 sit down and welcome back to my channel. So I wanted to talk to you guys today about this question that I have seen flooding my comment section for the past few weeks and it's not more really a question but more so like a statement question. People have been saying how hard is it to get into PA school or is it hard to get into PA school and I mean the answer is convoluted and I know I say this a lot for some of my answers but it really is and so I wanted to get into that with you guys in this particular video. So how hard is it to get into PA school? I mean you know like for some people is very difficult to get into PA school and you might have others on the like the whole opposite spectrum that says it's so easy you know what I applied only ones I applied to one program and I got into that one program why I applied to three programs and I got into all three of those programs that I applied to and I got to choose and you know it was just an easy process and they went straight from undergrad into PA school and that is like a few and far between in terms of the stories of like people's PA program progress you know not everyone goes straight from undergrad into PA school a lot of people take at least one gap year to just get some work experience because you do need direct patient care experience when you're you know applying to PA programs and so a lot of people will have at least one maybe two or three years of just kind of work experience so that they can get into PA programs. Now the difficult part about getting into PA school is meeting those requirements but also kind of what you're going up against so you know there are like maybe almost like 300 PA programs and there are more like popping up each and every day honestly like every year like I look at the CASPA participating programs and there's like a new developing program at least five of them so there's a lot of programs that are like continuing to be developed. Now with that being said although there's a lot of programs and there's more PA programs than really there are medical school programs in the US but the issue is is that we allow a whole lot less students into the PA programs than we do into the med school programs so you'll have like med schools that have like hundreds of students in there one cohort but when it comes to PA programs they're only allowing like 30 students or 40 students some schools have 20 or 25 students in that their cohort so when you look at that now if you have a program that really only has 25 to 35 or 40 seats available and you're getting over a thousand applicants that is where the difficulty comes in that's what makes it difficult to get into PA school because you're kind of competing against all of these applicants in this applicant pool and that is like across the schools you're like you're getting these same amount of applicants like across the the various different programs they're not just applying to one program there may be that few that are like you know like this is my my top choice I'm gonna apply this program and this program only but that's not always the case and so you'll have students that are applying to multiple programs and you're going to be going up against all of them so therefore the the thing that makes it difficult is the number of seats but also maybe the lack of preparation right so when it comes to PA programs I always tell you are applying to PA school I say the plans of the diligent lead to prosperity so what that means is you need to plan diligently so that you can succeed in whatever it is that you're trying to do don't be like me when I was like originally applying to PA school and I was like oh well I know I can get in like I'm meeting this requirement and that's fine and then I apply and no I didn't get in because I didn't do my due diligence I didn't really research the programs I didn't look at what their requirements were like fully I didn't look to see like what their average students were coming in with to see if I met that or if I surpassed that and those are like some tips and tricks that I learned along the way and I was like you know what I should have done this in the beginning but now I have the chance to kind of rectify this stupid fallacy that I made and I can make this a whole lot better experience for myself going forward and that's really honestly again why I'm starting this platform because I've learned a lot like through the time of applying and then getting into PA school and like in completing PA school and being a PA now for the last what six seven months of working on my job so it's I've learned a lot and so that's why I started Get That See University so if you haven't heard about it go to getthatseeuniversity.com and sign up so that you can actually be the first to know when my official like launch date for the platform is and it's coming up very soon so I suggest you sign up so that you're among that group and you can also subscribe because you'll know exactly when that happens as well because I will be sure to let you guys know but apart from that you guys I just wanted to also let you know that you have to plan right so what makes it difficult for some students is that lack of preparation like you go in you don't really know the requirements you're not meeting all of them or you're like kind of just skating by with the minimum you know requirements of the GPA and the hours and that is not going to get you into PA school so that's where this whole like oh my gosh it's difficult I've applied twice and I've been waitlisted or I didn't get in or I got an interview and you know those that's where that kind of comes to into play apart from that once you've gotten honestly once you've gotten an interview like now it's on you like nothing else is really stopping like you have to shine through right so you're the difficulty is in that pre interview stage so to get over that hump you really have to do your due diligence and study your behind-off like you're like studying for a test but you're studying for your career studying for you know this job that you want for the rest of your life so therefore treat it as such you know treat it as something that you cherish so look at the various different things that the schools and programs are looking at see if you meet those requirements if you don't try to get to those requirements or surpass them take the time you know don't rush it take your time and actually do your due diligence and that process of getting into PA school will be a whole lot easier and you will be among those that say oh you know what it's easy to get into PA school it's not as difficult as you may think rather than those that are like yeah it's super difficult and hard to get into PA school because honestly it's not it's not that difficult to get into PA school it only seems that way because you're going up against other candidates that are either more qualified than you or that have done more preparation than you and for the most part they're not necessarily more qualified than you they may have just really just did their due diligence so I wanted to share that with you guys and give you guys some encouragement because I don't want you to think that this profession is unattainable that you know it's so difficult to get into so why even try maybe I should go do something else no like we need you guys we need you in our profession right so please definitely go out there do you do diligence study up and apply to the PA programs of your choice and then hopefully in the future you can absolutely be a part of the team a part of the profession and a colleague so hopefully it's answered you guys's questions please leave your comments in the comment sections you guys I glean a lot of information from them I get a lot of content from them and I do read your comments so leave them down there in the comment section for me and also please follow me on 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