 What is the PA cat? Who is this test going to affect? Where can you take this test? Why do we have a new assessment test to get into PA school? When is it happening? I said that it's happening this year, but specifically it is launching. Oh, doing my dance, hey, I'm doing my dance. What's up you guys? The Donald, welcome back to my channel. For those of you who are new, I wanna give you guys a special welcome. Thank you for joining me today. Today we're gonna be talking about the PA cat. That is the Physician Assistant College Admissions Test. So it's like your MCAT from med school, but it's PA cat for PA schools. We're gonna be talking about that because a lot of you have been asking me questions about it on Instagram. So I wanted to address some of those questions for you today. And I also want you guys to go ahead and hit that subscribe button and notification bell because next week I will be sitting down with one of the creators of the PA cat just to kind of delve in a little bit more on some questions that I have and some of you have as well about the test. Questions like, is it in accordance with PA EA? Is it going to be mandatory? Cause I know that a lot of you are asking that and just kind of what was the reason in making the exam. So you don't wanna miss that. So go ahead, hit that notification bell, subscribe and come back next week when I talk to one of the creators of this exam. Lastly, I wanna say that consulting sessions like pre-PA sessions are back. So you guys have been asking me for it. I'm going to be doing sessions next week and the week after, but they're gonna be kind of scattered. So like time slots and days are limited. So you wanna go to my website, down at thepa.com to sign up for your session. Make sure that you pick a time that I'm available because like I said, they're gonna go fast and it's very limited because I'm interviewing for a job, okay? All right, so let's get into this video. So who is this test going to affect? Well, obviously it's going to affect any student whose current desired school requires or recommends this test. So it's coming this cycle. So if you are applying to PA schools or planning on applying to PA schools this cycle, definitely wanna perk up and listen because this is for you. This exam will be an assessment that some schools are requiring or recommending for you to be admitted into their program. And so it's important for you to go ahead and do your research right now and look at the various different programs that are recommending it or requiring it. I know for sure that University of Tampa is requiring that you take this exam. So if you are in Florida and trying to go to the University of Tampa, then you might wanna look into what this test is all about. So let's get into the what. What is the PA cat? As I said, it is the physician assistant, college admissions test and it is a 240 question assessment. You get four hours to complete it. It's based on nine science subject areas and there are accommodations that are put in place for those who may need it. So I wanna give you guys kind of like the breakdown of it because there is like a cognitive level portion of it and then obviously the content areas in terms of the nine science subjects. So those subjects are anatomy and physiology. So anatomy and physiology. Your general biology and your biochemistry, your general chemistry and organic chemistry and that's kind of like in one microbiology, behavioral sciences, genetics and statistics. So obviously if you have looked into getting into PA school, you know that these are like your typical prerequisite science courses that most schools require for you to get into PA school. So that is what it's going to be assessing. Nothing like out of the norm or, you know, out of the blue, these are things that you should already be aware of. They're gonna go into like more content area of like, you know, maybe proteins and enzymes, lipids, nucleic acid. So understanding those, it hasn't really given a breakdown on specifics in those areas, but those are kind of like the subject matters that you might be seeing on this assessment exam. So with respect to like the cognitive levels now, they're trying to assess your knowledge and then your comprehension of those science areas. How are you able to apply the knowledge that you've already gained into like a real life setting, the analysis of those subject areas, synthesis and evaluation. So I'm not sure how those questions are gonna be asked to get to those points, but that is what they are looking at assessing through this exam. Also, another big what then most people wanna know is what is the cost, right? And so it is $228. That is including the fee for the test center. And then also, once you pay that 228, you get a free practice test. So if you wanna go ahead and register for that, if you are applying to a school that recommends or requires it, then I suggest you definitely take the practice test since it will be new this coming year. All right, so speaking of it being new, when is it happening? I said that it's happening this year, but specifically it is launching May, 2020. So I know that some of you are like a little bit on the fence already because it's May, it's after April, Casper opens in April, I'm trying to get into school, come May, not be applying to take another exam, but that is when the assessment is going to be. And obviously the schools that are requiring it or recommending it know this. So it's just something that you should be aware of. I don't think it's going to affect you too much with respect to your application, but you just wanna make sure that you do take the exam in a timely fashion so that you're able to apply to the schools early on, as I tell you guys to do all the time. Where can you take this test, right? So that's the where of this. So it will be in over 5,000 different, I think it's called Primetric testing centers. So just typically like where you take your standardized tests like your GRE or your MCAT or a PAN, it's gonna be in over 5,000 testing centers. So you should have like ample space and availability if you need to take this exam to take this exam. All right, and so you would have to just go through the whole process of registering and seeing the areas that are closest to you and then applying for those particular test centers. Now we're down to the why. Like everybody wants to know like why, why do I need to take this test? Why do we have a new assessment test to get into PA school? Why? So really and truly the creators of this exam wanted to create an exam that was specific for PA school, but that was better equipped at assessing pre-PAs preparedness for the rigors of PA school. And that is what they said on their website. How are they going about doing that with these nine subject areas? Obviously they've done research. It said that they tested it with over 1,700 students at 36 different schools. So they've done their research. They believe that this is tried and true. And so we are going to see, right? That is the why. We wanna see if these new people that are taking this exam will actually be prepared for PA school and not be stressed out as most of us are, maybe a little less stressed and will matriculate all the way through PA school. So hopefully bringing down the attrition rate, which is the dropout rate, I guess you could say, of PA programs, PA school programs for students that are coming in for whatever reason they may be. So that is the why of this all. And obviously you guys, I'm going to get more information for you. Like I said, when I sit down and I talk with one of the creators of this exam, but this is just some of the information that I have found on my own. I will leave a link in the description box for you where you can find this information yourself. It will be the PA cats website. I'll leave that in the description box below where you can go through and just browse around and see all of the various different informations that I've already addressed. And maybe even some more that I may not have addressed that you might wanna know. But that will be in the description box below. I hope that you guys like this video. If you did, go ahead and like that button. If you have any questions that you may want me to ask one of the creators in the next video next week, please leave that in the comment section below and go ahead and subscribe. And like I said, hit that notification button and follow me on Instagram. Thank you guys so much for watching and I will talk to you guys next time. Bye.