Location: Toppenish, WA
Number of students: 32
Application Cycle: April – November (Apply by July to be considered for early interviews)
Interview dates: 2 separate dates in December and January with rolling admissions
Start date: May
Length of Program: 24 months
Public/Private: Private
HCE: Minimum 1000 hours at time of application
GPA: Minimum 2.75 overall (recommended 3.0), minimum 3.0 science; must have 3.0 in all prerequisites
Shadowing: No specific requirement
The Good Stuff:
- Currently in Provisional status
- Medical Spanish is included in the didactic year
- Focus on rural healthcare, and clinicals are in smaller towns in the Northwest
- Prerequisites must be completed by January of the preceding year
- Medical scribe is accepted as HCE
- No GRE required
- No specific Organic Chemistry requirement
- Does not accept Letters of Recommendation from professors
Program Link: Heritage University PA Program
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