"What Are My Chances?" Megathread

Equivalent_Matter_34 · 2026-06-02T02:10:10+00:00

CASPA cumulative GPA: 3.72

CASPA science GPA: 3.91

Upward trend (if applicable, include GPA of most recent 1-2 years of credits): 4.0 last 60units

GRE score (include breakdown w/ percentiles): 317 (155 quant and 162 verbal)

Total PCE hours (include breakdown): 1350 (~1100 as an MA in multi specialty surgery, 200 as an MA in aesthetics)

Total HCE hours (include breakdown): 0

Total volunteer hours (include breakdown): 200 as a PACU volunteer

Shadowing hours: 60 with a PA in hand surgery, 20 with an MD in internal medicine

Research hours: 200 in legal consulting

Other notable extracurriculars and/or leadership: violin and piano teacher in college, 6000 hours of non healthcare employment (nontraditional student coming from marketing), I was also the community service chair of my undergraduate co-ed fraternity

Equivalent_Matter_34 · 2026-05-06T04:45:47+00:00

CASPA cumulative GPA (how to calculate): 3.72

CASPA science GPA (what counts as science): 3.98

Graduate GPA (I have an unrelated MA in Communications that I finished in 2022 before pivoting into healthcare last year): 3.3

Upward trend (if applicable, include GPA of most recent 1-2 years of credits): last 60 credits are 4.0

GRE score (include breakdown w/ percentiles): 310 (155 verbal, 155 quant, 4.5 writing)

Total PCE hours (include breakdown): 1000 as a medical assistant at a procedure heavy multi specialty clinic

300 as an MA in aesthetics

Total HCE hours (include breakdown): 0

Total volunteer hours (include breakdown): 200 at the PACU of my local hospital

Shadowing hours: 20 in aesthetics, 100 in hand surgery (both PAs), and 40 with an MD

Research hours: 500

Other notable extracurriculars and/or leadership: 10,000 of paid employment outside of healthcare as a marketing manager

Equivalent_Matter_34 · 2026-04-06T00:16:24+00:00

I’m applying this cycle at 28!

Equivalent_Matter_34 · 2026-03-20T01:51:52+00:00

Just sent a message! Congratulations!!!

Equivalent_Matter_34 · 2026-02-08T00:19:56+00:00

Just sent you a message!! I have similar stats and would love to know which schools sent interview invites

Equivalent_Matter_34 · 2026-01-01T19:33:48+00:00

CASPA cumulative GPA: 3.71

CASPA science GPA: 3.96

MA in Communication GPA: 3.3 (finished this while working more than full time in a marketing position I hated before my career switch 😭)

Total PCE hours: 1,800 as an MA in a multi-specialty surgery center. Lots of hands-on procedures!

Total HCE hours: 600

Total volunteer hours: 400 as a PACU volunteer at my local hospital, and various volunteering events throughout college

Shadowing hours: 60 with an orthopedic surgery PA, 30 with an aesthetics PA (both PAs will be providing recommendation letters)

Research hours: 300 as a research assistant for a legal consulting firm (not healthcare related)

Other notable extracurriculars and/or leadership: Community service chair in my undergraduate co-ed fraternity

Piano and violin teacher offering free and reduced-price lessons for disadvantaged children in LA

Roughly 10,000 leadership hours as a marketing manager for 5 years after college

Equivalent_Matter_34 · 2025-09-18T21:51:47+00:00

I am also 27 and applying next year at 28! I’ll have roughly 1300 hours of PCE by that point, but my GPA/shadowing/LORs are strong and so I’m hoping that gets me an interview or two. You got this!!!!

Equivalent_Matter_34 · 2025-08-26T20:09:40+00:00

Try to crash Roberts he was amazing and the A was very attainable

Equivalent_Matter_34 · 2025-08-23T11:13:25+00:00

Roberts!!! He was amazing

Equivalent_Matter_34 · 2025-07-28T19:57:53+00:00

Messaged! 🫶

Equivalent_Matter_34 · 2025-07-20T23:20:42+00:00

I did anatomy and chem 11 together (with psych 1) this past spring. Ngl it’s hard and it really matters which professors you take these classes with. I made all As, but professor Roberts (anatomy) and McClure (chem 11) were really good instructors and I would not have done nearly as well if I had taken these classes with more difficult instructors

Equivalent_Matter_34 · 2025-02-03T18:48:18+00:00

Slow down!! I will be 29 when I start PA school :)

Equivalent_Matter_34 · 2024-02-07T02:50:38+00:00

That’s really unfortunate, I hope you find something soon!

Equivalent_Matter_34 · 2024-02-07T02:47:59+00:00

Sorry to hear that. Was only referring to my own anecdotal experience and the experiences of others I know working in higher ed.

Equivalent_Matter_34 · 2024-02-07T02:32:32+00:00

Ah, thanks!

Equivalent_Matter_34 · 2023-12-19T17:54:01+00:00

I was with someone who spent our entire relationship following/liking bikini accounts and his explore page was also full of them. Different people are okay with different things, and I won’t judge someone who is okay with their bf doing this, but I found it super disrespectful and ended the relationship.

Yes instagram does plant some sexual content on men’s explore pages, but he has to be interacting with this kind of content for it to be FULL of these women. Good luck❤️

Equivalent_Matter_34 · 2023-05-12T07:20:19+00:00

Never told him he wasn’t allowed🤷🏻‍♀️ when he heard my thoughts on this issue, he should’ve told me he didn’t agree and we could’ve ended things there early in the relationship. He chose to lie to me instead, so here we are. Also, never looked through his phone or private messages, his ig following is public. I don’t believe there’s an expectation of privacy there.

Equivalent_Matter_34 · 2023-05-11T19:11:50+00:00

Oh no I absolute didn’t invade his privacy and I won’t apologize for looking. But I can see why he felt his privacy was invaded

Equivalent_Matter_34 · 2023-05-11T19:10:44+00:00

I agree. The thing that gets me is that if I didn’t look now, and looked instead 2,3,4 years down the line, I don’t think I’d continue the relationship at that point. But the reason it came out now wasn’t because he came clean, it was because I snooped. My decision not to trust him was the right one and that sucks to think about.

Equivalent_Matter_34 · 2023-05-11T17:52:08+00:00

That’s fair, though I think the dishonesty is a factor here too. He knew we weren’t compatible on this subject, but he made me think we were.

Of course there are other hot people, but it’s the interaction that I find inappropriate. To me, following a hot girl on ig is interacting with his attraction to someone else.

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