 there is actually a major that will allow you to get directly into PA school and I guess it would be the best major for PA school um so that major is what's up you guys the Donna welcome back to my channel thank you guys so much for joining me today what is the best major for PA school adana what is the best major for PA school what is the best major for PA school so I figured I'd make a video for you guys and answer it right now I wanted to answer this question for you guys because I've been getting asked the question a lot and I've told you guys this before on numerous occasions that there is no best major for PA school I think dissecting that question and trying to figure out what exactly you guys are asking is probably the best way of answering that question so if you're the person that's asking what's the best major for PA school because you want the major that's going to get you into PA school then this answer is a little bit more geared to you because there again there's no best major right you can major in anything you want as long as you get the prerequisite requirements for your PA program that's all you need you just have to have a bachelor's degree to actually be eligible to apply to PA school so with that being said if you're thinking all right well I mean I understand there's no surefire major that's going to get me into PA school like if I were a psychology major I know for sure I'm getting into PA school that's that doesn't work however there are majors that will allow you an easier route into PA school so if you're asking in terms of that then those majors are majors that kind of deal around the natural sciences if you're looking at biology or chemistry or biochemistry or any of those natural sciences even your nursing degree will better prepare you for PA school now the nursing degree isn't necessarily in like your natural sciences section so it wasn't for my school it was like kind of in the allied health section however if you get your degree in nursing and you pass your NCLEX and you do all of that stuff and you become a full-fledged real-life nurse and you're getting all of this patient care experience then once it's time for you to apply to PA school like it's so much easier because you've gotten patient care experience in undergrad to kind of suffice some of those hours that you need and then you you've gotten it on the job as a nurse you know for the three or so months that you've been waiting to apply to PA school or to get into PA school so that is a good option for those of you that are trying to find ways to get direct patient care experience and fulfill the undergraduate degree all at the same time but if you don't want to be a nurse and there are lots of people who don't want to be nurses you just kind of want to you know do like a PT assistant or something like that or work at a pharmacy whatever it is that is your jam that's my jam if you like to talk to that's okay you know it's not nursing is not for everybody so you can still get those direct patient care experience hours but take a major like biology or biochemistry or even something in a more allied health realm like you know healthcare administration just as long as you are getting all of the prerequisite undergraduate courses that are required for PA school again PA school is not like any school that you've ever applied to so there's not something that is like across the board like you're going to need these five courses and that's it you're going to have to actually look at each individual program that you are interested in applying to and look and see what their prerequisite requirements are now there are some courses that are the same across the board like anatomy and physiology biology like general biology general chemistry and organic chemistry those are typically always in the prerequisite requirements for the majority of the PA programs where they tend to differ is if they want microbiology or genetics or just an upper division science course if they want bio statistics or just statistics if they'll allow you to take algebra instead of statistics if they want biochemistry because not every school does so those are the little nuances that you're going to have to pay attention to when you are applying to PA school but this really again this only truly applies to somebody that is trying to go directly from undergrad into PA school now they're actually let me pause because there is actually a major that will allow you to get directly into PA school and I guess it would be the best major for PA school so that major is physician assistant medicine because there are undergraduate programs that are like bridge programs they are five slash six year programs that are direct entry programs into PA schools so if you're interested in the best major then that would be it but other than that there really is no sure fire away just like there's no sure fire away for really anything that you do you just kind of have to put the work in and do your research so that's why you guys come to this channel and get all of this information so if you're liking the information that you're getting go ahead and hit that like button because it's going to help my algorithm you guys and subscribe but again also you know you want to just kind of look around the internet talk to people get the information that you need because it's going to help you on your route and make that route and transition from undergrad to PA school which is grad school a lot easier I say this a lot there's no sure fire away there's no like true major that's going to get you into PA school because really and truly there isn't unless you're majoring in physician assistant medicine but you just kind of have to choose the route that you want to go maybe psychology might be something that you're interested in because you want to be a psych PA so you would get your undergraduate degree in psychology and then get the actual prerequisite requirements like that may not be standard in your psychology degree and then apply to PA school and that would be absolutely fine but it's just up to you on how you want to cater your undergraduate learning to the program that you're interested in and to the the specialty that you're interested in please you guys ask me questions I get a lot of this content from the questions that you guys are asking that's why in most of my videos I started off as I've been getting asked this question a lot so please continue to ask me questions leave your comments and your questions in the comment section below you can also hit me up on instagram at adana the PA with any questions that you may have as well and like I said subscribe and like this video thank you guys so much for watching I will talk to you guys next time