Undergraduate education: Ohio State University- Major: Neuroscience, Minor: Criminology
Overall GPA: 3.62
Science GPA: 3.45
GRE: 310
Total PCE hours: ~2800 as a PCA at a children’s hospital and a medical volunteer at a free medical clinic
Total HCE hours: 141 as a volunteer at a hospital
Shadowing hours: 151 shadowing PAs in urgent care, ER, and primary care
Other Volunteer hours: Sorority, service trip to Nicaragua, psychology research study volunteer
LORs: Urgent care PA I shadowed, my work manager, a volunteer coordinator
How many times did you apply?: 1
Age: 23
Gender: Female
How many programs did you apply to? 14
How many programs did you interview with and what were the outcomes? 5 interviews, 3 waitlisted, 1 denied, 1 acceptance
Where will you be attending? South College-Knoxville
Anything you found surprising about interviews? How different each school conducted interviews. At some the interview portion was all of ten minutes, others it was up to an hour, so it really varied.
Were there any helpful resources (books, websites, apps) you used to get through prerequisite courses, the application or interview process? Savanna Perry’s Interview Guide book, The Ultimate Guide to Getting into PA School by Andrew Rodican, The PA Platform mock interview service and all the blogs and podcasts!
Any other advice for other pre-PA students? It was especially hard to keep motivated after interviewing with nothing to show for it the first few invites, but it wasn’t until my very last interview that I finally got the acceptance! So to those who feel like they blew their chances or feel like accepting defeat don’t get discouraged! Continue to take every opportunity to make your dream a reality and you will achieve it!
Where can we find you? instagram – @daniellehams11
