Freshman Year
- Enroll in required pre-requisite science courses
- Discuss options and goals with freshman advisor and pre-health advisor (if necessary)
- Join a club (it doesn’t have to be a healthcare related one although many students do join a healthcare-related club)
- Job shadow physician assistants and other health professionals
- Work or volunteer in a healthcare setting
- Consider a summer healthcare education program
Sophomore Year
- Become more involved in your club(s) and/or community service activities
- Job shadow physician assistants and other health professionals
- Work or volunteer in a healthcare setting
- Consider a summer healthcare education program
- (Spring/Summer): Research physician assistant schools: check out their curriculum, campus, and how well their graduates do in the professional world.
Junior Year
- Complete courses necessary for admission to the physician assistant school(s) of your choosing
- Create an application timeline for applying to physician assistant school
- Continue researching physician assistant schools you are interested in, talk to admissions, visit, etc.
- Create a study plan and study for the GRE or MCAT
- (Spring): Take the GRE or MCAT at least six weeks prior to the earliest deadline for the schools you are applying to
- (Summer/early Fall): submit applications physician assistant school
Senior Year
- Participate in mock interviews
- Prepare for physician assistant school interviews
- (Winter/Spring): receive offers of admission and deny or accept
- Finish all degree requirements & graduate