 And I honestly and ultimately think that that is what got me the interview and then my personality What's up you guys it's the Dada welcome back to my channel. Thank you guys so much for watching If you haven't already done so and if you're new to this channel Go ahead take a look around if you like what you see go ahead and subscribe Hit that notification bell so you can know every time that I put a new video out Also follow me on instagram at adana the pa So, um, this video is going to be about the whole like my whole application slash Reapplication process so the mistakes that I made in my first applications And then how I changed that to get into pa school like, you know How I feel I changed that to get into pa school when I was originally applying to pa school I thought that I kind of was just gonna like wing this thing, right? You know, like I told you guys before like I applied to some schools Like in the Caribbean and stuff and I got into those and I was like, all right Well, if I can get into some med schools, then I can absolutely get into pa school No, and I was wrong So that was like my first mistake just kind of thinking like, okay I can just go ahead and apply to pa school because I got into med school. So why not right and from that mistake I learned that I needed to do my research and that's why I'm always telling you guys do your research I heard me say that many many many many times before and I had to learn the hard way And this was one of the reasons why I had to do my research on pa school The prerequisites what I had what I did not have because I didn't have some of the prerequisites I had a biomedical sciences major and for my major I only needed like a general psychology But for pa school they want abnormal or Developmental psych and I didn't have those so I was applying and I didn't even meet the requirements Stupid, right? So for me, I did that research another mistake that I made was Just kind of not really going through my gpa and making sure that it was exactly Um, the gpa requirements for those particular programs and that along goes with doing my research So, um, I thought that I met like some of the gpa requirements of the 3.0 Science, um, I met the 3.0 with respect to cumulative But when I went through my cast but I realized hey, I didn't meet the science gpa because cast but calculated One of the courses that I took that was not considered a science course at my program But cast but considered a science course and I didn't do as well I think I got like a maybe a b-minus or something like that in it Or like yeah, like a b or b-minus in that and so from that I was like man, I have to redo this like I Didn't this is not the gpa that I should have like I think it was like a 2.9 something I'm like what a science gpa 2.9 and you know, I thought like, okay Well, it's right there. I will be okay I can I can you know kind of slide on by and that is not the case They're looking for any opportunity that they have to kind of weed students out because they're getting so many applicants, right? So with respect to that, I had to make sure that I went back I took my prerequisites and I took some science courses over. I made sure that I Got better grades in those courses that were lower so that I could raise my gpa because it wasn't at the requirement Along the lines of that I also made the mistake of again not doing my research and seeing that Hey, my courses were running old So when I decided to go to you know, the whole go through the whole application process of pa school There were certain courses certain science courses that needed to have been done within like five years seven years 10 years and then some like within the last 12 or so 12 to 24 months and The crazy thing is that each program has their own requirements on that So there's nothing it's not standardized across the board and so that made it really difficult for me because I thought okay You know, this is like the MCAT. This is like MCAS, right? So if I fill out the MCAS like it's standard for med schools Like that's it. That's all I have to do and I can apply to how many of our med schools I want to apply to but that's not the case for pa school You literally have to go to each program that you're looking at and see like, all right, so how many years or how old can this Anatomy course be how old can this Micro course be so all of your science courses, you know Do they need to have been completed within the last seven years or five years? And for me that was a mistake that I made because some of those courses were either old Or were going to be old by the time I applied and that was some of those stipulations And so I went through my gpa. This was a difference that I changed I went through my gpa and I looked at all of those courses and I made sure Okay, and is this going to be old within the next year to two years if it was I retook it Especially if it was a science course because it was mainly with respect to your science courses And so I made those those decisions to retake those courses. I took them over I made sure that I got A's in them because I knew that that would not only help me going in to application But help my gpa and so I did that And I think that that helped me as well get into pa school The last thing that I feel like I did differently, which nesta which doesn't fall on the the do your research Umbrella was my personal statement I used the same personal statement for pa school that I used for med school Because I was like, hey, they're both, you know medical professions Let me just like tweak a little thing here and there and kind of send it off. No wrong First off my personal statement from med school was trash. Oh my gosh It was trash if you have not seen that video of me reading my personal statement me and my husband talking about it And then like how I changed up my personal statement For the cycle that I actually got in Please go right now. Um, I will leave maybe like a little Q box or description like link in the description box for you guys to go watch that because that was important Um, I really think that the personal statement is like one of the single most important parts of Your pa school applications that is what is going to get you into the interview And it's it's your opportunity to tell people about like who you are as a person apart from the paper That they see with all these grades and the wonderful things that you've done And so my personal statement was trash. So ultimately I was trash as an applicant, right? Like there was nothing like boosting me up, you know, like I didn't have like, you know, these super stellar Um, you know science gpa because like I said, I had to go retake some of those things and then I had this trash personal statement And so once I like buckled down. I did my research. I really looked at all the things I needed to do I decided hey, I need to change this personal statement I am not the same person that I was like three four or five years ago Whatever it was that I wrote that personal statement in my junior year of undergrad. Um, I'm a mom now a wife now I've had like some life lived I've worked So it was important for me to address those aspects of my life And I did and I changed my personal statement around. Um, I thought it was a very strong personal statement And I honestly and ultimately think that that is what got me the interview and then my personality Is what got me into pa school But those were the mistakes that I've made and then those were the things that I changed to kind of Make myself a better applicant to get into pa school. And so for you all who are looking at this Um, and you're like, all right, you know, I don't want to make some of these same mistakes My main takeaway my main take home point is Do your research if you do your research, um, and you kind of just look at these things and you see Hey, you know, I'm here. I want to do this and you do the little comparisons sheet that I've talked about Then I think that you will be very prepared for your application. Um, ultimately your interview and then pa school If you have any further questions for me, please leave them in the comment section below If you have not already done so like this video and follow me on instagram at adana the pa Thank you guys so much for watching. I will talk to you guys next time. Bye