 Okay, so there is really only one thing that will prevent you from getting into PA school. And I know that many of you are thinking about all of the other things that you have to do to get into PA school. But honestly, your acceptance into PA school comes down to the interview process. So let's talk about it right now. All right, you guys. So it's Adana. Welcome back to my channel. If you're new to my channel, take a look around. If you like what you see, go ahead and subscribe. Okay, so I've been doing a lot of like mock interviews lately and consulting sessions because students are gearing up for interviews that they have been granted because they applied early. So if you have not applied yet, you know, one of my tips is always apply early. The cycle for CASPA, which is the application pretty much center of the PA world opens up in April of each year. So I always tell you guys to try to get your applications in by May or June just to kind of increase your chances. But there are lots of students that are getting offered interviews. And so they're coming to get that's the university to get mock interviews and personal consulting by me and some of the other members of the GTCU team. So that's been great. And I've been loving doing all of that. But the one thing that I've kind of been seeing over and over and over and over again is just kind of like the anxiety and the fear that comes about for this interview process. So I'm going to talk to you guys about that. I'm going to talk to you guys about some tips. And then also I'm going to give you towards the end. So you have to stay till the end of the video. I'm going to give you the number one thing that I believe will prevent you from getting into PA school. And it's like the best kept secret for the interview. OK. So a lot of the questions that I've been getting were just in terms of the interview process is how does it work. And obviously I can't answer that for all schools across the board. But there are varying different types of interviews. There are one on one interviews that you will actually experience with may it be the director of the program or professors in the program. There may be a group interview portion that you have to do. There may also be a written portion or a test portion. Now I know some of your anxiety level has just gone through the roof because you heard test. But yes there are some interviews that include a test you know just on kind of PA related information and just kind of understanding where you are at this point in terms of your knowledge on sciences just in general. OK. So not something that you really study for but definitely be prepared for it in terms of just your mindset when you're going into the interview. The group interview is usually you and maybe three or four more students. You're going to get typically a scenario or a series of questions and you each answer a different aspect of the question or come together as a team to come up with an answer for the question being posed to you. And a lot of that is just to kind of see how you work in a collaborative manner and how do you work as a team and how you might fit in with the cohort that they're already trying to build for this upcoming school year. The one on one is obviously to just kind of get an idea of who you are as a person and kind of see exactly like the type of student that you were the type of student that you will be and you know the type of PA student that they want to enter into their cohort again because it's all about building a like a concise cohesive congruent cohort moving forward. So those are the types of interviews that typically happen. And then there's usually an aspect of it where you may get to meet some of the students that are currently going to the program where you can ask them questions about the program you know things that they like and dislike. And so when preparing for the interview you need to for sure look at the school look at what they are doing in the community and as a whole you know go to their message boards those type of things just to get a better information on you know the the temperature I guess you can say of the program and then have really good questions that you want to ask the director and the students to not only be memorable but also to get some answers on is this place exactly where you want to be okay. Another thing that I saw in my mock interviews that I've been doing is just kind of like a lack of confidence right and so this kind of goes in with I think the best kept secret but a lot of students are not like confident in their answers or they are nervous and I mean imagine if you're nervous with me Adana who is just a random girl on YouTube making videos for you guys you know so if you're nervous with me and I can't really do anything for you in terms of getting you into PA school as in like hey here is your acceptance I can help you get into PA school through Get That See University by giving you the tools necessary to excel in these areas that are proficient for getting you into PA school but to actually give you an acceptance my hands are tied on that sense but you're nervous nonetheless then imagine when you get into the interview and that is something that I try to tell any student pre-PA student that is doing a mock interview with me or consulting session with me I want you to keep your nerves under wrap right you know like you're here you're in this process you've made it so for sure like make sure that you're you're in a zen space to the point where you're able to just adequately think about the answer that you want to give to whoever it is it's asking you the question and then answer that question directly okay don't beat around the bush answer the question and then move on and that is what I want everybody to kind of take away from this as well as to just be confident in yourself but I feel like the one thing that will prevent you from getting into PA school is messing up the interview and if you mess up the interview like you're done you're you know you you're not accepted into the program that's it and with that being said the best kept secret of the PA school interview is not the fact that they are looking for a reason to accept you into their program but they're looking for reasons to not accept you into your their program now think about that right you know it's like whoa mind blowing it but no honestly it's like I want you to really ponder that you know and it's not like meant to be like some super super deep moment but really and truly you guys you have been offered an interview out of thousands of applications and hundreds of interviewees you have been offered an interview because they want you they feel like from the information that they you have given them on your application they want you and so at the end of the day when it comes down to the interview it's about hey what is wrong with this person that I don't want them in my program honestly and like and that really is just like the basics of it that is just down to the bare bones foundation like yes you know we're gonna look at all of your GPA or GRE you know how you answer questions how you react to certain people asking you certain questions how are you going to deal with certain situations they're looking for things and reasons not to accept you so what you need to do is to go in confidently going knowing that hey these people actually want you you've made it this far you are successful you've done a great job you've done all of the things needed to get you up to this point so all you need to do is kill that interview be confident in yourself and know that this is for you okay and so that is what I wanted to share with you guys that is by far the best kept secret okay the best kept secret of the PA school interview and I think of really any interview that that you will have in life job interview whatever the case may be they're looking for reasons not to hire you not to accept you because clearly they see something in you that seems attractive to them and to to their company or to their school or whatever it is that you're interviewing for but now we have to just kind of dig a little bit deeper and see like will you actually be a good fit and these are the reasons why you won't be a good fit or these are the reasons why you will be a good fit and then they go from there okay all right so if you have any other questions for me leave them in the comment section below go ahead and like this video and subscribe guys please go look at Get That So University right now because we're doing mock interviews personal consultings that is where I do all my consultations I know a lot of you've been going to my AdanaThePA.com site but all of the consulting is done through Get That So University so if you want to meet with me or any of the other numerous consultants on the site then you have to go through Get That So University.com okay so check us out over there follow me on Instagram and AdanaThePA and on Instagram at Get That So University thank you guys so much for watching I will talk to you guys next time bye