 I already have my associate's degree, so I just need to go to the school and I'll spend two years and I'll have my master's degree. That's not how it works. That's not how any of this work. What's up, you guys? It's Adana. I am back with another video for you guys. I just wanted to say a really quick thank you to all of my subscribers and followers on Instagram. I really, really appreciate you guys joining me on this journey and I could not imagine that so many of you would be in support of what I'm doing here on this channel. So just a really quick thank you to all of my subscribers. And if you haven't already subscribed, go ahead and do so right now. And you can also follow me on Instagram at adanathepa. All right. Now that we have all the formalities out of the way, this video is going to be about do I need a four-year degree to get into PA school? So I've made a previous video about how do I choose the right PA school for me, but all of that has to come under this umbrella of a bachelor's degree. So the question is, do I need a bachelor's degree or four-year degree to get into PA school? Yes. That is the answer. Yes, yes, yes. You need a degree with a little bit of a caveat. Did you like that? A caveat. Anyway, so there is a little bit of gray area with that, okay, you guys? So there are schools that say you do not need a bachelor's degree. And I know that it sounds kind of misleading when it says, hey, I don't need a bachelor's degree when you actually really do need a bachelor's degree. But let me just explain it for you guys just so that everything is clear. Because in one of my previous videos, when I was talking about this, some of the comments that I saw, maybe I didn't make it as clear because they were like, oh, only two years. I'm only going to have to do this in two years and I have my associates. That's not actually accurate, okay? So to be a PA, you have to have graduated with a bachelor's degree, period point blank. But for the schools that say that you don't require, they don't require a bachelor's degree, that's because you guys, they offer you a bachelor's degree. Well, I get it. It's very clever. It's kind of a bridge program. So how it works is that you apply as an undergraduate to their master's of PA program slash bachelors of science, help science program. And you get in as a freshman, you do three years in your undergrad and it's going to be a little bit of an accelerated course, course load that you're going to be taking. And then you do the two years of your master's program. So all in all, you'll spend five years for your master's and your undergraduate degree. But you're getting both. You're getting a bachelor's degree and a master's degree. You're not just getting a bachelor's degree. You're not just getting a certificate. You're not just getting a master's degree. You're getting both degrees, but you're just doing it all at once, okay? So when they say we don't require a bachelor's degree, you have to really look at what the school is talking about. You have to do your research. You guys hear me talking about this all the time. Do your research. Well you have to do your research because you could get kind of tripped up and be like, oh, okay. Well, I already have my associate's degree, so I just need to go to the school and I'll spend two years and I'll have my master's degree. That's not how it works. That's not how any of this work. And I'm not really sure that's something that you all would have to look into as well. I'm not really sure if they allow like transfer credits or transfer students to come into these programs that are bridge programs. I know who was it? I know Howard University did allow that. I'm not really sure what their policy is now. So there are some schools that allow it, but I'm not sure about all of them. So it's something that you all will definitely have to look into if that's what you're trying to do. But, all in all, you need a bachelor's degree to become a PA. You can't, I mean, let's think about it, right? You can't just jump from having an associate's or no degree to having a master's. There's a step process and the PA degree is a master's degree. It's a master's prepared degree. So you have to have a bachelor's degree before you can transition to the master's degree. Okay. So I hope that clears everything up for you guys. You'd really have to be able to go and navigate all of the different pages on these different schools' websites to make sure that you're understanding all of the information that they're telling you. Because sometimes you may see something and you're looking for something specific. And so if that one speaks to you or resonates with you, you're like, okay, that's it. I just need two years of this and then I'm good, but that's not how it works. You have to always go ahead and make sure that you're thorough in the research that you're doing through the different schools that you're trying to apply to or get into for the next coming cycle or in two cycles because things change. From one cycle to the next, things are constantly changing. So just like healthcare and the PA profession in general, how they're always dynamic and changing, it's the same thing with the education that you're going to be learning. So you have to really, really and truly do your research and make sure that you're really doing the best research that you possibly can to get you into school. All right. So that was my little just two bit of information. I wanted to make sure that I made that perfectly clear. Yes, guys. You do need a bachelor's degree. You do need a four year degree. It can be in anything. It can be in anything, but you will obviously have to make sure that you have the prerequisites for the different schools and whatnot, but it can be in anything. So you can have a bachelor's degree in aeronautics and you want to be a PA. You just now need to go and retake or take some of those science courses that you didn't have to take for your aeronautics degree and your prerequisites that some of these schools require and then you're upset. But as long as you have a bachelor's degree, that's one step down that you don't have to worry about. Okay. All right. So if you guys have any more questions on anything PA school related or just higher education in general, go ahead and leave that in the comment section below. Thank you guys so much for watching and I will see you guys next time. Bye.