Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Number of students: 100 students
Application Cycle: April – November 1st through CASPA with supplemental and rolling admissions
Interview dates: October-February
Start date: Fall (early September)
Length of Program: 30 months
Public/Private: Private
HCE: Recommended 250-500 hrs
GPA: Average overall of accepted is 3.3-3.5, minimum overall of 3.0
Shadowing: Recommended
The Good Stuff:
- Here is a blog post with a Q&A from a recent student
- Preference is given to students in the Premedical and Health Studies Pathway Program
- First summer is off at Boston campus
- No organic chemistry requirement
- GRE not required
- MCPHS has programs at Worcester and Manchester as well. You are only allowed to apply to one of the MCPHS campuses. These programs start in the Spring. They require a bachelor’s degree and are 24 months. The professors are online for these programs.
- There’s an early acceptance program is you attend MCPHS, with 4 years of undergraduate work, and then 2 years of the PA program or 3 years of undergrad work and 3 years of PA program.
- Cadaver lab at Harvard Medical School
- Interview – 3 1-on-1 10 minute interviews(faculty, alumni, student), group activity, writing sample
Program Link: MCPHS University (Boston) website
For the most up to date information on PA programs in one place, check out The Applicant’s Manual of Physician Assistant Programs. (Affiliate link)
