Pre-PA Essentials
A competitive PA school application doesn’t start when CASPA opens.
Pre-PA Essentials is designed for future applicants who want to be intentional about how they use the months—or years—leading up to application season.
Whether you’re choosing patient care experience, planning prerequisites, building your PA exposure, deciding when to apply, or simply wondering, “Am I on the right track?” we’ll help you understand where you stand and what to focus on next.
What’s Included
60-Minute Comprehensive Pre-PA Advising Session
We’ll review your academics, prerequisite progress, patient care experience, PA exposure, volunteering, leadership, application timeline, and overall applicant profile.
Individualized Competitiveness Assessment
Identify the areas of your application that are already strong and the areas that could benefit from additional development before you apply.
Patient Care Experience Strategy
Evaluate both the quantity and quality of your current PCE and discuss opportunities to strengthen your clinical experience when appropriate.
Academic + Prerequisite Strategy
Review GPA trends, prerequisite planning, outstanding coursework, and potential academic concerns so you can make thoughtful decisions before application season.
Application Timeline Planning
Determine when you should apply and establish priorities for the months leading up to CASPA.
Personalized Action Plan
Leave with clear, individualized next steps based on your applicant profile rather than a generic pre-PA checklist.
30-Minute Follow-Up Advising Session
Reconnect with your advisor to review your progress, answer new questions, and adjust your strategy as needed.
Email Check-In Support Between Sessions
Have a quick question as you work through your action plan? You’ll have access to your advisor for brief advising questions between your included sessions.
Who Is Pre-PA Essentials For?
This package may be a good fit for:
College freshmen, sophomores, and juniors
Gap-year students
Career changers
Future applicants who aren't ready for CASPA
Students wondering whether they’re on track to become competitive applicants
Applicants who want to identify potential gaps while they still have time to address them
Why Start Now?
You shouldn’t reach application season and discover that you needed a different prerequisite, stronger patient care experience, more PA exposure, or additional time to strengthen an area of your application.
Pre-PA Essentials helps you identify your strengths, find potential gaps, and create a strategy while you still have time to act on it.
A competitive PA school application doesn’t start when CASPA opens.
Pre-PA Essentials is designed for future applicants who want to be intentional about how they use the months—or years—leading up to application season.
Whether you’re choosing patient care experience, planning prerequisites, building your PA exposure, deciding when to apply, or simply wondering, “Am I on the right track?” we’ll help you understand where you stand and what to focus on next.
What’s Included
60-Minute Comprehensive Pre-PA Advising Session
We’ll review your academics, prerequisite progress, patient care experience, PA exposure, volunteering, leadership, application timeline, and overall applicant profile.
Individualized Competitiveness Assessment
Identify the areas of your application that are already strong and the areas that could benefit from additional development before you apply.
Patient Care Experience Strategy
Evaluate both the quantity and quality of your current PCE and discuss opportunities to strengthen your clinical experience when appropriate.
Academic + Prerequisite Strategy
Review GPA trends, prerequisite planning, outstanding coursework, and potential academic concerns so you can make thoughtful decisions before application season.
Application Timeline Planning
Determine when you should apply and establish priorities for the months leading up to CASPA.
Personalized Action Plan
Leave with clear, individualized next steps based on your applicant profile rather than a generic pre-PA checklist.
30-Minute Follow-Up Advising Session
Reconnect with your advisor to review your progress, answer new questions, and adjust your strategy as needed.
Email Check-In Support Between Sessions
Have a quick question as you work through your action plan? You’ll have access to your advisor for brief advising questions between your included sessions.
Who Is Pre-PA Essentials For?
This package may be a good fit for:
College freshmen, sophomores, and juniors
Gap-year students
Career changers
Future applicants who aren't ready for CASPA
Students wondering whether they’re on track to become competitive applicants
Applicants who want to identify potential gaps while they still have time to address them
Why Start Now?
You shouldn’t reach application season and discover that you needed a different prerequisite, stronger patient care experience, more PA exposure, or additional time to strengthen an area of your application.
Pre-PA Essentials helps you identify your strengths, find potential gaps, and create a strategy while you still have time to act on it.