 My last question and I feel this is like the most important question that's why I saved it for last you would ask them so what's up you guys sit down and welcome back to my channel thank you guys so much for joining me today I am so grateful to each and every one of you you guys have been following around this journey from PA school to now PAC and I wouldn't have it any other way you guys have been amazing so interview season is in swing people are also getting their applications in for PA school and it's pretty crazy because school is actually about to start in just a few weeks and that's why I wanted to make this video for you guys I want to give you guys at minimum five questions that I feel you should ask on your PA school interview it is important that you guys have at least five questions at least you know you can have more but at minimum five questions that you can put in your back pocket for when you are asked on your PA school interview do you have any questions for us because the one thing you do not want to do you guys is be like uh um uh no I don't have any questions thanks for having me because in their mind they're thinking yes thank you for coming we are not going to see you in the next few short months because you want to actually show them that hey you are like thinking about stuff you know you've thought about what the school is about and maybe even the fact that hey you've done your research on this school that's why you should always do your research as well you guys so this is going to be just like my five questions that I kind of asked and I thought about when I was on the interview process and I think that it's beneficial for you as well so you can take them and use them as you see fit but you guys don't all use them at the same interview because they're gonna hear the same question be like hmm where did that come from okay so try to be creative now the first question that I think you should ask um which was important to me was do you do graduate assistance so do you have like a graduate job assistance program so my particular program actually had a fellowship where a lot of the students that went to my school went into this fellowship which meant that they had jobs directly out of PA school yes it was paying them a little bit more but they would also get their doctorate degree and then be able to go on and do whatever they wanted to do after that year of service in the fellowship so technically it was like a graduate assistance in that the school kind of shuttled you into a job but I mean there are schools that actually like have prospective jobs come to you and you know you kind of get into like the same type of program thing where you give them back like a year or two of your time and they help like pay off your loan or whatever the case may be so that is something that you should probably look into when you're trying to find the right school for you and then when you're on the interview process just ask and see because you have not because you ask not right so that I think is one thing that you should definitely think about when you're applying to PA school and getting these interviews so the next question that I think you should ask is what do you feel is the strength of your program now I know I know some of you may be a little leery because you're like oh my little oh me just a pre-PA trying to get in wherever I can to ask them what is the strength of their program but you are a prospective student that's going to be paying tens of thousands of dollars to this program so it is actually important and speaking of strengths go ahead and hit that like button and subscribe right now because it will strengthen my youtube algorithm which will help my channel out a lot a third question which was important to me was do you all allow outside rotations now this is not something that like every school does and it might not necessarily be important to you like for me you know I had a family that I picked up and I moved all the way to the school that I went to and I was like you know I'm not really trying to stay here for two and a half years because I wanted to go back to the state that I was from I love the DMV area so I wanted to go back there and work and build relationships there so that's why I was like it's important for me if I'm able to do my rotations back home because that is where I'm trying to go when I finish school and that's where the relationships that I need to build are so that I can get an in when it's time for me to get a job so that was an important question for me it may not be for you and maybe you can insert another question in there but I think that is important for you to source out what are the like main things that you're looking for in a program I also think a fourth question that you should keep in mind is what is the culture of your program now culture meaning like how does your program run is it very like small groups based do you guys do a lot of activities together are you really all about like the mission trips and are you all outdoorsy because that will make you and help you understand like hey am I going to fit into this culture because you want to actually be able to fit into where you're going into school right you want to be able to be comfortable and have like that be one less thing that you need to worry about which is fitting in so definitely ask that question it's really important because you want to be comfortable while you're going through the screwling slog of didactic year and then again when you're in clinical year having friends and people that you can actually get along with and do things with and fit into this culture is important because it's just going to be great for your mental health my last question and I feel this is like the most important question that's why I saved it for last I heard it somewhere and like you know like interview tips or something like that and I thought that it was like a really good thing that you should use when really applying to any program and like any job or anything like that but honestly I feel like it's a really good option for PA school as well and the question is to whoever is asking you the question well do you have any questions for us what was the characteristic traits of the most successful students at your program now you it kind of sounds like oh like what is this girl talking about but honestly depending on the way that the professor or the director of the program like answers that question to you will help you decide like is this the program for me as well for instance like let's say they were like oh you know the students that have been most successful at our program studied their behinds off they were like in this place 24 7 some of them even slept here and you know they never really went home I really don't know if they socialized as much but they got the work done you could throw anything at them and they were ready and willing to study and get that work done now I mean obviously you want people that are studying hard or hard workers and things like that but is that the like life that you want where you don't have a life but PA school and all you have to do is study and sleep in your PA programs like building no if that's not what you want then that might not necessarily be the school for you so these are things that you have to take into consideration because it's like all right I want to know what the culture is but I also want to know like hey am I going to have a life and if I will fit into that culture because you are seeing that successful students at your program really need to do extremely extremely hard work so that I think is something that you should really take into consideration remember that question put it in your back pocket and know that I told you that one I got it from somebody else but you know I told it to you here first so definitely ask that and keep that in mind when you're going through these interviews because you have to ask them something when they say that question you're not trying to be the person that looks like when they ask you do you have any questions for us okay all right thank you guys so much for watching if you have any questions for me please leave them in the comment section below and also please leave me like any suggestions that you may have for videos as well because I do take those into consideration when I am planning out these videos for the various different weeks if you have not already done so go ahead on over to my inner instagram at adana the pa and please follow me on instagram thank you guys so much for watching I will talk to you guys next time bye