What Makes a Competitive PA Applicant
Last Updated: 08/03/2015
“Am I a competitive PA applicant?” is a question thousands upon thousands of applicants ask themselves each year while applying. It is a question every admissions committee will be asked during a prospective session, and a question all PA coaches can be expected to be asked by their students. There is a lot to learn from our peers, including organizations like Physician Assistant Education Association (PAEA), who has recently re-instated the Matriculating Student Survey (MSS) data collected from first year PA students to gauge their academic background, application and admission experiences, including a multitude of other characteristics I will cover shortly. The surveys were conducted in September of 2013. If we do the math, this was PA students who matriculated (entered) PA school in 2013, so these are students that are one year above my current PA class.
