they apply to a PA Program or multiple programs.  In this episode, we talk about some of the common reasons why an applicant may not get accepted and what you can do to be a more competitive c...

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The Personal Statement will account for about 50% of a PA Programs decision to grant an interview so clearly it is a very important part of the application.  Today we are going to talk about some of the most common mistakes applicants make when writing their Personal Statement.    If you want help with your statement to make sure you stand out from the rest, check out our Personal Statement editin...

Welcome to the Pre-PA Mentor Podcast and our inaugural episode.  This is just us introducing ourselves but we expect to have a new episode posted every morning.  We will be interviewing current and former students who have used our services as well as talk about all things related to Physician Assistant.  If there are specific topics you want us to discuss, feel free to leave comments on site or e...